Stroke Recovery Care in New London, 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 Lawrence + Memorial Hospital on a Tuesday, earlier than you expected. Your parent was being discharged, and suddenly everything you thought you had another week to figure out had to happen by Thursday. The apartment on Winthrop Street needed to be rearranged, the walker had to be picked up, and somewhere in all of that, you had to figure out who was actually going to be there when you couldn’t be.
After a stroke, the first weeks at home are the hardest. Your parent may be moving differently, speaking differently, or feeling like a stranger to themselves. They need more than a ride to appointments and someone to check in now and then.
We help families in New London get real, steady support in place so the recovery can actually happen at home, without everything falling on one person.
Stroke recovery care is non-medical support built around what daily life looks like after a stroke. That means helping your parent move safely through their home, assisting with bathing, dressing, and grooming when one side of the body isn’t cooperating, preparing meals that meet any new dietary needs, and being a steady, calm presence during a time that can feel disorienting and frightening. We also handle medication reminders, help with exercises the therapist prescribed, and make sure your parent gets to follow-up appointments on time.
For families across New London, the biggest need right after discharge from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital is consistency. Someone who shows up on time, who knows what happened, who doesn’t need to be trained from scratch every visit. Our caregivers receive a full briefing before day one so your parent isn’t explaining their situation over and over again. We cover all areas of New London, including neighborhoods close to the waterfront and areas further inland, so distance is never a barrier.
Family overwhelm is real, and it usually sets in fast. One person ends up coordinating everything, covering shifts, fielding calls from siblings, and still trying to hold down their own life. Our care is designed to take the daily weight off so families can be present as family again, not just as logistics managers.
Because we were founded by a working nurse, our approach to stroke recovery care is clinically grounded. We understand what the discharge paperwork actually means, what warning signs to watch for, and how to communicate meaningfully with the medical team when something changes.
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 their recovery, but most visits include help with morning routines like bathing, dressing, and getting to the kitchen safely. The caregiver assists with meals, handles medication reminders, supports any prescribed exercises, and provides steady company throughout the day. If your parent has speech changes, the caregiver is briefed on how to communicate patiently and clearly. We build the day around your parent's actual schedule and what their body needs right now, not a generic checklist.
We can often have a caregiver in place the same day your parent comes home, or within 48 hours in most cases. When you know a discharge is coming, call us as early as possible so we have time to make the right match rather than just the fastest one. We're familiar with how Lawrence + Memorial handles discharges and we can work within that timeline. The goal is that your parent isn't sitting at home alone while you're still trying to figure out next steps.
Our care is private pay, which means Medicare and most standard insurance plans don't cover it directly. Medicare may cover skilled nursing or physical therapy visits through a home health agency after a stroke, but that's different from the daily non-medical support we provide. Long-term care insurance sometimes covers private duty home care, so it's worth checking your parent's policy. We're straightforward about costs from the start so there are no surprises.
A home health aide through Medicare typically comes for short, scheduled visits focused on skilled tasks, and those visits are tied to a physician's orders and a specific recovery plan. Our stroke recovery care is non-medical, but it covers far more of the day. We're there for the hours between the skilled visits, handling the personal care, the meals, the companionship, and the safety supervision that makes it possible to recover at home without a family member needing to be there every hour. The two types of care often work alongside each other.
Yes, and we take that seriously. After a stroke, your parent is already dealing with a lot of change, and having someone in the home who rubs them the wrong way makes everything harder. We ask about personality, communication style, routines, and any preferences before we make a match. If the first match isn't right, we fix it. The caregiver also receives a full briefing on your parent's medical background and current limitations before the first visit, so they're not walking in blind.
We have coverage in place so your parent's care doesn't stop because one person called out sick. If your regular caregiver can't make a shift, we send someone who has already been briefed on your parent's situation, not a stranger who needs to start from scratch. We let you know as soon as possible when a substitution is coming so there are no surprises. Consistency matters to us, and when we can't provide the same person, we do our best to make sure the transition is smooth.
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Private Duty Aides — New London, CT
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