Stroke Recovery Care in Stonington, 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.
Your mother came home from rehab last week, and you thought the hardest part was over. But last night you watched her try to grip the railing at the top of the stairs near your family’s place off Broad Street, and she couldn’t do it the way she used to, and neither of you said anything. The discharge papers from Lawrence + Memorial listed things she’d still need help with, and you read them twice in the parking lot before you drove back to Stonington not quite sure what to do next.
That gap between what the hospital provides and what your parent actually needs at home is exactly where we work. We’re Private Duty Aides, a nurse-founded home care agency serving families throughout New London County. We build care plans around stroke recovery specifically, not general assistance that happens to mention it.
Stroke recovery care is hands-on, patient support for someone who has had a stroke and is continuing to heal at home. It covers mobility assistance, meaning help moving safely from bed to chair to bathroom without falls. It includes personal hygiene support when limb weakness or coordination problems make those tasks hard or impossible alone. And it includes companionship during the long hours when the family has returned to work and speech exercises or simple routine are the only things keeping progress going.
Families in Stonington typically come to us right after a discharge from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, when the occupational therapy visits are scheduled for twice a week but someone needs to be there every morning. We fill the hours between professional therapy appointments with consistent, attentive presence. We help with meals, medication reminders, safe transfers, and the kind of patient encouragement that is genuinely hard for a family member who is also terrified and exhausted to provide every single day.
Because we were founded by a working nurse, our approach to stroke recovery is built on clinical understanding, not just task completion. Our caregivers are briefed specifically on what a stroke survivor experiences, including the frustration of communication difficulties, the fatigue that follows even small effort, and the way progress can look invisible for weeks before it suddenly isn’t. That background shapes how we train, how we match, and how we communicate with your family throughout care.
Nurse-founded, and it shows
Our founder is a working nurse who watched families try to manage post-stroke recovery at home with caregivers who weren’t prepared for it. She built this agency to close that gap. The clinical understanding behind how we work isn’t marketing language. It’s baked into every part of how we hire, train, and brief our caregivers.
Built around this service, not generalized
Stroke recovery care has specific demands that general home care doesn’t fully address. We brief every caregiver on the individual’s stroke history, current physical limitations, speech status, and therapy goals before the first shift. That preparation matters on day one, not week three.
We pick up when you call
When something changes with your parent’s care, you shouldn’t have to leave a message and hope. We stay reachable because the situations families are managing don’t wait for business hours. You call us and someone answers.
We know Stonington and New London County
We understand the discharge process at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, the geography of getting a caregiver to Stonington Borough versus the inland neighborhoods, and the way families here tend to want to be communicated with. We’re not learning your community while we’re caring for your parent.
How it works
You tell us what’s happening, and we listen. No intake forms to fill out, no pressure to decide anything on the spot. Just a real conversation about your parent’s situation and what you’re trying to figure out.
We don’t pull from a general pool based on who’s available. We match based on experience with post-stroke care, mobility assistance, and the particular communication patience that stroke recovery requires.
For families in Stonington dealing with an urgent discharge situation, we can often start the same day. We know that the hospital doesn’t wait for families to feel ready.
We stay in contact with you, not just with the caregiver. If something changes in your parent’s condition or needs, you hear from us. You don’t have to chase anyone down for updates.
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 includes a morning routine with help getting up, washed, and dressed safely. Throughout the day, a caregiver assists with meals, medication reminders, mobility around the house, and any exercises the physical or occupational therapist has assigned for home practice. In the afternoon, it might mean sitting with your parent while they work on speech exercises, or simply being present so they're not alone and at risk of a fall. We build each day around what your parent actually needs, not a standard checklist.
We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and for urgent situations we work hard to place a caregiver the same day. We know that discharge from Lawrence + Memorial doesn't come with a waiting period. If you call us while your parent is still in the hospital, we can have a caregiver ready to meet them at the door when they get home. The earlier you reach out, the more options we have for matching.
We are a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. Families pay us directly, either out of pocket or sometimes through long-term care insurance policies that cover private-pay home care. We're upfront about this before any conversation goes further. If you're not sure whether your parent's long-term care policy covers private-pay services, we're happy to help you think through what questions to ask the insurance company.
A home health aide is typically a licensed medical professional sent by a home health agency to perform specific clinical tasks, and they're usually covered by Medicare for a limited number of visits. Our caregivers are non-medical, but they provide the continuous daily presence and hands-on personal support that home health visits don't cover. The two can work alongside each other. Many families use us to fill the long hours between skilled nursing or therapy visits so that someone is always there.
Yes, and this is something we take seriously. Stroke recovery is slow, sometimes frustrating work, and the relationship between your parent and their caregiver matters a great deal to how well it goes. Before we make a match, we ask about your parent's personality, communication style, what makes them comfortable, and what kind of caregiver tends to put them at ease. We're looking for fit, not just availability. If the first match isn't working, we'll find someone better.
We cover the shift. We don't leave families without care because of a scheduling gap on our end. When a regular caregiver can't make it, we identify a qualified backup who has been briefed on your parent's situation and needs. We tell you in advance when we can, and we make sure the substitute caregiver isn't walking in cold. Your parent's routine and safety don't get interrupted because of something on our side.
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Stroke Recovery Care near Stonington
No sales pressure. We'll tell you straight if we're not a fit.
Private Duty Aides — Stonington, CT
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