Stroke Recovery Care in Bozrah, CT
Non-medical in-home care after a stroke — homemaker-companion support during rehab and recovery at home.
No sales pressure. We'll tell you straight if we're not a fit.
The night your dad came home from William W. Backus Hospital, the house felt different. You’d rearranged furniture, set up the downstairs room, printed out the discharge instructions, and still, somewhere around midnight, you found him trying to get to the bathroom alone, gripping the doorframe along the hallway off Bozrah’s Route 163 like it was the only solid thing in the world. You caught him. That time. But you knew, right then, that you couldn’t do this around the clock and still hold everything else together.
Stroke recovery at home is one of the hardest stretches a family goes through. The progress is real but slow, and the care needs are constant in ways rehab staff don’t always prepare you for.
We’re here to help with that, specifically, in Bozrah and across New London County.
Stroke recovery care is non-medical support built around what a person needs in the hours and days that medical staff aren’t there. That means helping your parent move safely through their home, steadying them during transfers from bed to chair, prompting them through exercises their therapist assigned, and being present when the fatigue hits hard and they just need someone calm beside them. It also means watching for anything that seems off and calling you right away.
Day to day, our aides help with bathing, dressing, meal preparation, and medication reminders. For stroke survivors with speech difficulties, we work with patience and consistency, not rushing, not finishing sentences, giving the time each moment takes. Families across all areas of Bozrah often tell us the hardest part wasn’t the tasks themselves but the feeling of being completely alone in managing them. We come in and that changes.
Many families reach out to us directly after discharge from William W. Backus Hospital, sometimes within the same week. The transition home is when fall risk is highest and when family members are most stretched thin. We step in during that window and stay as long as you need us, whether that’s a few weeks through the acute phase or months as recovery continues.
Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, and that background shapes how we approach post-stroke care specifically. Caregivers are briefed on the individual’s stroke history, affected side, communication needs, and any therapy goals before their first shift begins.
Nurse-founded, built around this. Our founder is a working nurse who saw firsthand what families managing post-stroke care at home actually needed. The agency was built around that gap, not around volume or convenience.
We take stroke recovery seriously as a specialty. Caregivers are briefed before every first shift. We think about affected side, speech pacing, fall risk, and therapy goals as a starting point, not an afterthought.
We stay reachable. When something shifts during stroke recovery care, you need to be able to call someone and actually get through. You can reach us. We pick up, and we follow through.
We know Bozrah and New London County. We understand the discharge process at William W. Backus Hospital, the roads and rural distances here, and how families in this part of Connecticut navigate care without a lot of nearby infrastructure to lean on.
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
On a typical day, your caregiver helps with the morning routine, which often includes transferring safely from bed, help with bathing and dressing, and getting breakfast. Throughout the day, they assist with mobility, prompt prescribed exercises, prepare meals, handle medication reminders, and provide steady company. If your parent has speech difficulties, the caregiver is there to communicate patiently and consistently, without pressure. The specifics shift as recovery progresses, and we adjust to match where your parent is week to week.
We can often have care in place within 48 hours, and for Bozrah families facing urgent situations right after discharge from William W. Backus Hospital, same-day starts are sometimes possible. The sooner you call us, the more flexibility we have to move quickly. If you know a discharge date is coming, reaching out a few days in advance gives us time to do the matching thoughtfully rather than in a rush.
Private Duty Aides is a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. Medicare may cover skilled nursing or physical therapy visits at home through a separate home health agency, but the non-medical daily care we provide falls outside that coverage. Many families pay out of pocket, sometimes using long-term care insurance if they have it. We're transparent about rates when you call so there are no surprises.
Home health aides are typically sent by a medical agency and focus on skilled or clinical tasks prescribed by a doctor, often for a limited number of visits per week. Our stroke recovery caregivers provide non-medical support for as many hours as your family needs, seven days a week. The two can work alongside each other. Where a home health aide might visit for an hour to check wound care or do a therapy session, our caregiver is there before, during, and after to make sure your parent is safe and supported throughout the day.
Yes, and we take that seriously. Before we place anyone, we want to understand your parent's communication style, temperament, preferences, and the specific effects of their stroke. A good match is especially important in stroke recovery because trust and consistency help people make progress. If for any reason the first match isn't right, you tell us and we make a change without making you feel like you're asking for something unreasonable.
We cover the shift. We keep a backup caregiver familiar with your parent's needs so the care doesn't fall through when someone is sick or has an emergency. You'll hear from us before the shift, not after. Consistency matters during stroke recovery, and we work hard to minimize disruption to the routine your parent has settled into.
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