Companionship and Comfort During Serious Illness
Non-medical companionship and support at home, alongside your loved one's hospice or medical team.
When someone you love is seriously ill, the hours matter. Acuity Homecare's experienced, well-trained caregivers provide non-medical companionship and support at home, day or night, alongside your loved one's hospice or medical team. Your loved one is never alone, and your family gets the chance to rest, sleep, and simply be together.
What Our Caregivers Do
Your loved one’s hospice or medical team visits on its own schedule and remains fully in charge of their medical care. Families are often left to cover the long hours in between. Our caregivers help fill those hours with calm, reliable, non-medical support:
- Companionship and presence: sitting with your loved one, talking, reading aloud, playing favorite music, or simply being there through the night.
- Comfort and personal care: gentle help with bathing, dressing, grooming, and getting comfortable, always with dignity and respect.
- Meals and fluids: preparing light meals and offering drinks according to the wishes of your loved one and their care team.
- Friendly reminders to take medications as prescribed (our caregivers do not handle or administer medication).
- A calm, tidy home: light housekeeping and laundry, so the family’s energy can go where it matters most.
- Support for the family: a trusted, professional presence that lets spouses and adult children step away for an hour or a full night’s sleep.
Working Alongside Your Hospice or Medical Team
We are a non-medical agency. Our caregivers do not provide medical, nursing, or hospice services. We follow your loved one’s daily routines and your family’s wishes, and we stay in touch with their hospice or medical team. When caregivers notice changes in comfort, appetite, or mood, they write them down and pass them on to your family and to that team, so the professionals in charge can respond.
Our office staff supervise every caregiver and coordinate with your loved one’s hospice or medical team, so care at home runs smoothly and everyone stays informed.
Why Families Trust Acuity Homecare
- Professional and experienced: caregivers who have experience supporting people through serious illness, and who know how to stay calm and kind.
- Carefully matched: we take time to learn your loved one’s preferences and personality before we schedule a caregiver.
- Reliable, day or night: hourly and live-in options, with our office reachable 24/7.
- Family-owned and responsive: you work directly with owners who stay personally involved.
- Registered: Acuity Homecare is registered with the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection as a homemaker-companion agency, registration HCA.0001496.
No One Should Feel Alone
We help ease the fear you or your loved one may have of being alone without enough support during a serious illness. Call Acuity Homecare at 203-295-0274, available 24/7. In most cases care can begin within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and more notice always helps.
Acuity Homecare provides non-medical companionship and home care only. We do not provide medical, nursing, or hospice services.
