Stroke Recovery Care in Litchfield, 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.
You got the call from Charlotte Hungerford Hospital on a Tuesday, and by Thursday your parent was home. The discharge paperwork said “follow up in two weeks” and listed exercises for the left arm, but nobody told you what to actually do at 7 a.m. when they can’t button their shirt and you have to leave for work by 8. Litchfield is a town where people manage quietly, where neighbors wave from the green but don’t always know how bad things have gotten inside. You’ve been managing, but managing isn’t the same as okay.
We’re Private Duty Aides, a nurse-founded home care agency serving Litchfield County. We work with families exactly in this moment, right after the hospital, when the relief of being home meets the reality of how much has changed.
Stroke recovery care at home is hands-on daily support for someone whose body and sometimes speech have changed fast and without warning. It covers the physical basics that families often underestimate: safe transfers from bed to chair, help in the bathroom, dressing without frustration or risk of a fall, and making sure meals are actually eaten rather than abandoned because one hand isn’t cooperating yet. It also means steady, calm presence for someone who may be scared, embarrassed, or grieving the way they used to do things.
Day to day, a caregiver working with a stroke survivor in Litchfield might assist with morning routines, accompany them on short walks as strength returns, help with exercises prescribed by a physical therapist, provide transportation to follow-up appointments, and simply stay present through the hours when family can’t be there. Many families in Litchfield come to us within days of discharge from Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, when the home health visits are limited and the gap between what the person needs and what the family can provide starts to show. We fill that gap, consistently, without asking families to figure it all out alone.
We’re nurse-founded, which means the person who built this agency has stood in a post-stroke patient’s room and understood exactly what the transition home looks like in practice, not just on paper. That background shapes how we brief our caregivers, what we watch for, and how quickly we move when something needs to change.
Nurse-founded
Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw firsthand how families navigating post-stroke care, mobility loss, speech changes, and the chaos of coming home from rehab were left without enough real support. That experience built the foundation for how we operate.
Built around this service
Stroke recovery care is specific. It’s not general companionship. We brief caregivers on fall risk, one-sided weakness, frustration around communication, and how to support therapy exercises without overstepping. The preparation shows.
We stay reachable
Recovery isn’t linear. When something changes at 6 p.m. on a Friday, you should be able to reach someone who knows your family’s situation and can help. We keep that promise because we know what it’s like when agencies don’t.
Local to Litchfield County
We know the roads, the discharge process at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, and the way Litchfield County families tend to handle hard things, often quietly and without asking for enough help. We’re here for all of it.
How it works
No intake forms, no hold music, no pressure. You tell us what’s happening, and we ask the questions that help us actually understand your specific situation. Most families feel better just having talked it through.
We don’t assign by availability alone. We look at your parent’s mobility level, personality, communication changes after the stroke, and what the day actually looks like. The match matters more than the speed, and we take it seriously.
For Litchfield families coming home from Charlotte Hungerford Hospital or another facility, we know urgency is real. We move quickly when we need to, often starting same-day or next-day for families in an immediate situation.
We stay in contact with you as recovery progresses. When needs shift, and they will, we adjust the plan without making you start over from scratch. You’ll always know who to call and get an actual answer.
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 recovery, but it usually starts with a safe morning routine: getting out of bed, help with personal hygiene, dressing, and breakfast. Through the day, a caregiver might assist with prescribed exercises, accompany someone on a short walk as balance improves, handle light household tasks, and provide transportation to appointments. Afternoons often focus on rest, engagement, and making sure the person isn't isolated or frustrated. The goal is safety and steady progress, not just supervision.
We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and for urgent situations we've started same-day. If you know a discharge date in advance, calling us before the hospital releases your parent gives us more time to make the right match rather than just the fastest one. Either way, we move quickly because we know the first days home are often the most vulnerable.
We're a private-pay agency, so we don't bill Medicare or most insurance plans. Medicare may cover skilled nursing or physical therapy visits at home for a limited period after a stroke, but those visits are typically short and task-specific. The consistent, daily support that helps people actually recover and stay safe at home is almost always a private-pay service. We're upfront about costs from the first conversation.
A home health aide, in the Medicare sense, is typically a clinically supervised worker doing specific skilled tasks on a short visit schedule. Our caregivers provide non-medical personal care and support for longer stretches, including full days or overnight, with a focus on daily function, safety, and quality of life. We work alongside any skilled home health visits your parent receives, not instead of them. Many families in Litchfield use both during the early recovery period.
Yes, and we take this seriously because a poor match makes everything harder. We ask about your parent's temperament, communication style, and any specific challenges they're dealing with since the stroke, including frustration around speech or changes in mood. We use that information to find someone who fits, not just someone who's available. If the match isn't right after the first few visits, we talk and we adjust.
We have coverage protocols so that a gap in care doesn't become a crisis for your family. We'll notify you as early as possible and send a caregiver who has been briefed on your parent's needs, not a stranger walking in cold. Continuity matters during stroke recovery, so we try hard to keep schedule disruptions rare and brief. You're not left to figure it out on your own.
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Private Duty Aides — Litchfield, CT
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