Serving Simsbury from our Stamford office
Home care in Simsbury
Simsbury's Senior Center stays open until 7 on Monday evenings and closes at 1 on Fridays, and Dial-A-Ride is never booked the same day. If the hours outside those are the hard ones for your mother or father, some help at home can fill them. Tell us what's changed, and we'll plan the hours with you.
The first conversation is free, and nothing starts until you say so.
Does Endurance Home Care provide home care in Simsbury?
Yes. We provide home care throughout Simsbury, including West Simsbury, Weatogue and Tariffville, from our Stamford office. Your family can choose hourly visits, awake overnight care, live-in care or care around the clock, as companion care or personal care with hands-on help. A registered nurse comes to the house first to write the care plan with you, and you meet the caregiver before the first visit.
Care options in Simsbury
Help for the days, the nights, or both
Some families need a few hours a week. Others want someone there overnight, or living in. Here's what each option looks like at home.
- Hourly careHelp for the hours that are hardest, from a few mornings a week to full days. Easy to add to as needs change.
- Overnight careA caregiver who stays awake through the night hours, there when someone wakes and ready to help them settle again, so everyone in the house gets some rest.
- Live-in careA caregiver lives in the home and helps through the day with meals, routines, company and the house. Agreed rest time, including a night's sleep, is part of the arrangement.
- 24-hour careCaregivers work awake shifts, usually two 12-hour or three 8-hour shifts, so someone is up and ready to help at any hour of the day or night.
Any of these can be companion care, which covers company, meals, light housekeeping, errands and rides, or personal care, which adds hands-on help with bathing, dressing and moving around safely. See how live-in care and 24-hour care differ.
Booking Dial-A-Ride, and the trips it can't make
Simsbury's Dial-A-Ride is door-to-door Monday to Friday around Simsbury, West Simsbury, Tariffville and Weatogue, for residents 60 and older. Reservations are made between 8 a.m. and noon, at least the day before, and in-town medical appointments can be scheduled up to three weeks ahead. Same-day appointments are never accepted. The bus also goes to Granby on Tuesday mornings and to Avon on Wednesdays and Fridays, and when space is short, medical appointments and food shopping come first.
The town arranges up to two out-of-town medical appointments a month for each rider, and Social Services keeps a list of other transportation resources for when Dial-A-Ride can't help. A caregiver can drive on the days the bus isn't going where your mother needs to be, take a same-day appointment, and stay with her through the visit.
Lunch, screenings and a Friday that ends at 1
The Senior Center in Eno Memorial Hall welcomes adults 50 and over. Lunch Cafe is served on Tuesdays from 11:30 to 12:45, with soup and sandwiches for $2 each and no registration. Lunch at Eno is on Wednesdays at noon, registered for by 10 a.m. the Friday before. Free blood pressure and blood sugar screenings are held on Wednesdays from 11:30 to 1:30, with no appointment, and the center has hosted A Matter of Balance, a fall-prevention program.
Community and Social Services is in the same building and runs the Senior Outreach Program. A caregiver adds the lunch on the days there isn't one, Friday afternoons once the center has closed, and the evenings and weekends.
Getting started
How care is arranged in Simsbury
It starts with a conversation, and nothing begins until you say so.
A conversation
Call or send a request. Tell us who needs help, where they live and what's been getting harder. You don't need the right words.
A nurse visits at home
A registered nurse comes to the house in Simsbury, gets to know everyone and writes the care plan with you.
You meet the caregiver
We choose a caregiver for the routines and preferences that matter and introduce them before the first visit. If it isn't working, we find someone else.
Updates as you go
Your Care Manager keeps you posted and changes the plan with you when needs change.
- Our office
- Our Stamford office at 60 Long Ridge Rd, Suite #214, Stamford, CT looks after families in Simsbury. Our caregivers come to you. Directions
- License
- Connecticut License HCA.0002450.
- Town programs
- Looking for what Simsbury offers older residents too? The Simsbury Senior Center in Eno Memorial Hall is at 754 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT 06070.
Questions Simsbury families ask
How far ahead do I book Simsbury Dial-A-Ride?
Call between 8 a.m. and noon, at least the day before. In-town medical appointments can be scheduled up to three weeks ahead, and same-day appointments are never accepted. For a same-day trip, an evening or a weekend, a caregiver can drive your parent and stay for the visit.
What lunches does the Simsbury Senior Center serve?
Lunch Cafe is on Tuesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., with soup and sandwiches for $2 each and no need to register. Lunch at Eno is on Wednesdays at noon and is registered for by 10 a.m. the Friday before. A caregiver can make lunch at home on the other days.
Who can use the Simsbury Senior Center?
The center welcomes adults 50 and over, along with their families and friends. It is open Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday from 8:30 to 4:30, and Friday from 8:30 to 1. A caregiver can take your parent there and be with them when it's closed.
How do families pay for home care?
Care with Endurance is private pay. If your parent has a long-term care insurance policy, we can help with the policy paperwork. Medicare does not pay for ongoing daily help at home.
Talk with our care team
Let's talk about care in Simsbury
Tell us a little about what's happening, and we'll call to talk it through. The first conversation is free, and nothing starts until you say so.
A person answers at (203) 936-6847. In an emergency, call 911.
Nearby: Avon, Farmington, West Hartford. Or see home care across Hartford County.