Parkinson’s Care in Westport, 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 picking your father up from his cardiology follow-up over at Norwalk Hospital, and on the way back through Greens Farms you watched him struggle with his seatbelt for almost two full minutes, fingers shaking, saying nothing, just concentrating. He didn’t ask for help. You didn’t say anything either. But you sat in the driveway afterward and couldn’t stop thinking about what happens when you’re not there. Parkinson’s moves slowly enough that you can almost convince yourself things are fine, and then a moment like that stops you cold. We hear this from Westport families often, and we know how to help.
Parkinson’s Care is hands-on, in-home support built around the specific ways Parkinson’s affects daily life. That means helping with movement and balance, reducing fall risk, assisting with dressing and bathing when tremors make it harder, and keeping medication schedules on track when timing genuinely matters. It also means being present and steady when frustration runs high, because Parkinson’s is exhausting for the person living with it and the family watching it.
Day to day, a caregiver working with someone who has Parkinson’s is doing things like helping with transfers from bed to chair, preparing meals that are manageable to eat, prompting and documenting medications, and accompanying your parent on short walks to keep them moving safely. For families in neighborhoods like Saugatuck or Coleytown where the terrain is uneven and the houses aren’t small, just getting from the bedroom to the kitchen can be a real obstacle. We account for the actual home environment, not a generic checklist.
Many Westport families reach out right after a discharge from Norwalk Hospital, when a fall or a sudden decline has made it clear that going home alone isn’t safe anymore. We move quickly in those situations and communicate directly with whoever is coordinating your parent’s transition. Because we’re nurse-founded, the person who built this agency has seen what post-discharge gaps look like and made sure our care approach closes them rather than leaving families to piece it together.
Nurse-founded. This agency was built by a working nurse who saw firsthand what families navigating Parkinson’s at home actually needed: steady, trained support that understood tremors, fall prevention, medication timing, and the slow grief that comes with a long diagnosis. That experience is baked into how we work.
Matched for this service. We don’t pull whoever is closest off a roster. We brief caregivers specifically on Parkinson’s routines, your parent’s particular presentation, and what you’ve told us matters to your family before anyone walks through the door.
We stay reachable. Parkinson’s changes. Medications get adjusted, a new symptom shows up, a caregiver shift needs to change. When that happens, you call us and you get a person who knows your situation, not a call center starting from scratch.
Local to Westport and Fairfield County. We know the discharge process at Norwalk Hospital, we know the roads in Compo Beach and Greens Farms, and we know the kind of families in this area who are trying to keep a parent home with dignity for as long as possible.
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 where your parent is in their diagnosis, but it generally includes help with getting up and moving safely, assistance with bathing and dressing when tremors make that difficult, meal preparation, and medication prompting at the right times. The caregiver also watches for changes in gait or balance and keeps track of anything worth reporting. It's consistent, close-in support from someone who knows your parent's routine and doesn't have to be told what to do each time.
We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and for urgent post-discharge situations we've started same-day. If you know a discharge is coming, call us before it happens so we can have everything in place when your parent gets home. We're familiar with how Norwalk Hospital coordinates transitions, and we can align with whoever is managing that process.
We're a private-pay agency, so we don't bill Medicare or insurance directly. Medicare does cover some skilled nursing or therapy visits at home through a certified home health agency, but it doesn't cover the kind of ongoing non-medical support we provide. Many families use savings, a long-term care policy, or family contributions to cover our services. We're upfront about costs from the first conversation, so you're not surprised.
A home health aide through Medicare is usually short-term and tied to skilled nursing visits, with limited hours and a defined end point. Our Parkinson's Care is ongoing, flexible, and not connected to a clinical order. You choose the hours, the frequency, and the level of support, and we adjust as your parent's needs change. We're also specifically matching caregivers to Parkinson's experience rather than assigning generalists.
Yes, and we take that seriously. Before we place anyone, we talk through your parent's personality, their history, what they respond well to, and what would make them dig their heels in. A good match isn't just about Parkinson's experience, it's about whether the caregiver can build real trust with your parent over time. If something isn't working, you tell us and we fix it.
We cover it. We don't leave families to figure out a gap on their own. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we send someone who has been briefed on your parent's care and isn't starting from zero. We communicate with you directly when a change is coming so you're not caught off guard. Continuity matters with Parkinson's, and we build that into how we schedule.
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Private Duty Aides — Westport, CT
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