Stroke Recovery Care in Old Lyme, 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 discharge papers from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital listed a follow-up appointment, a medication schedule, and a note about physical therapy, but nobody told you how to get your parent safely from the car to the front door of their Old Lyme home on that first day back. You figured it out, and you’ve been figuring it out every day since. The fatigue sets in quietly, and so does the fear that you’re missing something important.
Stroke recovery at home is not one thing. It’s the morning routine that takes three times longer now, the careful walk down the hallway, the moments of frustration when words don’t come the way they used to. Families in Old Lyme are managing all of that, often while working and raising their own kids, and the weight of it adds up fast.
We’re here to share that weight. Private Duty Aides provides in-home stroke recovery support so your parent can stay where they want to be, and you can stop holding your breath every time the phone rings.
Stroke recovery care is hands-on, daily support for someone who has had a stroke and is now living at home, often with significant changes to how they move, speak, and get through the most basic parts of the day. Our aides help with bathing, dressing, grooming, and moving safely around the home. They assist with meals, medication reminders, and any mobility equipment your family member’s care team has recommended. The goal is steady, patient presence that keeps recovery on track between therapy appointments.
After a discharge from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, families in Old Lyme often need support right away and aren’t sure where to start. We step in to bridge that gap, providing continuity between the hospital routine and home life. Many of our clients in Old Lyme are working through the physical and emotional adjustment of post-stroke changes, including limited use of one side of the body, communication difficulties, and fatigue that is far deeper than it looks from the outside. Our aides are briefed specifically on each client’s condition before the first visit, not just handed an address.
Families across all areas of Old Lyme also call us when family overwhelm has reached a tipping point. When the primary caregiver in the family is running on empty, everyone suffers, including the person recovering. We can be there for a few hours a day or around the clock, depending on what you need right now.
Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, and that background matters in stroke recovery care specifically. It means our matching process is clinically informed, our aides understand what stroke symptoms look like in the home environment, and we know which changes to watch for and report back to you.
Nurse-founded, not franchise-run
Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw firsthand what families dealing with post-stroke recovery at home actually needed. That isn’t a marketing line. It shaped everything about how we operate, from how aides are selected to how we handle the hard conversations with families.
Matched for stroke recovery specifically
We brief every caregiver on your parent’s stroke history, their physical limitations, their speech challenges, and their personality before the first visit. The right match matters more in stroke recovery than almost any other type of care.
We stay reachable
When something changes in your parent’s condition or the schedule shifts unexpectedly, you call us and someone answers. We don’t disappear after care starts. Families in Old Lyme call us back not because they have to but because they know we’ll actually help.
We know this area
We know New London County, the discharge process at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, and what Old Lyme families are working with. That local familiarity means we’re not learning as we go when your parent comes home from the hospital.
How it works
Tell us what’s happening. No forms, no sales process, no pressure. We listen to your situation and ask questions that actually help us understand what you need.
We don’t fill shifts based on who’s available. We match based on your parent’s specific post-stroke needs, their communication style, and the level of physical support required.
For Old Lyme families coming home from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital with no support in place, we often start the same day. We know that discharge timing doesn’t always allow for a long runway.
We stay in regular contact after care begins. If something changes with your parent’s condition or routine, you call us and we figure it out with you. You won’t be left managing this alone.
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 parent's caregiver helps with getting up safely, bathing, dressing, and breakfast. Through the morning and afternoon, they're there for mobility assistance, medication reminders, meals, and whatever daily tasks your parent is working through. If your parent is doing speech or physical therapy exercises as part of their recovery plan, the aide can offer encouragement and gentle support around those routines. The shape of the day is built around your parent's specific situation, not a generic checklist.
We can typically start care within 48 hours of your call, and for urgent situations we often arrange same-day support. Hospital discharges from Lawrence + Memorial don't always come with much warning, and we're used to working quickly when a family in Old Lyme gets a shorter runway than expected. Call us as soon as you have a discharge date, even a tentative one, so we can have a caregiver matched and ready to go.
Private Duty Aides is a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or private insurance. Medicare may cover some skilled nursing or therapy services in a separate home health benefit, but those are different from the non-medical, daily living support we provide. We're transparent about costs before any commitment, and we're happy to help you think through your options when you call.
Home health aides are typically part of a Medicare-funded skilled home care plan and focus on medical tasks ordered by a physician for a limited period. Our stroke recovery care is non-medical, private pay, and not time-limited in the same way. We're there for the daily living support, the safety monitoring, the companionship, and the consistency that a short-term skilled care visit can't fully cover. Many families use both at the same time, with our aide filling the hours around a home health nurse's visits.
Yes, and we take that seriously. Stroke recovery is hard enough without putting your parent with someone who feels like a stranger or moves too fast or doesn't understand how to communicate with someone working through speech changes. We ask about your parent's personality, their preferences, their sense of humor, and their daily habits during our intake conversation. Then we match from there, not just from a scheduling spreadsheet.
We keep backup coverage in place so your parent's care isn't disrupted when something comes up. You'll hear from us before any change, not after. When a substitute is needed, we brief that caregiver the same way we briefed the primary one, so your parent isn't starting from scratch with someone who knows nothing about their situation. Consistency is something we protect deliberately.
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Stroke Recovery Care near Old Lyme
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Private Duty Aides — Old Lyme, CT
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