Veteran Home Care in Kent, CT
Non-medical home care for Connecticut veterans — homemaker-companion services tailored to aging veterans living at home.
No sales pressure. We'll tell you straight if we're not a fit.
Your dad mentioned it almost as an aside after his appointment at Sharon Hospital last spring, something about his knee giving out on the stairs, and you didn’t think much of it until your sister called you two weeks later and said she’d stopped by the house on Schaghticoke Road and noticed the mail piling up on the porch. That’s usually how it starts out here in Kent, not a single alarm, but a handful of small things that suddenly add up. You’re not overreacting. You’re paying attention.
Veteran home care is about keeping your parent in their own home, in the life they built, with the dignity they’ve earned. We work with families in Kent and across Litchfield County to provide steady, reliable in-home support tailored to what veterans specifically need.
Veteran home care is non-medical, in-home support built around maintaining independence. That means help with bathing, dressing, grooming, and moving safely around the house. It means someone there in the morning to make sure medications are taken, meals are prepared, and the day has some structure to it. For veterans who are used to doing everything themselves, having that support in place, without it feeling like a handover of control, matters a great deal.
For families in Kent, we most often hear about the transition period after a discharge from Sharon Hospital. Someone goes in for a procedure or a fall, comes home a week later, and suddenly the house that worked fine before feels uncertain. Our caregivers step in during exactly that window, covering personal care, light housekeeping, and companionship while the veteran recovers and rebuilds confidence at home. We work in all areas of Kent, whether that’s closer to the village center or further out on the rural roads.
We also help families understand how VA benefits interact with private-pay care. We can’t bill the VA directly, but we can walk you through what questions to ask, what programs to look into, and how to piece together a plan that stretches your resources. Because we were founded by a working nurse, we approach veteran care with clinical awareness even when the services themselves are non-medical, and that makes a real difference in how we assess what your parent actually needs.
Nurse-founded. Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw firsthand what families navigating veteran independence, VA benefits, and in-home dignity actually needed. That background shapes every decision we make, from how we assess a new client to how we train our caregivers.
Built around this service. We don’t treat veteran care as a checkbox. We brief caregivers on the specific circumstances, we match based on personality and history, and we ask the right questions before care ever starts. The details matter and we collect them.
You can reach us. When something changes with your parent’s care, you shouldn’t have to leave a voicemail and wait two days. We pick up. We respond. If a caregiver situation shifts, we handle it and we tell you what’s happening before you have to ask.
We know this corner of Connecticut. We understand how discharge from Sharon Hospital usually goes, what the roads look like in winter out in Litchfield County, and what it means to be a family holding things together from a distance while someone they care about is home alone in Kent.
How it works
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 might start with help getting up, bathing, and dressing, then move into breakfast preparation and medication reminders. Depending on your parent's situation, the caregiver might also help with light housekeeping, accompany them to appointments, or simply be present for conversation and safety. We build the daily routine around what your parent actually needs, not a one-size schedule. If things shift, we adjust.
In most cases, we can have a caregiver in place within 48 hours of your first call. If a discharge from Sharon Hospital is happening quickly and you need coverage sooner, call us directly and tell us the timeline. We handle urgent starts regularly for Kent families and we'll tell you honestly what we can put together. The earlier you reach out, the more options we have.
We are a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance directly. Some veterans have access to VA benefits that can offset private-pay costs, and we're happy to talk through what programs might apply to your parent's situation. Long-term care insurance sometimes covers non-medical home care as well, so it's worth checking your policy. We'll be straightforward with you about costs from the start.
A home health aide typically refers to a medically-focused aide ordered through a doctor and covered by Medicare for short-term skilled care needs. Our veteran home care is non-medical, meaning we focus on personal care, companionship, daily routines, and safety, not clinical treatment. Many families find they need both at different times, and the two can work alongside each other well. If your parent needs nursing or therapy, we can help you think through who else to bring in.
Yes, and we take that seriously. Before we assign anyone, we ask questions about your parent's background, their service history if they're comfortable sharing it, their communication style, and what kind of presence tends to work well for them. Some veterans want someone quiet and steady. Others want conversation and company. We think about fit, not just availability, and if the match isn't right, we'll make a change.
We cover it. If your regular caregiver is sick or has an emergency, we find a replacement and we contact you before the scheduled time so you're not caught off guard. We keep notes on your parent's routine and preferences so a substitute caregiver isn't starting from zero. Continuity matters to us, and we work hard to minimize disruption for the families we serve in Kent.
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Private Duty Aides — Kent, CT
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