Parkinson’s Care in Westbrook, 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 dad’s neurologist at his last appointment mentioned the tremors were progressing, and on the drive back down Route 1 through Westbrook he was quiet in a way he usually isn’t. You asked if he needed more help at home and he changed the subject. That moment has been sitting with you since. Parkinson’s moves at its own pace, but the window for getting good routines in place doesn’t stay open forever, and you already know that.
We’re Private Duty Aides, a nurse-founded home care agency serving families across Connecticut. We work with people living at home with Parkinson’s, and we know what that actually looks like day to day: the slow mornings, the medication timing that matters more than most people realize, the falls that happen when nobody’s watching. We’re here to help your family figure out the right kind of support before the next hard thing happens.
Parkinson’s Care at home means showing up consistently for the parts of daily life that the disease makes harder. That’s help with getting up and moving safely in the morning, steady physical assistance during dressing and bathing, medication reminders timed to the schedule the neurologist set, and staying close during meals when swallowing takes more effort. It’s attentive, unhurried, and built around how Parkinson’s actually behaves, not a generic checklist.
Families in Westbrook often reach out after a hospitalization or a fall that shook everyone’s confidence. After a discharge from Middlesex Hospital, the transition back home is one of the riskiest stretches for someone with Parkinson’s, and having a trained aide in place from day one makes a real difference. We also hear from families who haven’t had an emergency yet but can see what’s coming, and they want to get ahead of it while their parent is still doing reasonably well at home.
Day to day, our caregivers watch for the changes that matter: a shuffle in the gait that wasn’t there last week, a hand tremor that’s making it harder to handle a cup, a mood that’s shifted. They note it, they tell us, and we stay in contact with your family. Because this agency was founded by a working nurse, our approach to Parkinson’s Care carries real clinical awareness, even though the services themselves are non-medical. That background shapes everything from how we train our aides to how we brief them on your parent’s specific presentation.
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 starts with safe transfers from bed, help with bathing, dressing, and grooming at a pace that works for someone with tremors or stiffness. Throughout the day, a caregiver handles medication reminders, meal preparation, and close accompaniment during any movement around the home to reduce fall risk. They'll also provide company and light activity during the hours that can feel long and isolating. The routine is built around your parent's specific schedule and the way their Parkinson's actually presents, not a one-size-fits-all plan.
We can often have a caregiver in place within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and in urgent situations we work to get someone there the same day. Post-discharge from Middlesex Hospital is one of the most common reasons families contact us, and we treat it as the time-sensitive situation it is. If you know a discharge is coming, call us before it happens so we can have the right person lined up and ready. Getting that support in place early makes the first week home much safer.
Our services are private pay, which means Medicare and most standard insurance plans don't cover them. Long-term care insurance policies sometimes do, and we're happy to help you understand what your policy might cover if you have one. We're straightforward about this from the very first call because we don't want anyone surprised later. If private pay isn't the right fit, we'll tell you honestly and point you toward other options.
A home health aide typically comes through a Medicare-covered plan for skilled nursing or therapy needs, often for a limited number of visits after a medical event. Our Parkinson's Care is non-medical and private pay, designed for the ongoing, day-to-day support that doesn't end when the Medicare window closes. We focus on safety, routine, and the kind of consistent presence that makes living at home sustainable over months and years. The two can work alongside each other during certain periods.
Yes, and we take that seriously. Before we suggest a match, we ask you real questions about your parent's temperament, their daily routine, what frustrates them, and what kind of personality they tend to respond well to. Parkinson's care works best when your parent actually feels comfortable with the person in their home, so the fit matters as much as the experience. If the first match isn't quite right, we'll work with you to find someone better.
We notify you as early as possible and have a backup caregiver ready who has been briefed on your parent's needs, not a stranger walking in cold. We know that consistency matters with Parkinson's and that last-minute gaps are stressful, so we work hard to keep them from happening in the first place. When they do, we handle it without putting the burden on your family to scramble. You'll always know who is coming and when.
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