Stroke Recovery Care in New Haven, 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 Yale New Haven Hospital on a Tuesday afternoon: your parent was being discharged in 48 hours, and the discharge planner handed you a folder thick with paperwork but thin on answers. You stood in that hallway on Howard Avenue and tried to understand what “home with support” was actually supposed to look like. Nobody told you how the mornings would go, who would help with the walker, or what to do when the words just wouldn’t come.
That gap between leaving rehab and feeling safe at home is where we work. We provide non-medical, private-pay stroke recovery support in New Haven, showing up daily to handle the things that make real recovery possible: safe movement through the house, help getting dressed and to the bathroom, companionship during the long hours when progress feels invisible. Whether your family is in East Rock, Fair Haven, or Westville, we come to you.
You don’t have to figure this out alone, and you don’t have to settle for whoever happens to be available. We match carefully, we start quickly, and we stay in touch.
Stroke recovery care at home is hands-on, daily support that picks up where hospital or inpatient rehab ends. That means helping your parent move safely through the house, assisting with bathing and dressing, preparing meals that account for swallowing difficulties, prompting medications on schedule, and being present so a stumble doesn’t become a fall. It also means simply being a calm, steady presence during what is often a frightening and disorienting time for the person recovering.
After discharge from Yale New Haven Hospital, families in neighborhoods like Wooster Square and Amity often find that the first few weeks at home are the hardest. The therapy appointments are scheduled, but the hours in between are long and the risks are real. Our aides help with morning routines, accompany your parent to outpatient therapy if needed, assist with range-of-motion exercises as directed by the care team, and handle light housekeeping so the environment stays safe. For families managing speech recovery, we work alongside what the speech therapist has prescribed, reinforcing practice and keeping communication patient and pressure-free.
We’re also here for the family. When siblings are coordinating from across town or across the country, having a consistent caregiver who checks in and communicates clearly makes the entire situation more manageable. Stroke affects the whole family, and we know it.
Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, which means our approach to stroke recovery care is built around clinical awareness: our aides understand what post-stroke warning signs look like, when to escalate, and how to support recovery without overstepping into what a licensed therapist or nurse handles.
Nurse-founded, not corporate
Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw firsthand what families managing post-stroke recovery, sudden mobility loss, speech setbacks, and the chaos of coming home from rehab actually needed. The way we train, match, and support our aides comes from that direct experience, not from a franchise manual.
Matched for stroke care, specifically
We don’t assign whoever is free. For stroke recovery, we look at an aide’s experience with physical assist, their comfort with communication challenges, and their ability to stay calm when a client is struggling emotionally. That specificity matters more than people expect in the first weeks home.
We stay reachable
When something changes, and with stroke recovery it often does, you can call us and someone picks up. We don’t route you through a call center or ask you to leave a message and wait. If your parent’s needs shift or a concern comes up overnight, we want to hear about it.
We know New Haven and its discharge process
We work with families coming out of Yale New Haven Hospital regularly. We understand how discharge planning works, what’s often left unsaid in that folder of paperwork, and what the first week at home in New Haven typically looks like. That local knowledge shortens the learning curve for everyone.
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 recovery, but it usually involves help with the morning routine: getting up safely, bathing or sponge bathing, dressing, and getting breakfast. Throughout the day, an aide assists with movement around the house, prompts medications, prepares meals with any texture or swallowing considerations in mind, and accompanies your parent to therapy appointments if that's needed. Afternoons often include light exercise or range-of-motion practice as directed by the therapy team, and the aide keeps the home environment clear of trip hazards. We also just sit with people, talk, read, or watch a game. Recovery is exhausting, and having a calm presence matters as much as the physical help.
We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and for families facing an urgent discharge from Yale New Haven Hospital, same-day starts have happened. The key is calling us as early as possible, even while your parent is still in the hospital, so we can do the match and get everything in place before they arrive home. Discharge day itself is stressful enough without scrambling for care that afternoon. The sooner we know what's coming, the smoother we can make it.
Our services are private pay, which means families pay directly rather than billing Medicare or insurance. Medicare does cover some skilled home health services after a stroke, like nursing visits and physical therapy, but it generally does not cover non-medical aide care for daily living tasks, which is what we provide. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover private-duty aides, so it's worth checking your policy. We're happy to help you think through the financial piece when you call.
A home health aide typically refers to a medically supervised role that may include skilled nursing tasks and is often billed through Medicare or Medicaid. Our aides provide non-medical personal care and companion support, which is a different category but often the more pressing daily need after a stroke. Your parent may have a nurse or physical therapist visiting a few times a week through a home health agency. We fill the hours in between, and the days when no medical visit is scheduled, with consistent hands-on support. The two services often work well together.
Yes, and for stroke recovery care we take that matching seriously. After a stroke, your parent may be dealing with frustration, grief, or anxiety on top of the physical challenges. The wrong personality fit can make everything harder. We talk with you about your parent's temperament, communication style, and what kinds of interaction help versus stress them out, and we use that to guide who we send. If the first match doesn't feel right, we adjust. Getting it right matters more to us than moving on quickly.
We always work to send a substitute who has been briefed on your parent's situation, not someone walking in cold. Consistency matters in stroke recovery, and we know a stranger showing up unannounced can be disorienting and upsetting. We contact you before any change so you're prepared. In the rare situation where coverage is complicated, we stay on the phone with you to work it out. You won't get a voicemail and a callback the next morning.
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Private Duty Aides — New Haven, CT
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