Parkinson’s Care in East Hartford, CT
In-home care for seniors living with Parkinson's disease — fall prevention, mobility support, and daily assistance.
No sales pressure. We'll tell you straight if we're not a fit.
You were at the neurologist’s office on Main Street with your dad when the doctor quietly mentioned that the tremors had progressed more than the last visit suggested. He nodded like it was fine, but you saw his hands shaking when he reached for his jacket. You drove back through Silver Lane telling yourself you’d figure something out this week. That was three weeks ago, and you’re still trying to figure it out.
Parkinson’s doesn’t move in a straight line. Some mornings your parent is steady and sharp, and some mornings getting from the bedroom to the kitchen feels like a real risk. The gap between what they can do alone and what they actually need is exactly where we work.
We’re a nurse-founded, private-pay home care agency serving East Hartford and the rest of Hartford County. We can start care quickly, match a caregiver who understands Parkinson’s specifically, and stay reachable when things change.
Parkinson’s Care at home means helping someone manage the daily realities of the disease without having to move out of the place they know. That includes steadying them during transfers from bed to chair, walking alongside them to reduce fall risk, helping with bathing and dressing when motor control makes those things difficult, and keeping medication schedules on track, because missing a dose isn’t a small thing with Parkinson’s.
Families in East Hartford typically call us after a fall, after a hospital stay, or after a moment where they realized their parent was managing worse than they’d let on. When someone comes home from Hartford Hospital following a Parkinson’s-related incident, the first weeks back are often the most vulnerable. We can step in right at that discharge point, bring consistency to a shaky transition, and give the family some breathing room. Across all areas of East Hartford, we see the same pattern: people waited a little longer than they should have, and they wish they’d called sooner.
Day to day, care can include meal preparation, mobility assistance, bathroom safety, gentle exercise reminders, and simply being present as a steady and familiar face. Parkinson’s can be unpredictable from hour to hour, so our caregivers are briefed specifically on each client’s current stage, their triggers, and what “a good day” versus “a harder day” looks like for them personally.
Because we were founded by a working nurse, our approach to Parkinson’s Care is built around clinical understanding, not just task completion. That means caregivers know why the medication schedule matters, what early signs of a fall risk look like, and when to flag something to the family before it becomes a crisis.
Nurse-founded. Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw firsthand what families dealing with tremors, falls, mobility decline, and Parkinson’s medication schedules actually needed at home. That background shapes everything, from how we train caregivers to how we talk to families.
Built around Parkinson’s specifically. We don’t treat Parkinson’s Care as a version of general home care. We brief caregivers on the disease stage, the individual’s patterns, and the specific risks that come with it. That preparation matters on the days when things shift without warning.
We stay reachable. If something changes with your parent’s Parkinson’s, you call us and we answer. You won’t be routed to a call center or left waiting on a callback. We know that with Parkinson’s, changes can happen fast and families need someone on the other end of the phone.
We know East Hartford. We know Hartford County, the discharge process at Hartford Hospital, and the specific pressures families here face. We’re not a distant agency that happens to cover this zip code. We serve this community regularly and we know how to work within it.
How it works
Why families choose us
Every aide is trained and supervised through an RN’s lens — not just placed and forgotten.
Personality fit matters more than skill on paper. We match for temperament, pace, and patience.
No franchise rotation. You work with the people who run this agency — direct, accessible, accountable.
Most families are matched with a caregiver within 24 to 48 hours. When something shifts at home, we move quickly.
We build a daily structure around your parent’s rhythm — meals, walks, evenings — and protect it.
You hear from us, not just the aide. Updates on appetite, sleep, mood, mobility — the things that matter.
Every caregiver clears a multi-step screening — background check, reference checks, and an in-person interview with our RN founder — before they're ever placed in a home.
Why families trust us
Private Duty Aides is nurse-founded. Every caregiver clears a multi-step screening — a background check, reference checks, and an in-person interview with our RN founder — before they are ever placed in a home. You get the same consistent caregiver, matched by a nurse, not whoever happens to be available.
Common questions
A typical day looks different depending on the stage of the disease and what your parent can manage independently. Generally it includes help with morning routines like getting up safely, bathing, and dressing, followed by meal preparation and medication reminders throughout the day. A caregiver will walk with your parent during activities that carry fall risk, assist with any transfers, and provide company and engagement. In the evening, help with getting settled for bed is often part of the plan too.
We can typically have care in place within 48 hours of your first call, and for families in East Hartford with urgent post-discharge needs, same-day starts happen regularly. The key is calling us as early as possible in the discharge planning process, even if the date isn't set yet. Hartford Hospital discharge coordinators can tell you a lot about what your parent will need at home, and once you know, we can move quickly to match a caregiver and get started.
We're a private-pay agency, so we don't bill Medicare or insurance directly. Most non-medical home care services, including what we provide, are not covered by Medicare regardless of the agency. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover private-duty non-medical care, so it's worth checking your parent's policy if they have one. We're happy to provide documentation that some policies require for reimbursement claims.
A home health aide, in the Medicare sense, is typically a medically focused visit, short in duration and tied to a skilled nursing or therapy plan. Our Parkinson's Care is non-medical, but it's designed for sustained daily presence rather than brief clinical check-ins. We focus on safety, routine, mobility support, and consistency, which is often what makes the biggest practical difference for someone living with Parkinson's at home. The two can work alongside each other if your parent also has a visiting nurse or therapist involved.
Yes, and that matching is something we take seriously. When you call us, we ask about your parent's personality, their routine, what they're protective of, and what tends to make them comfortable or uncomfortable with new people. Parkinson's can affect mood and communication, so pairing someone with the right caregiver matters more than it might with other services. If a match isn't working after a few days, we make a change, no awkward conversation required.
We keep you covered. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we contact you directly and arrange a substitute who has been briefed on your parent's care plan. We don't leave shifts uncovered and we don't leave you to figure it out yourself. With Parkinson's, consistency matters, so we try to limit how often substitutes are needed and make sure any fill-in caregiver knows your parent's routine before they walk in the door.
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Private Duty Aides — East Hartford, CT
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