Service area
Home care in
Vernon, CT.
Vernon is several places at once, Rockville, Talcottville, Vernon Center, and Golden Touch sends caregivers into all of them.
Vernon does not have one center, it has a handful. Rockville, the former city that consolidated with the town in 1965, holds the old mill blocks and a historic district covering much of that old center between Shenipsit Street, Davis Avenue, West Street and South Street. Talcottville is a preserved nineteenth century factory village along Elm Hill Road and Main Street, and Dobsonville, Vernon Center and the Hartford Turnpike stretch are each their own place with their own roads. When a family says Vernon, we ask which part, because the answer changes the parking, the stairs and the shift.
A lot of Vernon is multi-family housing, and in Rockville much of it is small three and four unit buildings: an outside stair, a shared hallway, a second-floor apartment. The village was built on a gradient, with the Hockanum River dropping fast through it and Fox Hill as the high ground above. So a caregiver here plans for stairs on every visit, carries the shopping up rather than leaving it at the curb, and knows which entrance is the safe one in ice. The town's housing authority also runs elderly buildings at Court Towers on Court Street, Franklin Park East and West on Franklin Street and Windermere Court on Windermere Avenue, plus the Francis J Pitkat Congregate Living Center at 80 Franklin Street, and we work alongside whatever those buildings already provide.
Inpatient admissions have ended at the Rockville General campus on Union Street, though its emergency department stays open around the clock. In practice that means a Vernon family is usually bringing someone home from Manchester Memorial Hospital on Haynes Street, from Hartford Hospital or Saint Francis in Hartford, or from a rehab stay at Vernon Rehabilitation and Health Care Center on Regan Road or Complete Care at Fox Hill on Hartford Turnpike. Several I-84 exits serve Vernon within a few minutes of each other, so a morning shift in Rockville and an afternoon one off Talcottville Road are both easy for us to staff. The Vernon Senior Center at 135 Bolton Road is open weekdays, and plenty of our clients want the day built around it.
Getting to Vernon
Vernon Town Hall on Park Place in Rockville is about eighteen miles from our Park Street office, roughly twenty-five minutes out I-84 when it is moving. The Talcottville Road end of town is nearer than that figure suggests, and I-84 at evening peak is slower than it.
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In and around Vernon
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Serving Vernon, Connecticut
Why Vernon families choose Golden Touch
Licensed, bonded & insured
A licensed Connecticut homemaker and companion agency. Every caregiver is background-checked and trained.
One dedicated caregiver
Hand-matched by personality, not just availability, so your loved one sees the same familiar face.
Care within 24 hours
We can often begin within 24 hours of your first call, and faster for a hospital discharge.
The right fit, guaranteed
Not the right match? We re-match at no charge until it feels like family.
Someone answers, day or night
Our Care Coordinator answers 24/7, so you are never alone at 3 a.m.
Experience you can trust
Family-run since 2020, with more than 20 years of caregiving experience behind us.
Good questions
Questions from Vernon families.
My mother's apartment in Rockville is up an outside stair. Does that rule out care at home?
Not at all, it is most of what we do in Rockville. Those three and four unit buildings almost all have an outside stair, so the first thing a caregiver does is walk it with her, in the direction she really uses it. From there we plan the shower, the laundry and the grocery run so she is not on those steps more times than she has to be. Call (860) 393-1055 to request a free consultation and we will start with that stair.
How quickly can care start in Vernon?
Often within 24 hours of your first call, and faster for a hospital discharge. We do a free in-home consultation and match a caregiver right away.
What does in-home care cost in Vernon?
Cost depends on the hours and level of care. Most families pay privately; long-term care insurance, VA benefits and Medicaid can help. You get a clear quote on your first call.
Do you offer 24-hour and live-in care in Vernon?
Yes. In Vernon we provide everything from a few companionship hours a week to overnight, live-in and around-the-clock care, all from one dedicated caregiver.
Are your caregivers screened and insured?
Every caregiver is background-checked, bonded, insured and trained, and supervised by our Care Coordinator. If the match is not right, we re-match at no charge.
The best years deserve the best care.
Speak with our Care Coordinator today. No obligation, no pressure, just a thoughtful conversation about what your family needs.
The in-home consultation is free and there is no obligation. Our Care Coordinator answers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.