Serving Stonington from our Stamford office
Home care in Stonington
The Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center serves senior lunches five days a week and runs a free door-to-door bus. If your mother or father in Stonington, Pawcatuck or Mystic wants to keep using both but needs more help at home, a caregiver can cover the rest. 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 Stonington?
Yes. We provide home care throughout Stonington, including Pawcatuck and the Stonington side of Mystic, 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 Stonington
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.
Lunch and a ride at the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center
The Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center, at 27 Chase Street, is a nonprofit food bank and senior center that Stonington helps fund. It provides lunches five days a week: Bingo lunches on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11, a Speaker Series lunch on Thursdays at noon, and a Senior Salad Social on Fridays at noon. Wellness programs run from yoga stretches to line dancing, and there are caregiver and grief support groups. The center is open weekdays from 9 to 3:30.
Its free door-to-door bus has a lift and is for people over 54 who live in Stonington, Mystic, Pawcatuck and North Stonington. It goes to the center, to medical appointments and to shopping, and your parent registers by phone with the center. A caregiver covers the evenings and weekends the center is closed, and can be in the house when the bus comes.
Human Services, Medicare counseling and the emergency registry
Stonington Senior Services is part of Human Services at 166 South Broad Street, with a Municipal Agent for the Elderly on staff. Human Services has a CHOICES counselor who holds confidential Medicare appointments and makes home visits to residents who are homebound. Social Services can help with State applications such as SNAP and Medicare Savings Programs, and with the Renters' Rebate, by appointment.
The town also keeps a Special Needs Emergency Registry. Enrolling lets police, fire and other first responders prepare for residents who may need extra help, and the information is kept confidential. Human Services closes at 11:30 on Fridays. A caregiver fits around all of it, with the meals, company and daily help in between.
Getting started
How care is arranged in Stonington
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 Stonington, 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 Stonington. Our caregivers come to you. Directions
- License
- Connecticut License HCA.0002450.
- Town programs
- Looking for what Stonington offers older residents too? Stonington Senior Services is at 166 South Broad Street, Stonington, CT 06378.
Questions Stonington families ask
Who can ride the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center bus?
Anyone over 54 who lives in Stonington, Mystic, Pawcatuck or North Stonington. It is a free, door-to-door bus with a lift, and it goes to the center, to medical appointments and to shopping. You register by phone with the center. On days the bus isn't running, a caregiver can drive your parent and stay through the visit.
When are lunches served at the Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center?
Five days a week: Bingo lunches Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 11, a Speaker Series lunch on Thursday at noon and a Senior Salad Social on Friday at noon. A caregiver can take your mother there and home again, or make lunch at home.
Can someone help us with Medicare in Stonington?
Yes. Stonington Human Services has a CHOICES counselor on staff for personal, confidential appointments about Medicare options, supplemental insurance and Part D drug plans, and home visits are available for residents who are homebound. A caregiver can stay with your father while you attend, or sit in with him.
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 Stonington
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: Old Lyme. Or see home care across New London County.