Stroke Recovery Care in Pomfret, 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 Day Kimball Hospital, drove out on Route 44 past the Pomfret School fields in the dark, and sat with your parent while the discharge planner explained a list of things you’d need to manage at home. It was a lot. The walker, the medication schedule, the follow-up appointments, the fact that your parent’s left side isn’t working quite right and they can’t get in and out of the shower alone anymore. You nodded and took the papers, but on the drive back you realized you had no real plan.
That’s where we come in. Private Duty Aides is a nurse-founded home care agency serving families across Windham County, and we work specifically with people coming home after a stroke. We help with the physical stuff, yes, but we also just show up consistently so your parent isn’t alone while they’re relearning what their body can do.
Stroke recovery care at home means being there for the parts of the day that are hardest after a stroke. Getting up safely in the morning, getting dressed without a fall, bathing when balance and strength aren’t reliable yet. It means sitting with someone through breakfast when their speech is slow and they need patience, not a clock. It means helping them get to a chair, to the table, to the bathroom, with a steady hand and someone who knows what they’re doing.
Families in Pomfret often reach us right after a discharge from Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam, sometimes within 24 hours of getting home. The rehab team does good work, but their job ends at the door. Your parent may be doing outpatient therapy a few days a week, but the other hours of the day still need to be managed. We help bridge that gap, working around whatever therapy schedule is already in place and reinforcing the routines the rehab team has set.
The kinds of tasks we cover include personal hygiene assistance, safe mobility and transfers, medication reminders, meal preparation, light housekeeping, and companionship during the long stretches of the day when recovery can feel slow and discouraging. For families in all areas of Pomfret, we also handle transportation to follow-up appointments when family members can’t get away from work. Because we’re nurse-founded, the people who built this agency understand post-stroke care at a clinical level, which means the caregivers we place are briefed on what to watch for and how to support recovery without overstepping.
Nurse-founded
This agency was started by a working nurse who watched families struggle with post-stroke care at home and knew the current options weren’t enough. The whole approach, from how we brief caregivers to how we handle transitions home from rehab, was built with that clinical experience behind it.
Built for stroke recovery specifically
We don’t treat stroke care like generic companion care with a different label. Caregivers placed for stroke recovery are matched on specific experience: safe transfers, mobility support, working alongside speech and occupational therapy schedules, and recognizing signs that something might be changing.
We stay reachable
When something changes, and with stroke recovery it often does, you need to be able to call someone and get an actual person. We don’t route you through a call center. You have a direct line, and we pick up.
Local to Pomfret and Windham County
We know how the discharge process works at Day Kimball Hospital. We know the roads out here and the families in Pomfret who are doing this without much outside support. That local knowledge matters more than it sounds like it does.
How it works
**Call or email us.** You tell us what’s going on. No forms, no intake questionnaires to fill out first. We listen, ask a few questions, and help you figure out what level of care makes sense right now.
**We match your caregiver.** For stroke recovery specifically, we think about experience with mobility assistance, patience with speech challenges, and how the caregiver’s personality fits with your parent’s. Availability matters, but it’s not the only thing.
**Care starts within 48 hours.** For families in Pomfret coming straight home from Day Kimball Hospital, we often move faster. If the situation is urgent, tell us, and we’ll do everything we can to be there the same day.
**We stay in contact.** You won’t be left wondering how it’s going. We check in with you regularly, and if something changes with your parent’s condition or routine, we adjust the care plan. You can always reach us directly.
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 it usually starts with getting up safely and moving through the morning routine: bathing, dressing, breakfast. From there, a caregiver might help with exercises the physical or occupational therapist has assigned, accompany your parent to an appointment, or simply be present and engaged during the long middle hours of the day. Meal preparation, medication reminders, light housekeeping, and mobility assistance are all part of it. The goal is to keep your parent safe, active within their limits, and not isolated.
We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and for families coming directly home from Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam, we do our best to move faster when it's urgent. The discharge process can move quickly, and we know that "going home tomorrow" calls happen. Call us as early in the discharge planning process as you can, even if you're not sure yet, and we'll have a plan ready to go.
Private Duty Aides is a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare or insurance directly. Medicare may cover skilled nursing or therapy visits through a home health agency for a limited period after a stroke, but that's separate from the ongoing personal care and companionship support we provide. Many families pay out of pocket, and some use long-term care insurance policies. If you have a long-term care policy, it's worth calling your insurer to ask what non-medical home care it covers.
A home health aide typically works under a medical agency, providing skilled care like wound care or therapy, and is usually covered by Medicare for a defined period. Our caregivers provide non-medical support: personal care, mobility assistance, companionship, meal prep, and daily routines. The two can work alongside each other. Your parent might have a therapist visiting three times a week and our caregiver there every day filling in everything else. That combination is actually very common for families in Pomfret coming home after a stroke.
Yes, and we take this seriously. Personality fit matters a lot in stroke recovery because your parent may be frustrated, anxious, or grieving what they've lost, and a caregiver who rubs them the wrong way will make everything harder. We ask about your parent's temperament, preferences, and what their days looked like before the stroke. Then we match based on experience, communication style, and fit, not just who's available on a given schedule.
We always have a backup plan. If your regular caregiver is sick or has an emergency, we contact you right away and send someone we've already briefed on your parent's situation. We don't just send whoever is free. For stroke recovery especially, continuity and familiarity matter, so we work hard to keep that disruption minimal. You won't be left scrambling on your own.
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Private Duty Aides — Pomfret, CT
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