Parkinson’s Care in New Britain, 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 visiting your father on Beaver Street after his last neurology appointment at Hospital of Central Connecticut, and when he reached for his coffee his hand tremored so badly the cup slid off the table. He laughed it off, the way he always does. But you stood there in his kitchen and realized the gaps between visits had gotten too long, and this was no longer something a phone call could handle.
Parkinson’s changes slowly, then all at once. The tremors, the shuffling walk, the way medications have to land at exactly the right time or the whole afternoon falls apart. Families in New Britain are managing all of this, usually from a distance, usually without enough information about what help actually looks like.
We’re Private Duty Aides, a nurse-founded home care agency serving Hartford County. We work specifically with families navigating Parkinson’s at home, and we can help you figure out what your father, mother, or parent actually needs right now.
Parkinson’s care at home is about showing up consistently and knowing what you’re doing. Our aides help with the physical realities of the disease: steadying someone during transfers, walking alongside them so a shuffle doesn’t become a fall, tracking the medication schedule so doses don’t get missed or doubled. We also help with bathing, grooming, meals, and anything else that gets harder as motor symptoms progress.
Day to day, families in New Britain typically need someone present during the riskiest hours, usually mornings when medications haven’t fully kicked in, and evenings when fatigue sets in and balance gets worse. For families whose parent has recently come home from Hospital of Central Connecticut after a fall or a procedure, we can step in quickly during that post-discharge window when the risk of another incident is highest and the hospital team has stepped back.
Parkinson’s also has a cognitive side that people don’t always expect. As the disease progresses, some people experience memory changes, mood shifts, or episodes of confusion. Our aides are briefed on this so they’re not caught off guard, and families across New Britain’s neighborhoods, from downtown near City Hall to the quieter residential streets off Farmington Avenue, know they can call us when something shifts.
Because we were founded by a working nurse, our approach to Parkinson’s care is built around clinical understanding, not just general helpfulness. The way we match caregivers, the way we brief them, and the way we track changes over time all reflect what a nurse would actually want to see in place for someone with this diagnosis.
Nurse-founded, not just caregiver-staffed
Our agency was started by a working nurse who watched families dealing with tremors, fall risk, rigid medication schedules, and a parent still trying to live independently at home. The whole way we operate reflects that background, from how we brief aides to how we escalate concerns.
Built specifically around Parkinson’s
We don’t treat Parkinson’s care like general companion care with a few extra steps. We match for experience with motor symptoms and cognitive changes, we brief aides on your parent’s specific pattern, and we pay attention to the things that actually matter for this disease.
We stay reachable when things change
Parkinson’s doesn’t hold to a schedule. If your parent has a rough night, if the medication seems off, if you just need to talk through what you’re seeing, you call us and someone answers. You won’t spend your afternoon leaving voicemails.
We know New Britain and Hartford County
We understand how discharges work at Hospital of Central Connecticut, we know the geography of New Britain’s neighborhoods, and we work regularly with Hartford County families. That local familiarity means we’re not learning the basics while your parent waits for care.
How it works
No online forms, no automated system. You tell us what’s going on with your parent and we ask questions. We want to understand the Parkinson’s stage, the home setup, and what’s worrying you most right now.
We don’t assign whoever is available. For Parkinson’s care specifically, we look for aides with experience handling tremors, fall risk, and medication timing, and we consider personality and communication style too.
For most New Britain families, we can begin within 48 hours of that first call. If the situation is urgent, such as a recent hospital discharge or a sudden change in function, we do everything we can to move faster.
We stay in contact with you, not just with the aide. Parkinson’s shifts over time, and when something changes, we want to hear about it and adjust the plan before it becomes a crisis.
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
On a typical day, a Parkinson's caregiver helps with morning routines when motor symptoms are often at their worst, including getting up safely, bathing, dressing, and making sure medications are taken on time. They stay present during meals, assist with walking and transfers, and watch for the kind of subtle changes that signal a rough patch coming. If the afternoon is calmer, they may help with light tasks around the house or simply keep your parent company so they're not alone. The goal is a consistent, attentive presence that adjusts to how the disease is behaving that day.
We can typically begin care within 48 hours of your first call, and for families coming home from Hospital of Central Connecticut, we try to move even faster when the situation calls for it. The post-discharge window for someone with Parkinson's is genuinely high-risk, and we take that seriously. Call us as soon as you know a discharge date is coming so we can have someone ready to step in on the first day home.
We're a private-pay agency, so we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. Families pay directly, which gives them much more flexibility in how care is structured and how many hours they use. We know that's a real consideration for most people, and we're straightforward about costs from the very first call. Some families find that long-term care insurance covers private-pay agencies like ours, so it's worth checking your policy if you have one.
A home health aide typically works under a medical order, visits on a short-term basis, and focuses on specific skilled tasks like wound care or physical therapy follow-through. Our Parkinson's caregivers provide non-medical support, but on an ongoing, flexible schedule that matches how Parkinson's actually works day to day. They handle personal care, safety, medication reminders, and companionship in a sustained way that a short-term medical aide isn't designed to do. The two services can and often do run alongside each other.
Yes, and that's one of the things we take most seriously. When you call us, we ask real questions about your parent's temperament, communication style, and what matters to them, not just their diagnosis. For Parkinson's care, we also look for aides who are calm and patient under pressure, because the disease can be frustrating for the person living with it and you want someone who won't escalate that. If a match isn't working, we fix it. That's part of what staying reachable means.
We cover the shift. We don't leave families without care because of an aide's scheduling conflict or illness. When a substitute comes in, we make sure they're briefed on your parent's Parkinson's specifics, not just handed an address. We also tell you when a substitute is coming so there are no surprises. Consistency matters a lot in Parkinson's care, and we work hard to minimize disruption when something changes on our end.
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