The 5 Best In-Home Care Agencies in Shelton, CT

We ranked the top five in-home care agencies serving Shelton, CT. Every one holds an active Connecticut Homemaker-Companion Agency license in the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection public roster dated October 27, 2026, and each has at least 10 public reviews. They are ordered by the Care Close to Home Score, which combines the rating (adjusted for how many reviews stand behind it), the number of reviews, and the license check. The other 17 licensed agencies serving Shelton, CT are not listed here.

In-home care means non-medical help that lets an older adult keep living at home: bathing and dressing, meals, housekeeping, errands, medication reminders and company. It is usually paid for privately, with long-term care insurance, a Medicaid program or VA benefits, not by Medicare. Compare at least three agencies, and ask each whether caregivers are employees, how they are screened, who supervises them, the minimum hours and the hourly rate.

In Connecticut, the median rate for in-home care is $36 an hour, about $3,120 a month for 20 hours a week (CareScout 2025).

The 22 agencies on this list are based in 2 ZIP codes; the busiest are 06484 (21 agencies) and 06468 (1 agency). If Shelton has too few choices for your needs, the closest other cities we list are Derby (5 agencies, about 3 miles away), Milford (12 agencies, about 5 miles away) and Ansonia (5 agencies, about 5 miles away).