When Mom’s house off Greens Farms Road feels too big since Dad passed, and you’re commuting into Manhattan five days a week, holding everything together with weekend visits and phone calls stops working. The drive from the city is fine on a Saturday morning and miserable on a Tuesday night when something goes wrong. Preferred Care at Home of Central Fairfield provides non-medical home care across Westport, CT, from a few hours a week of companion visits to full 24-hour live-in support, so your loved ones can stay in the home they’ve built a life around.
Westport families come to us with a wide range of needs, from a few hours of companionship to round-the-clock live-in care. Below is the full menu of in home care services we provide, each one built around the unique needs of your loved one and adjustable as life changes. Every plan starts with a free in-home assessment, so the personalized care plan reflects the real house, the real schedule, and the real person.
Conversation, errands, light meal preparation, and rides to doctor appointments for seniors living alone in larger homes off Compo Road, Cross Highway, or Greens Farms. Many Westport parents are perfectly capable of taking care of themselves day-to-day but feel the absence of company when their children moved out years ago and friends have started slowing down.
Our caregivers share meals, drive to the Westport Center for Senior Activities, attend the Westport Country Playhouse, and run errands downtown on Main Street. Because the same caregiver returns each visit, your mother builds a real friend instead of greeting a new face every shift. Explore companion care in more detail.
Hands-on help with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and mobility inside your loved one’s own home in Westport, CT. This is the right service when your dad has difficulty moving around the second floor of a colonial off Bayberry Lane and the shower is no longer safe to use alone.
Caregivers are matched by personality rather than pulled from a rotating pool, and every one clears comprehensive reference checks and screening before any home visit. Schedules run from one hour a day up to full 24-hour coverage, and we adjust as physical health and daily activities change. Learn more about our personal care services.
Light housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation, pantry organization, and pharmacy runs in the older homes that fill Westport’s Old Hill, Coleytown, and Saugatuck Shores neighborhoods. After many years of running a busy household, a lot of seniors find that the daily upkeep alone is what wears them down, not the cooking or the company.
Respite care also gives family members a real break, whether that’s an afternoon, an overnight, or a week away. When the primary family caregiver is exhausted, the quality of care for everyone in the house drops, and a few scheduled hours of relief makes a big difference. See how homemaker care works alongside respite shifts.
A caregiver present in the Westport home around the clock, through mealtimes, afternoons, and overnights. Live in care fits when falls, wandering, or nighttime confusion make independent living unsafe, but a move to assisted living is off the table because the house, the garden, and the proximity to the Sound mean too much.
This level of in home care is usually more affordable than stacking hourly overnight shifts, and the same small rotation of personality-matched caregivers stays with the household week after week. One home base, one consistent team, and peace of mind knowing someone attentive is there at 3 a.m. Our live-in care page goes deeper.
Non-medical memory support inside the familiar Westport home, where the kitchen layout, the family photos in the hallway, and the view of the backyard already make sense to the person with dementia. A move into unfamiliar surroundings is often what accelerates decline, and many families want to delay that step as long as it’s safe.
Our caregivers complete dementia-specific training through CareAcademy and are matched for temperament and patience, not just availability. Routines are designed around the individual rather than a facility schedule, which makes hard days more manageable for both your mother and your family members. See dementia and Alzheimer’s care for specifics.
Compassionate Alzheimer’s support that meets your loved one where they are on a given day, with caregivers trained to redirect rather than correct. Westport families dealing with progressive Alzheimer’s often piece together help from family members and short visits until a wandering episode or a kitchen scare forces the conversation about more structured care.
We provide compassionate, attentive care focused on safety, dignity, and engagement, working alongside the neurologist or the specialist at Yale-New Haven without duplicating clinical care. Family members get regular updates, education on what to expect next, and a real person to call when something changes. Read more about Alzheimer’s care.
Non-medical support during the first weeks home after a stay at Norwalk Hospital, St. Vincent’s in Bridgeport, or Yale-New Haven, geared toward elderly people coming back to a quiet Westport house without close-by family. The first two weeks home carry the highest readmission risk, and that window is when small problems become hospital trips.
A transition coach meets the client at discharge, builds a 15-piece Personal Health Record, coordinates follow-up appointments, and provides medication reminders with clear “when to call 911” guidelines. Care often starts within 24 to 48 hours of discharge, not a week later when paperwork catches up. Read about transition care.
Comfort-focused companion support alongside a hospice team, so a Westport resident can remain at home during their final chapter rather than move to a facility. Our role is presence, personal care, and family support, not clinical care, and we coordinate closely with whichever hospice agency the family has chosen.
We provide respite for exhausted family members and keep 24-hour availability for the nights when things change quickly. For families walking through this season, staying home brings a quality of life that no facility can match, and our caregivers honor that with quiet, steady dedication. Read about end-of-life care.
Preferred Care at Home of Central Fairfield is locally owned and operated by Christine and Rick Geller under Connecticut Homemaker-Companion Agency License HCA-0002249. Our agency works out of 15 River Road in Wilton and serves Westport, CT families across Fairfield County. We’re a Better Business Bureau Accredited Business and a 2024-2025 Best of Home Care Endorsed National Provider, operating as part of the Preferred Care at Home franchise system founded in 1984.
Westport is a community where families have high standards and high expectations, and rightly so. The seniors here have built remarkable lives and they deserve care that reflects that. Our team of compassionate professionals provides quality care with the kind of attention and expertise that families recognize the moment they meet a caregiver. Long-term care insurance paperwork is processed weekly here, where most home care agencies only process monthly, which speeds reimbursement for families who’ve planned ahead. We’re an authorized VA Community Care Provider and a CareScout Quality Network Preferred Provider.
Every caregiver clears comprehensive background checks, reference checks, and skills assessment before entering a home, with ongoing training through our CareAcademy partnership. We match caregivers to clients by personality, not just availability, because the right fit is what makes the relationship work. Many families compare us to Comfort Keepers, Home Instead, and other home care services in the area and choose us for the personality match, the weekly LTC processing, and the fact that you talk to Christine or Rick directly when you call, not a corporate intake center.
See our full range of senior home care services.
Step 01
You call or email, and Christine or Rick schedules a no-obligation visit at your loved one’s home. A real person walks you through the in home care plan options and answers questions about cost, schedule, and what services fit.
Step 02
We assess needs, routines, and preferences, then write a personalized care plan with you covering hours, tasks, and schedule. We match home care services to the actual gaps in daily life, not a generic checklist.
Step 03
We match a caregiver by temperament and experience, not just availability, and introduce them before care begins. You’ll know who’s coming and when, which matters for both your mother and the rest of the family.
Step 04
Care begins, and you monitor schedules, caregiver notes, and tasks through our secure family portal anytime. For Westport families with adult children commuting into the city or living out of state, that visibility is what turns worry into peace of mind.
Westport’s mix of large older homes, NYC-commuting children, and high private-pay expectations creates a specific set of care challenges we hear from local families every week. Many seniors here want to age at home with dignity, and the obstacles are usually practical rather than philosophical.
Challenge
What It Looks Like
How We Help
Adult children commuting into NYC
What It Looks Like
A son or daughter takes the train into Manhattan five days a week, and Mom’s house off North Avenue or Riverside is checked on by phone. Real-time visibility into how the day actually went is missing.
How We Help
The Transparency Room portal shows schedules, completed tasks, and caregiver notes in real time, so commuting family members stay informed without needing to drive in.
Challenge
Large multi-story homes
What It Looks Like
Many Westport homes are colonials and historic farmhouses with stairs, formal dining rooms unused since the kids left, and bathrooms upstairs only. One aging parent in that footprint faces fall risk and isolation.
How We Help
Personal care handles mobility and bathing safely, homemaker care keeps the house manageable, and live-in care adds overnight supervision in larger houses.
Challenge
Connecticut non-medical scope rules
What It Looks Like
Families assume one agency can handle nursing, medications, and personal care, but Connecticut Homemaker-Companion Agencies cannot administer medications or perform clinical care.
How We Help
We explain the non medical home care scope during the free consultation and coordinate with home health and hospice providers when clinical care is also needed.
Challenge
Companion care vs. personal care confusion
What It Looks Like
Families start with “a few hours a week” and discover later that bathing help or overnight supervision wasn’t part of the original plan, or they over-book hands-on hours when companionship was the real gap.
How We Help
The free care plan maps the right mix of companion, personal, and live in care to the unique needs of your loved one, and adjusts as things change.
Challenge
Hospital-to-home recovery window
What It Looks Like
The first two weeks after a Norwalk Hospital, St. Vincent’s, or Yale-New Haven discharge carry the highest readmission risk, especially when a Westport senior comes home alone.
How We Help
Transition care often starts within 24 to 48 hours of discharge, with a Personal Health Record, doctor appointments tracking, and medication reminders.
Challenge
Comparing home care agencies feels identical
What It Looks Like
Families call three providers, hear similar pitches, and pick on price, then face caregiver churn and slow insurance processing six months in.
How We Help
Personality matching, weekly LTC processing, and direct owner contact with Christine and Rick are the things that hold up over a year of care, not just intake week.
We provide home care services to families throughout Westport and the surrounding Fairfield County towns from our Wilton office. Home care agencies often draw tight service radii, but our team covers the full region from one home base.
Westport Center
Saugatuck
Saugatuck Shores
Compo Beach
Greens Farms
Old Hill
Coleytown
Westport (greater)
Weston
Wilton
Norwalk
Fairfield
New Canaan
Darien
Preferred Care at Home of Central Fairfield is a locally owned franchise providing non-medical home care across Fairfield County, Connecticut. Owned and operated by Christine and Rick Geller under Connecticut License HCA-0002249, headquartered at 15 River Road in Wilton. We’re part of the Preferred Care at Home system founded in 1984, and we hold VA Community Care Provider status, BBB Accreditation, and CareScout Quality Network Preferred Provider designation. Our mission is to help elderly people age in place with dignity and independence in their own home for as many years as possible.
Bringing Westport CT in home care into your loved one’s home shouldn’t mean figuring it out alone. Schedule a free consultation with Christine or Rick. Call (203) 401-8464 or contact us to start a free care plan conversation.
Yes, we provide non-medical in home care services throughout Westport, CT, including Westport Center, Saugatuck, Compo Beach, Greens Farms, Old Hill, and Coleytown, from our Wilton office.
Our agency covers all of Westport and the surrounding Fairfield County towns, working with seniors aging in their own home, families recovering after a hospital stay, households living with dementia or Alzheimer’s, and veterans using VA Community Care benefits. Christine and Rick Geller own and operate the office locally, and you can reach them directly at (203) 401-8464 to set up a free home visit. The mission is helping elderly people age in place with peace of mind.
We offer companion care, personal care, homemaker and respite care, live-in care, dementia and Alzheimer’s care, transition care, and end-of-life support for Westport families.
Most Westport households start with companion care for conversation, meal preparation, errands, and rides to doctor appointments, then add personal care when hands-on help with bathing, dressing, grooming, or mobility becomes part of the picture. Live in care and memory care serve families needing continuous support at home. Every personalized care plan is built around the specific household, because seniors here have unique needs and routines worth honoring.
Call (203) 401-8464 for a free consultation. Christine or Rick visits the home, builds a care plan, and matches a caregiver, often within days.
The first visit happens inside the Westport home so we can see the layout, meet the family, and understand the real routines. From there we build a personalized in home care plan together covering hours, tasks, and schedule. There’s no long-term contract, schedules start at one hour, and a real person handles your call. For urgent cases coming home from Norwalk Hospital or Yale-New Haven, care often starts within 24 to 48 hours.
Companion care covers company, meal preparation, errands, and rides. Personal care adds hands-on help with bathing, dressing, and hygiene.
Many Westport families begin with a few hours of companion care each week for conversation and transportation, then layer in personal care as mobility or daily hygiene becomes harder. Neither service includes nursing or medication administration, because Connecticut Homemaker-Companion Agencies stay strictly non medical home care. Clients often start light and add personal care services as needs evolve, and we help sort the right mix during the free consultation. Some families compare us to Comfort Keepers and other agencies and choose us for the personality match and the direct owner contact.
No, Connecticut Homemaker-Companion Agencies provide non-medical help, while home health agencies provide licensed nursing and clinical care.
Our agency is licensed by the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection as a Homemaker-Companion Agency (License HCA-0002249). That scope covers companionship, meal preparation, housekeeping, hygiene support, medication reminders, and transportation, all within the non medical home care scope defined by Connecticut law. Clinical services like wound care or skilled nursing fall outside our license and are handled by separate home health agencies. We coordinate with those providers when both medical and non-medical home care services are part of the plan.
In-home care in Westport is priced hourly based on service type and hours. Live-in care is often more affordable than families expect compared to facility alternatives.
Cost depends on weekly hours, whether the plan is companion or personal level, and whether coverage is hourly or live-in. The free consultation ends with a written estimate built around the actual schedule. We process long-term care insurance paperwork weekly and coordinate VA benefits for eligible veterans, which changes the out-of-pocket math for many Westport families. Senior care services pricing varies based on the personalized care plan we build together, and there’s no obligation to commit during the consultation.
Consider live in care when overnight falls, wandering, confusion, or family caregiver exhaustion make solo nights unsafe in your loved one’s home.
Live in care is usually the right answer before a crisis forces a facility move. It’s often more affordable than stacking hourly overnight shifts, and continuity matters when memory is involved. For Westport seniors in larger homes off Cross Highway or Greens Farms, where the second floor is a long way from the first, around-the-clock presence brings both safety and the kind of mind knowing peace that lets adult children sleep through the night. Many seniors maintain better well being with consistent overnight support.
Yes, every caregiver passes comprehensive screening including background checks, reference checks, and skills assessment before entering a client’s home.
The screening process meets and exceeds Connecticut’s requirements for Homemaker-Companion Agencies. Our agency pairs that screening with CareAcademy training and personality matching, so the home health aides and caregivers who show up fit the household and have real preparation. Caregivers also receive ongoing training throughout their time with us, which supports seniors in maintaining dignity and independence at home. Families consistently tell us the caregivers are wonderful people who bring real compassion, not just task completion, to the work.
Yes, our companion care and personal care both include transportation to doctor appointments, pharmacies, grocery shopping, and social outings.
Our caregivers drive to appointments at Norwalk Hospital, specialists in New Canaan, the pharmacy on Post Road, and social outings to the Westport Country Playhouse or Compo Beach. The same caregiver typically handles these trips, which keeps the routine consistent and lets your mother build a real friend rather than meeting a new person every week. Assistance with errands is available even on short notice when schedules shift.
Yes, we’re a VA Community Care Provider and we process long-term care insurance paperwork weekly, not monthly.
Westport veterans can access in-home care through our authorized VA Community Care Provider status. Families using long-term care insurance benefit from our weekly paperwork cadence versus the monthly industry norm, which speeds reimbursement and reduces out-of-pocket pressure. We walk families through documentation during the free care plan visit, so insurance and benefits aren’t a confusing afterthought. See our pay for home care page for details.
Yes, we schedule from one hour up to 24 hours daily, so families can start with a few hours of companion care or respite care and scale up as needs change.
Many Westport families begin with four to eight hours a week of companion care for respite and add personal care as routines shift. There’s no long-term contract, and the care plan is reviewed regularly. Starting small prevents the kind of crisis that forces bigger decisions later, and the same personality-matched caregiver typically stays through the progression from a little assistance to full-time support. Families across the Westport community tell us they’re grateful they started before things got urgent.
