Parkinson’s Care in New Milford, 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 your dad’s place off Youngs Field Road last Sunday, helping him button his coat, and you noticed how long it took. His hands were shaking more than they were a month ago, and he made a joke about it, the way he does, but you didn’t laugh. You’ve been watching the Parkinson’s take more from him, slowly, and after that visit you sat in your car for a few minutes before driving back over the bridge. That’s usually when families in New Milford call us.
We’re a nurse-founded, private-pay home care agency that helps people living with Parkinson’s stay at home safely. We work with families across Litchfield County and we know what this disease actually looks like day to day, not just in a brochure.
Parkinson’s care is not general home care with a different label. It’s support that accounts for how the disease actually moves through a person’s day: the tremors that make morning routines slow and frustrating, the balance issues that turn a hallway into a real risk, the medication schedule that has to be followed precisely or the whole afternoon goes sideways. A trained caregiver helps with dressing, bathing, toileting, and meals while staying aware of fall risk at every step.
On a typical day, a Parkinson’s caregiver might help your parent get through their morning medications, assist with a safe shower using the right technique and equipment, prepare a meal that accounts for any swallowing difficulty, and sit with them through the afternoon hours when fatigue and stiffness often get worse. Families in New Milford also call us when a parent comes home from New Milford Hospital after a fall or a procedure, and care starts right at discharge so nothing is left to chance in those first shaky days back at home. We cover all areas of New Milford, from the town center to the quieter roads up toward Gaylordsville.
Because we were founded by a working nurse, our approach to Parkinson’s care is built around clinical awareness, not just task completion. That means our caregivers are briefed on the specific stage of the disease, the medications involved, and what warning signs to watch for and report back to the family.
Nurse-founded from the start
Our founder is a working nurse who saw firsthand what families managing Parkinson’s actually needed: someone who understands tremors, fall risk, medication timing, and mobility decline, not just a warm body to fill hours in the day.
Built around this service, not just available for it
We brief every caregiver on the specific person they’re working with before day one. For Parkinson’s care, that means stage of disease, medications, mobility limitations, and communication style. The caregiver shows up prepared, not learning on the job.
We pick up the phone
Parkinson’s doesn’t follow a schedule, and neither do the moments when you need to ask a question or report a change. When you call us, someone answers. That’s not a promise we make lightly.
We know New Milford and Litchfield County
We know the discharge process at New Milford Hospital, the geography of the area, and the families here. That local knowledge shows up in how we plan care and how fast we can respond when something changes.
How it works
You tell us what’s going on, we listen. No intake forms, no pressure, no sales script. Just a real conversation about your parent’s situation and what they need right now.
We don’t assign whoever is available. We match based on experience with Parkinson’s, personality, schedule, and the specific things your parent needs help with. That match matters more than people expect.
Often the same day for families in New Milford dealing with an urgent situation, like a recent discharge from New Milford Hospital or a fall that changed everything. We move when you need us to move.
We stay in contact with you after care starts. If something changes with your parent’s condition, you don’t have to hunt anyone down. You call us and we’re there.
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 the stage of the disease and what your parent needs, but it usually includes help with morning medications, bathing and dressing (done safely and without rushing), meal preparation, mobility support around the home, and companionship through the afternoon hours when fatigue tends to set in. If there's a physical therapy regimen or specific exercises prescribed, the caregiver can help your parent follow through with those. We talk through the daily routine with you before care starts so nothing gets missed.
We can often have a caregiver in place the same day as discharge, and in most cases within 24 to 48 hours. New Milford Hospital discharges can happen quickly and with little notice, so we try to move fast when families are in that situation. Call us as soon as you know the discharge is coming and we'll coordinate from there.
We're a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. Families pay directly, either out of pocket or using long-term care insurance if they have it. We're transparent about our rates from the first conversation so there are no surprises. Some families find that private pay gives them more flexibility and consistency than going through insurance-dependent agencies.
A home health aide typically works under a clinical order and focuses on skilled tasks like wound care or physical therapy exercises. Our Parkinson's caregivers provide non-medical support: daily living activities, safety supervision, medication reminders, and steady hands-on help with everything that Parkinson's makes harder. The two can work alongside each other, and many of our New Milford families use both. We're the consistent daily presence; the home health aide handles the clinical piece.
Yes, and we take that seriously. When you call us, we ask questions about your parent beyond just their physical needs: how they communicate, what they like and don't like, whether they want conversation or quiet, what their routine looks like. We use that to find the right caregiver, not just an available one. If the first match doesn't feel right, we fix it.
We don't leave a gap. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we find a backup and we let you know in advance whenever possible. We brief any substitute caregiver on your parent's needs so they're not walking in cold. Continuity matters with Parkinson's, so we try hard to keep the same faces in place and only bring in a substitute who knows what they're doing.
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