Stroke Recovery Care in Somers, 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 were standing in the discharge hallway at Rockville General, listening to a nurse run through a list of instructions, and somewhere around the third page you realized your parent was already exhausted and you were the only one going home with them. The drive back through Somers felt long. You kept glancing in the rearview mirror at someone who looked like your parent but moved differently now, held their arm differently, went quiet when they used to talk the whole ride.
Stroke recovery at home is not just physical therapy and medication reminders, though those matter. It’s also the hour-by-hour work of helping someone feel safe in their own house again when their body has changed. We provide the steady, patient presence that makes that possible.
Private Duty Aides is a nurse-founded agency serving Somers and all of Tolland County. We work with families navigating exactly this: the parent home from rehab, the mobility loss, the speech frustration, the worry that something will happen when no one is there.
Stroke recovery care at home means a trained aide is with your parent during the hours that matter most: mornings when getting out of bed is slow and risky, mealtimes when swallowing or grip has changed, and evenings when fatigue sets in and falls happen. We help with bathing, dressing, walking safely, and all the small physical tasks that have become hard since the stroke. We also keep your parent company, because isolation slows recovery and no discharge plan accounts for that.
Many Somers families call us in the days right after discharge from Rockville General, when the hospital’s support ends and the real adjustment begins. At that point, families need someone who can step in quickly, follow the care instructions from the rehab team, and also use their own judgment when something seems off. We coordinate with whatever schedule the medical team has set and fill in the hours they don’t cover. Whether your parent is in the quiet stretches near Somers Correctional or closer to the center of town, we come to them.
Stroke recovery also puts a specific kind of strain on families. You may be managing your own job, your own household, your own worry, while also fielding calls and driving out to check in. We take over the daily coverage so you can stay close without carrying everything yourself. Communication with family members is part of what we do, not an afterthought.
Because we’re nurse-founded, our approach to stroke recovery is grounded in clinical understanding. Our founder recognized that post-stroke care requires aides who are briefed on each client’s specific deficits, not just sent in with general instructions, and that’s how we’ve built every part of our matching and onboarding process.
Nurse-founded
Our founder is a working nurse who saw, firsthand, what post-stroke families actually needed and weren’t getting: consistent aides who understood the condition, good communication, and real accountability. That experience shaped everything about how we operate.
Built around this service
Stroke recovery has specific demands that general home care doesn’t always address. We brief every caregiver on your parent’s particular deficits before the first visit, whether that’s left-side weakness, speech difficulty, or fatigue patterns. The match is deliberate, not random.
We stay reachable
Stroke recovery doesn’t follow a predictable schedule, and neither do your questions. When something changes or you’re not sure what you’re seeing, you call us and a person answers. We don’t route you through a system when things feel urgent.
Local to Somers and Tolland County
We know the discharge process at Rockville General, the geography of Somers, and the kinds of families who live here. That familiarity means less explaining on your end and faster, more fitting care from ours.
How it works
You tell us what’s happening. We listen. There are no intake forms to fill out before you can talk to a person, and no pressure to commit to anything on the first call. We just want to understand your situation.
We don’t assign based on availability alone. For stroke recovery, we look at experience with mobility support, patience with speech difficulties, and fit with your parent’s personality. The match matters.
Often same day for Somers families dealing with an urgent discharge situation. We know that post-stroke, waiting a week isn’t realistic, and we don’t ask you to.
We stay in contact with you as care continues. If something changes with your parent’s condition or the care plan needs adjusting, you hear from us. You’re not 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
A typical day depends on where your parent is in recovery, but most days include help getting up safely, bathing and dressing, preparing and eating meals, and moving around the house without falling. If your parent has exercises from a physical or occupational therapist, we support those routines and encourage follow-through. We also provide company and conversation, which matters more than most discharge instructions acknowledge. As strength returns, we step back; as hard days come, we step in more.
We can often start the same day you call, or within 24 to 48 hours for most Somers families. If you know the discharge date in advance, reaching us a few days early gives us time to match the right caregiver before your parent gets home. If the discharge happens quickly, call us anyway and we'll move as fast as we can. Post-stroke discharge is exactly the kind of urgent situation we've planned for.
The care we provide is non-medical home care, which Medicare does not cover. Medicare may pay for skilled nursing or physical therapy visits through a home health agency, but that's different from the daily hands-on aide support we offer. We are private pay, meaning families pay directly. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover non-medical home care, so it's worth checking your policy. We're happy to provide documentation that insurers sometimes require.
A home health aide (HHA) from a Medicare-certified agency typically comes for short visits, often an hour or less, focused on specific medical tasks, and is limited in scope by what Medicare will authorize. Our caregivers provide non-medical support for longer, more flexible shifts, which means someone is actually present during the hours your parent needs consistent help. We don't do wound care or administer injections, but we cover everything else that makes daily life at home safe and manageable. For stroke recovery, the continuous presence often matters more than the clinical tasks.
Yes, and we take that seriously. Before we place anyone, we talk with you about your parent's personality, communication style, any speech or cognitive changes from the stroke, and what's worked or not worked with helpers in the past. Stroke recovery is harder when the caregiver and client don't get along, and a bad fit wastes time your parent doesn't have. If the first match isn't right, we adjust. We'd rather hear that early than have you manage an uncomfortable situation quietly.
We maintain backup coverage and don't leave families without care when a regular caregiver is sick or unavailable. If a change is coming, we tell you in advance whenever possible and introduce the substitute so your parent isn't surprised by a stranger. For stroke recovery clients especially, we try to keep the circle of caregivers small and familiar. Consistency isn't just a preference at this stage, it actually affects how recovery goes.
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