Trusted Home Care Services in Litchfield, CT
A Place At Home – Litchfield is a home care agency serving Litchfield County and the surrounding communities of northwestern Connecticut. Our caregivers provide personalized in-home care so seniors can stay safely in the homes they know best, from personal care and companionship to dementia support and overnight care.
In-Home Care Services in Litchfield County, CT
Every senior and family has different needs, which is why A Place At Home – Litchfield takes a personalized approach to in-home care. Our caregivers can provide anything from occasional help with activities of daily living (ADLs) and companionship to more comprehensive support for seniors who need regular supervision or assistance. Here are some of the home care services we offer.
If your parent or spouse would rather stay in their own home than move into a facility, our elderly care services give them the support to do it safely. Our caregivers help with everyday things that have started to get harder including bathing, dressing, grooming, meal preparation, light housekeeping, and rides to appointments. Every care plan is built around one person’s routine and preferences, not a template.
Seniors living with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia usually do best in a place that already feels familiar. Our dementia care services are designed to support your loved one through each stage while they remain at home. Our caregivers assist with personal care and daily structure, and they’re trained to respond to confusion, agitation, and restlessness with patience instead of correction.
Our Parkinson’s home care supports individuals living with the disease in maintaining independence at home for as long as possible. Caregivers help with mobility and transfers, grooming, medication reminders on a strict schedule, and meal preparation, adjusting as symptoms change. We also provide the steady companionship and emotional support that matters more as the disease progresses, and we coordinate with your loved one’s physicians and therapists so everyone is working from the same plan.
The first few weeks home after a hospital stay or a joint replacement are when things tend to go wrong. Our after-surgery care helps seniors recover where they’re most comfortable. Caregivers assist with bathing and dressing, medication reminders, meals, mobility, and getting to follow-up visits and physical therapy, and they keep an eye out for the early warning signs that lead to a readmission.
Our caregivers take the time to know the person they’re caring for. Alongside hands-on help with hygiene, mobility, and daily routines, they sit down for real conversation, share a meal, work on a puzzle, or get back into a hobby that fell away. For a lot of the seniors we serve, the company matters as much as the care does.
Nights are often the hardest part for family caregivers. With overnight care, a caregiver is awake and available through the night to help with bathroom trips, wandering, sundowning, or simple reassurance. Respite care covers the daytime hours you need for work, errands, an appointment of your own, or a week away without guilt. Both are available on a regular schedule or as needed.
Non-Medical Home Care in Litchfield, CT
A Place At Home – Litchfield provides non-medical home care tailored to each senior’s needs, routines, and preferences. It starts with a conversation. We sit down with your loved one and your family to understand what is working, where they need help, and what would make daily life easier. From there, we develop a written care plan and schedule. Once you approve the plan, we match your loved one with a caregiver whose experience and personality are a good fit.
Our non-medical services include help with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility and transfers, toileting, and eating. We can also provide the household and practical support that helps seniors remain comfortable, safe, and independent at home.
Our in-home care services in Litchfield, CT include:
- Senior home care
- Elderly care
- Alzheimer’s and dementia care
- Personal care and companion care
- After-surgery care and rehab support
- Fall prevention and home safety
- Hospital sitting services
- Hospice home care support
- Overnight care
- Parkinson’s care
- Respite care for family caregivers
- Senior transportation and errands
- Veteran home care
- Medication assistance and reminders
- Meal planning and preparation
- Light housekeeping and laundry
- Grocery shopping
We Are CARE
Everything we do at A Place At Home – Litchfield comes back to the CARE values. You can expect every one of our caregivers to be:
- Compassionate
- Accountable
- Respectful
- Ethical
We’re here for the families managing something they never trained for. Caring for an aging parent is done out of love, but it’s rarely simple, and it’s almost never something one person can carry alone. Our aim is dependable, affordable in-home senior care that keeps your loved one safe and comfortable at home and gives you back the time to be a son or daughter again instead of a full-time caregiver.
Why Litchfield Families Choose A Place At Home
A Place At Home – Litchfield is locally owned and operated by Ulric and Eowyn Berube, who live and work in this community. When you call our office, you’re talking directly to the people responsible for your loved one’s care.
We’re registered as a Homemaker-Companion Agency with the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection, which means we meet the state’s requirements for non-medical home care providers, including comprehensive criminal background checks on every employee, a written service contract and plan of care, and bonding that protects our clients. Our caregivers are employees, not independent contractors. We hire them, vet them, train them, insure them, and supervise them, so that responsibility never lands back on your family.
Home Care Service Area
A Place At Home – Litchfield serves families in Litchfield, Thomaston, Torrington, Watertown, Terryville, Harwinton, Morris, Bethlehem, and the surrounding communities of Litchfield County, CT.
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Our office is located at: 130 South Main Street, Suite 201A, Thomaston, CT 06787
Questions Litchfield Families Ask Us Most
What's the difference between a homemaker-companion agency and a home health agency in Connecticut?
In Connecticut, home health agencies are licensed by the Department of Public Health and provide skilled medical care such as nursing, wound care, and therapy, usually on a doctor's order and for a limited stretch of time. Homemaker-companion agencies like ours register with the Department of Consumer Protection and provide non-medical care: personal care, companionship, meals, housekeeping, transportation, supervision. We can't take blood pressure or change a dressing. What we can do is be there for the hours, days, and years in between, which is what most seniors need to stay home. Many families use both at once, and we're glad to work alongside your loved one's home health nurse or therapist.
Do you serve only Litchfield, or the surrounding towns too?
Our office is in Thomaston, and we serve Litchfield County and the surrounding towns. Our caregivers live in this area, which means shorter drives, more reliable arrivals, and people who know the roads in February. If you're not sure whether your town is inside our service area, just call and we'll tell you straight away.
Does my parent need a diagnosis or a doctor's order to get home care?
No. You don't need a referral, a diagnosis, or anyone's permission to call us. Some of the most valuable work we do is for seniors who are medically fine but increasingly isolated, or who've decided that the stairs, the stove, or the driving have gotten to be too much. A caregiver who drives your mother to her appointment, sits with her over lunch, and makes sure there's a hot meal on the table at night isn't a medical intervention. It's a quality-of-life decision, and you get to make it whenever you think it's time.
How do you match a caregiver to my loved one?
Before anyone is placed, we learn about your loved one as a person: their routine, their temperament, whether they want quiet company or a talker, what they used to do for work, and how they like their kitchen organized. Then we match on compatibility as much as on qualification. A skilled caregiver who's the wrong personal fit doesn't last, and everyone loses time when that happens. Getting the match right the first time is one of the most important things we do.
What happens if our regular caregiver is sick or unavailable?
We plan for it from the start. When we build a care team, we make sure more than one caregiver knows your loved one's routine and preferences. So, if someone calls out, we're not sending a stranger into the house at 7 a.m. The backup caregiver already knows your loved one, and your loved one already knows them.
Do you provide care in assisted living or nursing facilities, or only in private homes?
Wherever your loved one is living. That includes private homes across Litchfield County, assisted living and independent living communities, rehab facilities, and hospital rooms when a family wants one-on-one attention during a stay. Our hospital sitting services exist for exactly that reason, so someone familiar is in the room when you can't be.
How many hours a week do we have to commit to?
Care can start small. Some families begin with a few hours twice a week for showers and errands and never need more than that. Others move to daily visits, overnights, or around-the-clock coverage as needs change. We'll talk through what makes sense during the free in-home assessment, and we'll adjust as things change rather than locking you into a schedule that stops fitting.
Do you work with veterans' benefits or long-term care insurance?
Yes. We provide home care for veterans and their spouses, and we're familiar with the paperwork long-term care insurance carriers ask for. Bring us what you have during the assessment, and we'll help you sort out what your policy or benefit actually covers before you commit to anything.
Free In-Home Assessment
If you’d like to know what home care could look like for your family, call us to set up a free in-home consultation. We’ll sit down with your loved one, take an honest look at what they need day to day, and build a care plan and schedule that fits both their needs and your family’s. From there we match them with a caregiver whose experience and approach suit them.
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Let’s Build a Plan for Better Care
If you’re looking for dependable, personable, professional in-home care in Litchfield County, that’s exactly what A Place At Home – Litchfield was built to provide. Reach out with your questions or to talk through what your family needs, there’s no cost and no obligation to find out.
Our Mission
Our mission is to be passionate professionals providing the compassionate care you need, where and when you need us.
Are You Looking for a Meaningful Caregiving Career?
Do you want to perform work that matters at the end of the day? A Place At Home – Litchfield is hiring caregivers across Litchfield County. We provide thorough training and the support of a national network, and we hire our caregivers as employees with real backing behind them. If you’ve cared for someone in your own family and found you were good at it, we’d like to talk to you.