Stroke Recovery Care in Westerly, 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 Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, nodding along while a social worker handed you a folder of instructions, and somewhere in the back of your mind you were already doing the math on how any of this was actually going to work at home. The drive back to Westerly felt long. Your parent seemed smaller in the passenger seat than they did before. When you walked through the front door together, you realized the house hadn’t changed but everything else had.
That moment, right there, is where we come in. Post-stroke recovery at home is hard in ways nobody warns you about: the mobility changes, the speech frustration, the fatigue that looks like giving up, the family members rotating shifts until everyone is depleted. You need steady, experienced help, not a crash course in caregiving on top of everything else you’re already carrying.
We’re Private Duty Aides, a nurse-founded home care agency serving Westerly and all of New London County. We match real caregivers to post-stroke situations, and we stay involved after the match so nothing falls through the cracks.
Stroke recovery care covers the physical and practical realities of life after a stroke: help with walking, transferring from bed to chair, bathing, dressing, and getting to the bathroom safely. It also covers meal preparation for someone whose appetite and swallowing may have changed, medication reminders, and the patient companionship that matters when speech is slow and frustration runs high. We don’t replace your parent’s physical therapist or speech therapist, but we’re there for the hours in between when fatigue sets in and small risks become real ones.
Most families in Westerly reach out after a discharge from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, when the structured rehab ends and the daily reality starts. The transition home, especially for someone with left- or right-side weakness, can feel abrupt. Our caregivers are briefed on your parent’s specific stroke presentation before their first shift, not after. Whether your parent lives near downtown Westerly, out by Misquamicut, or anywhere across town, we build the schedule around their routine and their recovery goals.
Family overwhelm is part of what we treat. When adult children are flying in, sleeping on couches, and arguing about what comes next, having a consistent, experienced caregiver in the home gives everyone a chance to exhale. We cover shifts so you can go back to your own life without guilt, and we keep you informed so you always know what’s happening.
Because we’re nurse-founded, our caregivers receive guidance grounded in clinical understanding of stroke recovery, including what warning signs to watch for, how to support safe mobility without overstepping, and when to flag a change that warrants a call to the doctor.
Nurse-founded, clinically grounded
Our agency was founded by a working nurse who saw firsthand what post-stroke families were up against at home: mobility loss, speech frustration, caregiver burnout, and a gap between what rehab prepared you for and what home actually looks like. That background shapes everything we do.
Matched specifically to stroke recovery
We don’t place generic caregivers and hope for the best. Before any caregiver arrives, they’re briefed on your parent’s stroke history, current deficits, and what a good day versus a hard day looks like. That specificity matters when you’re dealing with hemiplegia, aphasia, or post-stroke fatigue.
We stay reachable when things change
Stroke recovery isn’t linear. Some weeks your parent makes real gains; other weeks they slide back. When something shifts, you call us and we pick up. We adjust the care plan, we talk through what you’re seeing, and we don’t leave you figuring it out on your own.
Local to Westerly and New London County
We know the discharge process at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, we know the geography of Westerly, and we know the rhythm of families in this part of Connecticut. That local knowledge means faster starts and fewer surprises for everyone involved.
How it works
You tell us what’s going on, the stroke details, the discharge timeline, what’s already been tried, what scares you most. No intake forms, no sales pitch. Just a real conversation about your situation so we understand what you actually need.
Stroke recovery has its own demands, and we match based on experience with post-stroke care, not just who’s available. We factor in your parent’s personality, communication style, mobility challenges, and what hours are most critical.
When a discharge happens fast or a family reaches a breaking point, we move quickly. Many Westerly families have had a caregiver in the home the same day they called us. We don’t make you wait through a bureaucratic process when time matters.
We stay in contact after care begins. If something changes, if your parent’s needs shift, if a caregiver isn’t the right fit, we hear about it and we handle it. You won’t be passed to a call center or 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 caregiver helps with morning routines like getting out of bed safely, bathing, dressing, and breakfast. Through the day they assist with mobility around the home, medication reminders, meals, and any exercises the physical or occupational therapist has assigned. They also provide steady company, which matters more than people expect when speech is slow and the days feel long. In the evening they help with dinner, winding down, and any personal care your parent needs before bed. The exact schedule is built around your parent's recovery plan and what hours are hardest for your family.
For most Westerly families, we can have a caregiver in place within 24 to 48 hours of your call. When a discharge from Lawrence + Memorial happens faster than expected, which it often does, call us right away and we'll do everything we can to move same day. The sooner we know the situation, the sooner we can match the right person and get them briefed. We'd rather you call us the moment discharge is on the table than wait until you're already home and overwhelmed.
We're a private-pay agency, so our services are not billed through Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. Medicare does cover skilled home health services, like nursing visits and physical therapy, for a limited period after a hospital stay, but it doesn't cover the kind of ongoing daily personal care and companionship we provide. Some long-term care insurance policies do reimburse for private-pay home care, so it's worth checking your parent's policy. We're happy to give you documentation to submit for reimbursement if that applies to your situation.
A home health aide (HHA) typically operates under a skilled nursing agency, follows a specific clinical care plan, and visits for defined short periods covered by Medicare or insurance. Our caregivers provide non-medical personal care and companionship for longer, more flexible hours built around your family's needs rather than an insurance schedule. We focus on the daily quality-of-life work that isn't clinical but is absolutely essential: safe mobility, meals, personal hygiene, emotional steadiness. The two types of care often run in parallel, and we work around whatever skilled services are already in place.
Yes, and we take that seriously. When you call, we ask about more than just care tasks. We ask about your parent's temperament, their communication style before and after the stroke, what makes them comfortable and what makes them shut down. Post-stroke frustration and personality changes are real, and a caregiver who isn't prepared for that can make things worse rather than better. We match based on experience with stroke-specific challenges and on personality fit, and if the first match isn't right, we make a change without drama.
We handle coverage, and we handle it proactively. If your regular caregiver is sick or needs time off, we contact you with a backup plan before the gap happens, not the morning of. Any backup caregiver is briefed on your parent's situation ahead of time, not walking in cold. We know that consistency matters in stroke recovery, so we work to minimize disruption and keep you informed at every step.
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