Stroke Recovery Care in Union, 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 call came in the middle of the night from Johnson Memorial Hospital, and by morning you were signing discharge paperwork you barely had time to read. You drove Route 190 back through Union with your parent in the passenger seat, watching them struggle to find a word, gripping the door handle for balance at every turn. The therapists said recovery takes time at home. Nobody told you what that actually looks like hour by hour, or who would help when you couldn’t be there.
We help families in Union through exactly that gap. Private Duty Aides provides non-medical stroke recovery support at home, the kind that fills the days between therapy appointments and gives you a way to keep working, keep sleeping, and still feel like your parent is safe.
Stroke recovery care is non-medical support that keeps your parent safe, moving, and engaged during the weeks and months after discharge. That means help getting out of bed in the morning, steadying someone through a walk to the bathroom, preparing soft foods when swallowing is still difficult, and sitting beside them during exercises the speech or physical therapist has assigned. It also means being a calm, familiar presence when frustration runs high and words won’t come.
Families in Union often reach out right after a discharge from Johnson Memorial Hospital, when the care team hands things off and suddenly the responsibility lands entirely on you. At that point, a caregiver who understands post-stroke fatigue, one-sided weakness, and mood changes isn’t a luxury. They’re what makes the recovery plan actually work. Our caregivers help with personal care, medication reminders, light meals, mobility support, and the kind of patient companionship that keeps someone trying when progress is slow.
Because we’re nurse-founded, our intake process for stroke recovery isn’t generic. We ask about the type of stroke, what deficits remain, what the rehab team recommended, and what has already gone wrong at home. That information shapes who we match to your family, not just who is available on a given day in Union.
Nurse-founded, and it shows
Our agency was started by a working nurse who watched families managing post-stroke care at home with almost no real support. She built this service around what she saw was actually missing: clinical awareness combined with hands-on, in-home help that families could actually afford and trust.
Built around stroke recovery, not generic care
We brief every caregiver on the specific details before their first shift. Mobility limitations, speech patterns, triggers for frustration, therapy goals. The person who walks through your door in Union already knows your parent’s situation, not just their name.
You can reach us when something changes
Stroke recovery throws surprises. A bad night, a fall, a therapy appointment that went poorly. When you need to talk to someone about the care, you call us and someone answers. You’re not navigating a call center or waiting for a callback two days later.
We know Tolland County
We understand the discharge process at Johnson Memorial Hospital, the distances involved in Union, and the reality that families here are often managing care across long days with limited nearby backup. We plan around your actual situation, not an ideal one.
How it works
You tell us what happened, where things stand, and what you’re worried about. No forms, no pressure, no sales pitch. We just need to understand your situation before we say anything else.
We don’t assign whoever is closest on a schedule. We look at your parent’s deficits, their personality, their daily routine, and we find someone whose experience and temperament actually fit this situation.
Often the same day for families in Union who are in an urgent post-discharge situation. We know that waiting a week for paperwork isn’t something stroke recovery allows.
Stroke recovery doesn’t follow a straight line. We check in with you regularly, adjust care as your parent’s needs shift, and make sure you always know who to call when something comes up.
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 help getting up and moving safely, personal care like bathing and dressing, meal preparation with attention to any swallowing restrictions, and encouragement through whatever exercises the therapy team has assigned. The caregiver is also just present, which matters more than it sounds. Post-stroke fatigue and depression are real, and having a calm, patient person in the house for several hours makes a measurable difference in how well someone keeps trying.
We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and for urgent situations in Union we do everything we can to place a caregiver the same day. If you know the discharge date in advance, call us before your parent leaves Johnson Memorial and we'll have everything in place before they walk through the door at home. The transition from hospital to home is one of the most vulnerable points in stroke recovery, and we take it seriously.
We're a private-pay agency, so our services aren't billed through Medicare or traditional health insurance. Medicare does cover skilled home health visits like physical therapy or nursing under specific conditions, but that's separate from the non-medical daily support we provide. Many families pay out of pocket, and some use long-term care insurance policies. If you're unsure whether your policy covers private duty care, we're happy to help you figure out what questions to ask your insurer.
A home health aide from a Medicare-certified agency typically comes for short, skilled visits focused on specific clinical tasks and is usually limited to what Medicare will authorize. Our stroke recovery caregivers provide non-medical support for however many hours your family actually needs, whether that's a few hours each morning or a full day. We focus on the daily living piece: safety, mobility assistance, meals, companionship, and keeping the recovery routine on track between therapy visits.
Yes, and this is something we take seriously. We ask about your parent's temperament, communication style, how they're responding to the stroke, and what has already caused friction at home. Stroke recovery can make someone irritable, withdrawn, or easily frustrated, and the right match makes that much easier to navigate. We don't just check a box for availability. If a match isn't working after the first few shifts, we talk about it and adjust.
We contact you as early as possible and work to find a qualified backup rather than leaving a gap in care. We brief any substitute caregiver on your parent's situation before they arrive, so the transition is as smooth as it can be. We know consistency matters during stroke recovery, and we don't treat a last-minute change as just a scheduling problem. If something isn't working with the backup, you call us directly and we sort it out.
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Private Duty Aides — Union, CT
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