Griswold is More Than Home Care
It’s Peace of Mind
Griswold solely provides non-medical care.
At Griswold Home Care for Stratford, we offer compassionate in-home care for those who want support to live where they love. With over four decades of experience and a storied legacy of compassion and integrity, we focus on the people we meet and the connections we make right here in our own community. It is our privilege to support your unique needs with respect, empathy, and dedicated attention so you can Live Assured, without the weight of worry.
Griswold is an award-winning pioneer in the non-medical home care industry. We believe Care Professionals are the foundation of our success, and our commitment to innovation is based on our desire to improve the lives of everyone we touch as we serve this community. We focus on personal care, homemaking, companionship, and support for those with conditions, illnesses, or injuries.
Meet Your Team
Cathy Howard
Director
Cathy Howard Malafronte founded Griswold Home Care in 1991 as an outgrowth of her own struggle to find quality and affordable care for her own grandfather. She has served as Chairman of the Board of the Jean Griswold Foundation and was also on the board of the Stratford Visiting Nurse Association from 2014-2018. A hospice volunteer for many years, for Cathy, caring for the elderly is not just a professions. It is a passion!
Jessica Howard-Ross
Case Manager
Growing up in the Griswold Home Care business has fueled Jessica’s passion for supporting seniors. Her expertise in case management has been honed through nearly a decade of screening and qualifying caregivers. Jessica’s portfolio of longstanding cases attests to her ability to foster deep relationships with both clients and caregivers and craft sustainable care solutions.
Pamela DePiano
Case Manager
A bi-lingual Case Manager, Pam began her career with Griswold Home Care of Stratford in 1998. Her personal experience using home care for her own parents and spouse and 20+ years of case management across cultures reflects her dedication to helping seniors live independently in the place they love to call home.
Bentley
Barketing Manager
Everyone in the office adores Bentley, which isn't at all surprising because just look at that face. A loyal friend, he joins his colleagues on whatever they have going on, whether that's at a meeting or on a trip to the park.
In Your Community
We’re in This Together
Our team is dedicated to improving the well-being of our community through serving those who need assistance to live where they love. We are active in the neighborhood, so you’ll see us around town at events, participating in associations and meetings, and supporting local organizations inside and outside the care industry. Jessica and Pam lead community-wide food drives and prioritize dropping off these donations to locations such as local food pantries in Stratford, Milford and Bridgeport. Jessica coordinates several fundraising events for the Trumbull school system for early education programs. Our team is an active sponsor in the local Health & Wellness Fairs, support our local senior centers, and annually we are a vendor at the Big 'B' at the Stratford Senior Center, which is always a fun event. We firmly believe in our ability to create a happier and healthier place to live through the connections we make with the people in our community.
Jean’s Story
In 1982, Dr. Jean Griswold founded our company at her dining room table in a small suburb of Philadelphia. She found out that an elderly woman in her community had died of complications because she had no support system for care. Jean felt this was an easily preventable tragedy and was driven to find a solution by pairing Caregivers with those who could not thrive in their homes alone. She was a true visionary, establishing one of the first and most successful non-medical home care organizations in the country, despite being wheelchair-bound due to Multiple Sclerosis. Over 40 years later, her legacy lives on nationwide.
Scholarship
Where would we be without Caregivers? Their selflessness is astounding, yet they are often overlooked and underappreciated. The Jean Griswold Foundation is dedicated to supporting Caregivers, the backbone of the care industry. We provide educational scholarships so Care Professionals can further their training, enhance their skills, elevate their careers, and better assist the people they serve.
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