Parkinson’s Care in Stafford, 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 watching your father try to button his coat before the drive up Route 190 to his appointment at Johnson Memorial, and his hands just wouldn’t cooperate. He kept trying, quietly, and you both pretended not to notice how long it took. That moment, small as it sounds, is the one that stays with you. Parkinson’s changes things gradually and then all at once, and most families in Stafford reach us after a stretch of weeks just like that one. We can help.
We’re Private Duty Aides, a nurse-founded, private-pay home care agency serving Stafford and all of Tolland County. We work with families where a parent is still living at home with Parkinson’s and needs consistent, knowledgeable support, not a revolving door of strangers, and not a facility if home is still where they want to be.
Parkinson’s Care at home means having someone present who understands the disease and knows how to respond to it practically. That covers help with movement and transfers (getting up from a chair, walking to the bathroom, navigating stairs), fall prevention and fall response, medication reminders timed to your parent’s specific schedule, and personal care like bathing and dressing that takes extra time and patience when tremors are part of the picture.
Families in Stafford often come to us right after a discharge from Johnson Memorial Hospital, when the medical team has done their part and everyone suddenly realizes how much daily support is actually needed at home. Others reach out earlier, when mobility has declined enough that leaving a parent alone feels risky. In both situations, our aides work from a written care plan, stay consistent, and check in with family members regularly so nothing falls through the gaps.
Medication schedules matter more with Parkinson’s than almost any other condition, because timing affects how well the medication controls symptoms. Our aides follow those schedules carefully, prompt your parent when a dose is due, and note anything that seems off so the family and medical team stay informed. We cover all areas of Stafford, from the center of town to the quieter residential stretches, and we build schedules around what your parent’s day actually looks like.
Because we were founded by a working nurse, our approach to Parkinson’s Care is grounded in clinical understanding, which means our aides are briefed on disease progression, they know the difference between a medication timing issue and a new symptom, and they’re trained to communicate clearly with families and care teams when something changes.
Nurse-founded, not just nurse-supervised. Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw firsthand what families managing tremors, mobility decline, and medication timing actually needed at home. That perspective shapes everything, from how we train aides to how we write care plans.
Matched to Parkinson’s Care, not just to a time slot. We brief every aide on your parent’s specific stage of Parkinson’s, their medication schedule, their fall risk, and their daily routine before care ever starts. The first visit is not a guessing game.
We answer when you call. When your parent’s symptoms shift or something at home feels off, you shouldn’t have to leave a message and wait. We stay reachable because Parkinson’s doesn’t follow a 9-to-5 schedule.
We know Stafford and Tolland County. We understand the discharge process at Johnson Memorial Hospital, the geography and spacing of Stafford’s neighborhoods, and the kind of families who live here. That context makes a practical difference in how we plan care.
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 depends on your parent's stage of Parkinson's and their schedule, but most days include help with morning personal care (bathing, dressing, grooming), medication reminders at the right times, assistance with meals, and support with walking, transfers, and any exercise routine prescribed by their doctor. The aide also watches for changes in tremor severity, balance, or alertness and communicates anything notable back to the family. The goal is a steady, predictable day that reduces fall risk and keeps your parent as independent as possible within what's safe.
We can often start the same day or the following morning for Stafford families coming home from Johnson Memorial. Hospital discharges tend to happen faster than families expect, and that first 48 hours at home is one of the highest-risk periods for a fall or a missed medication. Call us as soon as you know a discharge date and we'll coordinate around it. We won't ask you to wait through a lengthy intake process when the situation is urgent.
We're a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance directly. Medicare typically doesn't cover non-medical home care like personal assistance and companionship, which is most of what Parkinson's Care at home involves. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover private-pay services, so it's worth reviewing your parent's policy if they have one. We're happy to provide documentation that you can submit to a long-term care insurer.
A home health aide typically comes through a Medicare or insurance benefit for a limited period after a hospitalization, with a specific clinical goal like wound care or physical therapy follow-up. Our Parkinson's Care is ongoing, non-medical support that covers the rest of daily life: getting dressed, staying safe, taking medication on time, and having someone knowledgeable present throughout the day. The two can work alongside each other, and often do after a discharge from Johnson Memorial. We fill the gap that home health doesn't cover.
Yes, and we take that seriously. A caregiver who doesn't mesh with your parent's personality creates friction that makes the whole situation harder, especially with Parkinson's, where routine and calm matter a lot. We ask you about your parent's communication style, preferences, sense of humor, and daily habits before we make a match. If the fit isn't right after the first few visits, we'll make a change without any awkwardness about it.
We maintain coverage. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we send someone else who has already been briefed on your parent's care plan so there's no gap in support. We notify you before any substitute arrives, not after. With Parkinson's, consistency matters, so we try hard to minimize changes, but when they do happen, we handle them proactively instead of leaving you to figure it out on your own.
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