Stroke Recovery Care in Greenwich, 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 call came from the discharge coordinator at Greenwich Hospital on a Tuesday afternoon, and by Wednesday your mother was home, sitting at the kitchen table in Cos Cob with a cup of tea she could barely lift. You watched her try to form a sentence and stop halfway through, and you smiled like everything was fine because you didn’t know what else to do. That moment, right there, is exactly why we exist.
Coming home from rehab after a stroke can feel like the finish line, but most families quickly realize it’s actually the hardest part. The hospital had nurses every few hours. Now it’s just you, a stack of discharge papers, and a parent who needs more help than you can safely give alone. That pressure is real, and it’s not something you should carry without support.
We provide non-medical, private-pay stroke recovery care in Greenwich so that your parent can heal at home, safely and with dignity, while you get to be their family again instead of their full-time caregiver.
Stroke recovery care at home covers the gap between what a therapist does in a clinical setting and what a family member can realistically manage day to day. Our caregivers provide hands-on help with mobility and transfers, personal hygiene, dressing, meal preparation, and medication reminders. They also provide steady, patient companionship during the hours when speech and cognition are still rebuilding, which takes a kind of calm that’s hard to sustain when you’re also the person paying the bills and managing your own job.
Families in Greenwich, Old Greenwich, and Riverside often come to us right after discharge from Greenwich Hospital, when the reality of the recovery timeline sets in. The discharge plan looks manageable on paper, but the first morning at home tells a different story. A caregiver who has worked with post-stroke clients knows how to encourage movement without pushing too hard, how to prompt without frustrating, and how to notice small changes that might mean something medically significant enough to call the family or doctor about.
Many families in Byram and Glenville also need help managing the emotional weight that comes with a parent who is frustrated, grieving their independence, or struggling to communicate. Our caregivers are trained to meet people where they are, not where we wish they were, and that patience makes a real difference in day-to-day recovery progress.
Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, and that background shapes everything about how we approach stroke recovery specifically. We brief caregivers on the clinical picture before day one, and we know which warning signs during post-stroke care warrant an immediate call versus a scheduled update.
Nurse-founded from the start
Our founder is a working nurse who watched families struggle through post-stroke care at home with little real support. She built this agency around exactly what those families needed: caregivers who are well-briefed, well-matched, and actually prepared for the realities of stroke recovery.
Built around this service, not stretched across everything
We don’t assign whoever is free. For stroke recovery specifically, we look at experience with mobility support, comfort with speech and communication challenges, and the steady temperament it takes to work with someone who is frustrated by their own body. That specificity shows up on day one.
We pick up when you call
Stroke recovery doesn’t follow a schedule, and neither do the questions that come up at 7pm on a Friday. When something changes or you’re not sure what you’re seeing, you call us and you reach a person. We stay reachable because that’s when it matters most.
We know Greenwich and Fairfield County
We understand the discharge process at Greenwich Hospital, the layout of neighborhoods like Riverside and Backcountry, and how families here tend to need support. That local knowledge makes coordination smoother and means we’re never starting from scratch.
How it works
You tell us what’s happening, where your parent is in their recovery, and what the day looks like right now. No intake forms, no pressure. We just listen and ask the questions that help us understand what you actually need.
For stroke recovery, we look at experience with mobility assistance, patience with communication difficulties, and temperament, not just who’s available on a given shift. The match matters more than the speed here, and we take it seriously.
Often the same day for Greenwich families whose parent just came home from Greenwich Hospital. We know that the discharge window doesn’t wait, and we move quickly when the situation calls for it.
Stroke recovery isn’t static. We check in with you regularly, adjust care as your parent’s needs shift, and make sure you always know what’s happening. You won’t be left wondering or chasing someone down for an update.
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 recovery, but most of our stroke recovery shifts include help with morning routines like bathing, dressing, and getting safely to the table for breakfast. Caregivers assist with mobility and transfers throughout the day, prepare meals, provide medication reminders, and offer steady companionship during periods when speech or concentration is difficult. They also observe and report any changes in condition, so you have a clear picture of how your parent is doing even when you can't be there. The goal is to keep your parent safe, comfortable, and as active as they're able to be on that particular day.
We can often have a caregiver in place the same day your parent arrives home from Greenwich Hospital, and almost always within 48 hours. We know the discharge process at Greenwich Hospital moves fast and that families sometimes get less notice than they'd like. When you call us, tell us the discharge date and we'll work backward from there to make sure care is ready when your parent walks through the door.
Our services are private pay only, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. Medicare can cover certain skilled nursing visits and therapy through a certified home health agency, but it doesn't cover ongoing non-medical home care like what we provide. Some long-term care insurance policies do reimburse for this kind of support, so it's worth checking your parent's policy if they have one. We're happy to provide documentation to help with that process.
A home health aide typically works under a Medicare-certified agency and focuses on skilled or medical tasks prescribed by a physician, often for a limited number of visits. Our stroke recovery caregivers provide non-medical support, meaning help with daily activities, mobility, routines, companionship, and safety, without the visit limits or insurance requirements that come with home health. The two services often run alongside each other during recovery: a therapist or home health aide handles clinical tasks, and we handle the hours in between. Many Greenwich families have both.
Yes, and we take that matching seriously. When you call us, we ask about your parent's personality, their communication style, their routines, and what tends to go well or badly with people they've worked with before. For stroke recovery specifically, temperament matters a great deal because frustration is already high and patience isn't just a nice quality, it's a clinical one. If a match isn't working after the first few days, we talk about it and adjust. We'd rather get it right than keep something in place that isn't working.
We always have a backup plan in place before that situation comes up. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we contact you as early as possible and provide a substitute who has already been briefed on your parent's needs. We don't leave you to figure it out on your own or simply cancel a shift. Continuity matters a lot in stroke recovery, so we try to keep substitutions to a minimum and make sure any fill-in caregiver is prepared before they walk in the door.
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Private Duty Aides — Greenwich, CT
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