Serving Kent from our Stamford office
Home care in Kent
The Kent Senior Center is attached to Templeton Farms on Swifts Lane, and the Dial-A-Ride van runs to New Milford on Mondays and Wednesdays. If your mother or father in Kent wants to keep using both but needs more help at home, a caregiver can cover the other days. 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 Kent?
Yes. We provide home care throughout Kent 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 Kent
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.
The senior center and the Dial-A-Ride van
The Kent Senior Center is attached to the Templeton Farms building. The entrance is on the side closest to Route 341, and the door reads Kent Senior Center & Nutrition Site. The town posts a newsletter and calendar for each quarter, and registration goes through the Social Services office.
The Northwestern Connecticut Transit District's Dial-A-Ride is a curb-to-curb van service. Kent and Warren riders go on Mondays and Wednesdays, to New Milford, Kent and Warren, and the bus hours run from 8 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon. Seats are first come, first served, with at least 24 hours' notice, and a one-way trip is $2. A caregiver is there on the other days and in the evenings, and can drive your mother to a Tuesday appointment or stay through a long one.
Meals, Medicare help and the tax credit
Meals on Wheels brings prepared meals to the home for people 60 or older who are homebound and can't prepare or get nourishing meals on their own, and the town's resources page links to the Western Connecticut Area Agency on Aging for details. Kent Social Services helps with SNAP, cash assistance, Medicaid and Husky, and Social Security Disability applications, and its resources page points to CHOICES, the state's health insurance counseling program, and to a free prescription drug card.
The Assessor's Office, open Mondays and Wednesdays from 9 to 4, takes applications each year for the state's elderly homeowner tax credit, and first-year applicants apply in person. For 2026 the window ran from February 1 to May 15. A caregiver fits around all of it, with the meals, company and daily help in between.
Getting started
How care is arranged in Kent
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 Kent, 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 Kent. Our caregivers come to you. Directions
- License
- Connecticut License HCA.0002450.
- Town programs
- Looking for what Kent offers older residents too? The Kent Senior Center & Nutrition Site is at 16 Swifts Lane, Kent, CT 06757.
Questions Kent families ask
Does the Dial-A-Ride van serve Kent?
Yes. The Northwestern Connecticut Transit District runs it for Kent and Warren on Mondays and Wednesdays, to New Milford, Kent and Warren, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Seats are first come, first served with at least 24 hours' notice, and a one-way trip is $2. On the other days, a caregiver can drive your parent or stay with them at an appointment.
Where is the Kent Senior Center?
It is at 16 Swifts Lane, attached to the Templeton Farms building. The entrance is on the side closest to Route 341, and the door says Kent Senior Center & Nutrition Site. Registration goes through the Social Services office. A caregiver can go with your mother the first time, so she knows the door and who's there.
Who delivers meals to homebound seniors in Kent?
Meals on Wheels delivers prepared meals to people 60 or older who are homebound. Kent Social Services can point you to it. A caregiver can be there when the meal arrives, and cook on the days it doesn't.
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 Kent
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: Washington, Salisbury. Or see home care across Litchfield County.