Parkinson’s Care in Windsor, 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 off Day Hill Road said the tremors had progressed, and on the drive home you kept replaying it. He’s been living in the same house in Windsor for thirty years and he’s not going anywhere, but the appointment made clear that what he’s managing now, alone, is more than anyone should manage alone. You’ve been watching him work around the shakiness, skipping his afternoon medications because the bottles are hard to open, and you’re not sure how many close calls there have been that he hasn’t mentioned. That’s usually when families call us.
Parkinson’s Care at home means having someone present who understands how the disease moves, not just someone filling time. Our aides help with the things Parkinson’s makes difficult: steadying a person during transfers, helping with dressing and grooming when fine motor control is unreliable, walking beside someone whose gait has changed so a stumble doesn’t become a fall. They also keep medication schedules on track, which matters enormously because missing a dose of carbidopa-levodopa can make a hard afternoon into a dangerous one.
For Windsor families, a lot of the calls we get follow a discharge from Hartford Hospital after a fall or a procedure, when the patient is back home but clearly needs more support than family can provide every day. We can step in quickly, sometimes within hours of a discharge, and build a routine that fits how your parent actually lives in their home. That might mean early morning help getting up and through breakfast, midday medication reminders, or full days when no family member is available.
We also work around the unpredictability that comes with Parkinson’s. Some days are better than others, and a good caregiver learns your parent’s patterns and adjusts. Families across Windsor’s neighborhoods have found that consistent, familiar help from someone who knows the disease makes a real difference in how steady and calm things feel at home. We’re nurse-founded, which means our caregivers are trained with clinical input on Parkinson’s specifically, not just general elder care, and our matching process reflects that.
Nurse-founded
Our agency was founded by a working nurse who saw firsthand what families dealing with tremors, falls, mobility decline, and medication schedules actually needed at home. That clinical background shapes everything about how we train and match our aides.
Built around Parkinson’s specifically
We brief caregivers on each client’s stage and symptoms before day one. Experience with Parkinson’s is part of how we match, not an afterthought. Families here notice the difference quickly.
We stay reachable
When something changes with your parent’s care, you should be able to call someone who knows the situation and can respond. We keep that line open. You’re not calling a call center.
Local to Windsor
We know Hartford County, how discharge planning works at Hartford Hospital, and how families here navigate care at home. We’re not a national agency fitting Windsor into a template.
How it works
We listen to your situation, ask a few questions, and get a real picture of what your parent needs. No intake forms, no pressure, no sales script.
We match based on experience with Parkinson’s specifically, not just who’s available. Personality fit matters too, and we take that seriously.
Often same day for Windsor families in urgent situations, especially post-discharge from Hartford Hospital. We move quickly when you need us to.
We stay in contact as things change. Parkinson’s doesn’t stay still, and neither does our involvement. You won’t be left wondering how it’s going.
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 the progression, but it usually includes help getting up safely, assistance with bathing and dressing, medication reminders at the right intervals, and steady support during meals and movement. We also keep an eye on things like freezing episodes and fatigue, which shift through the day. The goal is making the home feel manageable and safe, not like a clinical environment. Consistency matters a lot with Parkinson's, so we work hard to keep the same caregiver in place.
We can often start same day or within 24 hours when a Windsor family calls us following a Hartford Hospital discharge. The hospital may arrange some short-term home health visits, but those are typically limited and end quickly. If you call us while your parent is still in the hospital, we can have a plan ready before they arrive home. We've supported a lot of families through exactly that transition.
Our services are private pay, meaning they're not billed through Medicare or standard health insurance. Medicare may cover short-term skilled nursing visits after a hospital stay, but that's different from the ongoing non-medical support we provide. Some families use long-term care insurance policies to pay for our services, and we're happy to provide documentation that helps with reimbursement claims. We'll always be straightforward about costs so you can plan clearly.
A home health aide, in the Medicare sense, is a skilled care provider who comes for limited visits after a qualifying hospital stay, focused on therapy or wound care, not daily companionship and support. Our Parkinson's Care aides provide non-medical, ongoing help with daily life: mobility, personal care, medication reminders, and general safety. The distinction matters because most families with a parent managing Parkinson's at home need consistent daily presence, not short skilled visits. We fill that gap.
Yes, and we take that seriously. When we talk with you before placing anyone, we're asking about how your parent communicates, what their daily rhythm looks like, and what kind of presence works best for them. Someone who is quiet and steady is different from someone warm and chatty, and the right match makes a big difference in how well care goes. If the first match isn't working, we'll make a change without making it complicated.
We cover the shift. You won't be left to figure it out yourself. When a regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we send someone familiar with your parent's situation rather than a stranger showing up cold. We brief backup caregivers on your parent's needs, routine, and preferences before they come. Our goal is that your parent's day is as normal as possible even when the regular person isn't there.
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Private Duty Aides — Windsor, CT
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