Parkinson’s Care in East Lyme, 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.
Your mom’s hand tremor got worse over dinner at your sister’s place in Old Lyme, and you noticed she forgot her evening medication. The next morning, after a fall she didn’t mention, you realized East Lyme home care for Parkinson’s isn’t something you can manage alone anymore. You called Lawrence + Memorial Hospital’s discharge coordinator, but you needed someone who’d understand what your parent actually needs day to day. That’s when we answered.
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Your mom’s hand tremor got worse over dinner at your sister’s place in Old Lyme, and you noticed she forgot her evening medication. The next morning, after a fall she didn’t mention, you realized East Lyme home care for Parkinson’s isn’t something you can manage alone anymore. You called Lawrence + Memorial Hospital’s discharge coordinator, but you needed someone who’d understand what your parent actually needs day to day. That’s when we answered.
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Parkinson’s Care is home support built around the real challenges your parent faces: tremors that make buttons hard to manage, falls that happen without warning, medication schedules that shift week to week, and the slow decline in mobility that changes how they move through their own home. We’re here to help them stay at home safely while you stay sane.
On any given day, your caregiver watches for medication timing, helps with balance during walking, notices small changes in tremor or stiffness, and keeps you in the loop. We’re not nurses in the clinical sense, but we know what Parkinson’s looks like when it’s happening at the kitchen table or in the hallway at 2 a.m. We catch falls before they happen, or we’re there when they do.
We work closely with families coming home from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital and other local providers in New London County. Because we were founded by a nurse who spent years doing this work herself, we don’t treat Parkinson’s Care like a checklist. We treat it like what it is: keeping your parent moving, safe, and still themselves.
Our founder spent years as a nurse watching tremors, managing falls, and remembering the 3 p.m. medication that gets forgotten. We don’t guess. We recognize the small shifts in balance and the patterns that mean something’s changing before your parent even tells you.
When we bring a caregiver to your home, we spend time learning your parent’s specific routines, their medication times, which stairs they’re most likely to struggle with, and what they need to feel like themselves. Your caregiver arrives knowing your parent, not just a case file.
Parkinson’s doesn’t follow a schedule. When your parent’s tremor gets worse, or they have a fall, or medication timing needs to change, you call us. We listen, we adjust, and we’re here the next day with a plan.
We know the discharge process at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, we work with doctors in East Lyme and the surrounding towns, and we understand the specific landscape of care here. We’re not a national service trying to fit a template. We’re here.
How it works
We listen to your situation. No forms, no pressure, no sales pitch.
For Parkinson’s Care specifically, not just whoever is available that week.
Often same day for urgent East Lyme families who need parkinson’s care now.
We stay in contact so you’re never left wondering how things are going.
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 might look like: your caregiver helps your parent shower and dress, watches their balance during breakfast, reminds them of their 9 a.m. medication, helps with lunch prep, sits with them during the midday shaky period, walks with them to get the mail, and makes sure the evening medication is taken. We're also watching for falls, keeping track of changes in tremor or stiffness, and staying alert to anything that doesn't feel normal. If something concerns us, we tell you right away.
We can usually start within a few days of discharge. Once you call us, we gather information about your parent's medications, mobility, fall risk, and daily routine. We then match a caregiver who's experienced with Parkinson's and do a thorough briefing before that first shift. If your parent is coming home on a Friday, we work to have someone there by Monday or Tuesday. We don't delay when it comes to safety.
Parkinson's Care is private pay, which means you pay directly rather than through insurance. This actually works in your favor because it means no waiting for approvals, no fighting with coverage limits, and no restrictions on how often a caregiver can be there. We work with families across all financial situations and can discuss rates and schedules that fit your budget. Many families find this more flexible and reliable than going through insurance for in-home support.
A home health aide comes after a nurse orders home care, and visits are usually short and tied to medical recovery. Parkinson's Care is ongoing personal support focused on keeping your parent stable and at home long-term. We're not here for rehabilitation after an event. We're here because Parkinson's is a long road, and your parent needs someone steady in their corner. Our caregiver is trained specifically in the tremors, falls, and mobility decline that come with this disease.
Yes. We ask detailed questions: What time does your parent wake up? How many times have they fallen? What medications do they take and when? Do they drive? Are they anxious about being alone? We listen to your parent too. Then we match someone with experience handling exactly those situations. We don't just send whoever is available. We send someone who fits.
We have backup coverage. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we send someone from our team who we've already briefed on your parent's situation. You're not left stranded, and your parent isn't cared for by a complete stranger. We also keep you in the loop so you know who's coming and why. Consistency matters in Parkinson's Care, and we treat it that way.
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Private Duty Aides — East Lyme, CT
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