Parkinson’s Care in Farmington, 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 noticed it at the pharmacy on Farmington Avenue. Your father’s hands were shaking badly enough that he couldn’t sign the credit card reader, and he waved it off like it was nothing, like it had never happened before. But you could tell from the way he looked away that it wasn’t the first time. That drive back to his house on the east side of town, past the Farmington Valley trails you used to walk together, felt different than usual.
Parkinson’s moves slowly and then quickly. One month it’s a tremor. The next it’s a fall in the bathroom at two in the morning, a missed dose of carbidopa-levodopa, a doctor’s visit where the neurologist says things that don’t fully land until you’re sitting in your car afterward. We hear these stories every week from families across Farmington, and we know how disorienting this stage feels.
We’re Private Duty Aides, a nurse-founded home care agency serving Farmington and Hartford County. We match families with experienced caregivers who understand Parkinson’s specifically, not just aging in general. If your parent wants to stay home, we can help make that work safely.
Parkinson’s Care at home means having someone present who understands the specific rhythms of the disease. That includes helping with mobility safely, steadying someone during transfers from bed to chair, assisting with bathing and dressing during the times of day when rigidity is worst, and keeping a consistent medication schedule so doses don’t get missed or doubled. The physical demands of Parkinson’s change daily, and a good caregiver adapts to that rather than working from a rigid checklist.
For families in Farmington, the concerns we hear most often involve falls, medication timing, and the unpredictability of “off” periods when Parkinson’s symptoms suddenly worsen. Our caregivers are briefed on each client’s current stage, their neurologist’s instructions, and the specific ways their symptoms tend to show up at home. Families near the Farmington River greenway neighborhoods or in the older residential areas closer to Route 10 all face the same core challenge: keeping someone safe in a home that wasn’t built for mobility challenges.
When a parent is discharged from Hartford Hospital after a Parkinson’s-related fall or procedure, the gap between hospital and home can feel frightening. We can often have care in place within 48 hours of discharge, sometimes the same day, so that transition doesn’t happen without support. We work with what the hospital team recommends and stay in communication as the recovery picture becomes clearer.
Because we were founded by a working nurse, our approach to Parkinson’s Care specifically reflects what clinical experience shows matters most: medication consistency, fall prevention, and steady communication with families. That background shapes how we train, match, and supervise caregivers for clients with Parkinson’s.
Nurse-founded, and it shows
Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw firsthand what families navigating tremors, falls, medication schedules, and mobility decline actually needed at home. That clinical foundation isn’t a marketing line. It shapes how we screen caregivers, how we brief them on each client, and what we pay attention to over time.
Specific to Parkinson’s, not just general aging
We don’t treat Parkinson’s Care like companion care with extra steps. Caregivers placed for Parkinson’s clients have experience with “off” periods, gait instability, pill organizers and dosing windows, and the emotional weight that comes with a progressive diagnosis. The match we make reflects that.
We stay reachable when things change
Parkinson’s doesn’t follow a schedule, and care concerns don’t wait for business hours. When something shifts at home, when a fall happens or a medication question comes up, you can call us and someone will answer. We don’t route you to a voicemail and wait until Monday.
We know Farmington and Hartford County
We understand the discharge process at Hartford Hospital, the geography of Farmington’s neighborhoods, and the particular dynamics of families managing care across different towns in the county. That local familiarity means we spend less time getting oriented and more time being useful.
How it works
You tell us what’s going on with your parent and what you’re worried about. No forms, no pressure, no intake script. We just talk through what the situation looks like right now and what kind of help would actually make a difference.
For Parkinson’s Care, matching isn’t just about schedule availability. We consider the caregiver’s experience with tremors, falls, and medication management, and we think about personality fit too, because this person will be in your parent’s home every day.
For urgent situations in Farmington, often same day. We don’t make families wait while things at home get harder. Once we’ve confirmed the match, we move quickly so there’s no gap in support.
Parkinson’s changes over time, and so should care. We stay in regular contact with families so you’re not left wondering whether things are going well. If something shifts, we hear about it and we respond.
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 depends on where your parent is in their Parkinson's progression, but it usually involves help with morning routines like bathing and dressing, medication reminders at the right times, assistance moving safely through the home, meal preparation, and companionship throughout the day. If "off" periods happen, the caregiver knows how to respond calmly and safely rather than panicking or misreading the situation. We review each client's current routine and symptoms before care starts so the caregiver walks in prepared, not guessing.
In most cases we can have care in place within 48 hours of a discharge from Hartford Hospital, and for urgent situations we often move faster than that. Call us as soon as you know the discharge date is coming, even if it's still uncertain. We'd rather get the conversation started early and adjust the timing than scramble at the last minute. The gap between hospital and home is one of the riskiest stretches for someone with Parkinson's, and we take it seriously.
Our services are private pay, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or most insurance plans. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover private duty non-medical home care, so it's worth checking your parent's policy if they have one. We'll give you a clear, straightforward picture of costs when you call so there's no confusion. We don't have hidden fees or complicated contracts.
A home health aide is typically a medically credentialed role that involves skilled nursing tasks, wound care, or therapy, and it's usually ordered by a doctor and billed through Medicare for a limited period. Our caregivers are non-medical, which means they focus on daily living support: safety, mobility assistance, medication reminders (not administration), personal care, and companionship. For someone living with Parkinson's long-term at home, non-medical support is often what fills in the gaps that medical visits don't cover. The two types of care can work alongside each other.
Yes, and we consider it one of the most important parts of what we do. Parkinson's Care works best when there's real rapport between caregiver and client, because your parent will be spending long stretches of time with this person in their own home. We ask about your parent's temperament, their preferences, how they like to spend their day, and what tends to frustrate them. We use that information, along with the caregiver's Parkinson's experience, to make a match that actually sticks rather than just filling a shift.
We keep backup coverage in place so a gap in care doesn't leave your parent without help. If your regular caregiver is sick or has an emergency, we reach out to you right away and work to find a substitute who has been briefed on your parent's needs. We don't just send whoever is available and hope for the best. For someone with Parkinson's, consistency matters, so we try to minimize disruption and keep you informed every step of the way.
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Private Duty Aides — Farmington, CT
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