Alzheimer’s Care in East Lyme, CT
Specialized in-home Alzheimer's care for seniors, routine-based support, safety, and family peace of mind.
No sales pressure. We'll tell you straight if we're not a fit.
Your mom stopped coming to book club at the East Lyme Public Library, and when you finally visited, you found her in the same outfit she’d worn three days before. She couldn’t quite remember your name, but she knew something was wrong. That moment, sitting in her kitchen on Chesterfield Road, is when you realized you needed more than good intentions and weekend visits.
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Your mom stopped coming to book club at the East Lyme Public Library, and when you finally visited, you found her in the same outfit she’d worn three days before. She couldn’t quite remember your name, but she knew something was wrong. That moment, sitting in her kitchen on Chesterfield Road, is when you realized you needed more than good intentions and weekend visits.
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Alzheimer’s Care is nursing-informed support for someone experiencing memory loss, confusion, and changes in behavior. It’s not medical treatment. It’s someone in your home who understands how Alzheimer’s progresses, who can keep routines steady, and who watches for the small signs that something’s shifted. We help with medications, meals, hygiene, and the hundred daily tasks that become harder when memory fades.
Day-to-day, this looks like: your parent wakes up disoriented, and the caregiver helps orient them gently to the day ahead. They notice your father is trying to leave the house at 3 a.m. because he thinks he’s late for work, and they know how to redirect instead of argue. They catch that your mother skipped lunch, so they offer it differently. They document what they see so you’re not guessing when you call home.
East Lyme families often come to us after a hospital stay at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, where discharge nurses have flagged memory concerns. Being nurse-founded means we recognize what families are seeing and we know what questions to ask. We’re not learning Alzheimer’s as we go. We’ve lived it with other families, and we’ve learned what works.
Alzheimer’s doesn’t stay the same. Your parent who could dress herself two months ago might need help now. We’ve supported families through every stage, and we know what safety looks like at each one. We watch for wandering risk, medication confusion, and the exhaustion that comes when you’re the only one managing it all.
Not every caregiver is right for Alzheimer’s Care. We spend time understanding your parent, their personality, what they respond to, and what triggers them. We then match someone with real Alzheimer’s experience, and we brief them thoroughly before the first day. You’re not starting from scratch with a stranger.
Alzheimer’s situations change fast. A caregiver notices something new. You have a question at 7 p.m. on a Thursday. We’re reachable, and we adjust. You don’t have to handle it alone or wait for an office to open.
We’re based locally and we work with Lawrence + Memorial Hospital’s discharge teams. We understand the transition home. We know the neighborhoods of East Lyme, Waterford, Old Lyme, Salem, and Ledyard. When we say we can start Alzheimer’s Care quickly, we mean it.
How it works
We listen to your situation. No forms, no pressure, no sales pitch.
For Alzheimer’s Care specifically, not just whoever is available that week.
Often same day for urgent East Lyme families who need alzheimer’s care now.
We stay in contact so you’re never left wondering how things are going.
Why families choose us
Every aide is trained and supervised through an RN’s lens — not just placed and forgotten.
Personality fit matters more than skill on paper. We match for temperament, pace, and patience.
No franchise rotation. You work with the people who run this agency — direct, accessible, accountable.
Most families are matched with a caregiver within 24 to 48 hours. When something shifts at home, we move quickly.
We build a daily structure around your parent’s rhythm — meals, walks, evenings — and protect it.
You hear from us, not just the aide. Updates on appetite, sleep, mood, mobility — the things that matter.
Every caregiver clears a multi-step screening — background check, reference checks, and an in-person interview with our RN founder — before they're ever placed in a home.
Why families trust us
Private Duty Aides is nurse-founded. Every caregiver clears a multi-step screening — a background check, reference checks, and an in-person interview with our RN founder — before they are ever placed in a home. You get the same consistent caregiver, matched by a nurse, not whoever happens to be available.
Common questions
A typical day starts with helping your parent wake up, offering breakfast, and orienting them to the day. The caregiver assists with medications, watches for signs of confusion or distress, helps with bathing or grooming, offers lunch and snacks, monitors for wandering or unsafe behavior, helps with light activities that keep them engaged, and prepares dinner. They document what they've seen and what happened. Evening often means helping with bedtime routines and making sure your parent feels safe.
If you call us before discharge, we can often start within 24 to 48 hours. We work directly with hospital discharge planners and we have caregivers in East Lyme ready to step in. The closer you are to discharge, the faster we can brief a caregiver and get them to your home. Emergency situations sometimes move even faster.
Alzheimer's Care is private pay. Medicare and most insurance plans don't cover this type of support because it's not skilled nursing or medical treatment. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover it, so it's worth checking your policy. We can work with you on scheduling and hours to fit your budget.
Home health aides provide personal care and basic assistance, and they come through a doctor's order for medical reasons. Alzheimer's Care is specialized support for someone with memory loss or cognitive decline. Our caregivers are trained to understand how Alzheimer's changes behavior and thinking, how to redirect instead of confront, and how to keep safety and routine steady. They're watching for progression and reporting what they see.
Yes. We start with a conversation about who your parent is, what they like, what upsets them, whether they're early or late stage, and what matters most to you. We then match someone with genuine Alzheimer's experience and a personality that fits. We brief them on your parent's specific needs before they arrive. If it's not the right fit, we adjust.
We have backup. If your regular caregiver calls in sick, we find someone to cover that shift. It's not always the same person, but it's someone trained and briefed on your parent. We let you know as soon as possible. For ongoing Alzheimer's Care, consistency matters, so we work hard to keep the same caregiver, but we make sure coverage is there when it's not.
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Private Duty Aides — East Lyme, CT
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