Alzheimer’s Care in Ellington, 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 sister noticed something off when she visited for Thanksgiving, about a week after your parent came home from Rockville General. Small things: repeating the same story three times in an hour, confusion about what day it was, a missed dose of medication sitting on the kitchen counter. You knew then that the hospital discharge paperwork wasn’t going to be enough.
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Your sister noticed something off when she visited for Thanksgiving, about a week after your parent came home from Rockville General. Small things: repeating the same story three times in an hour, confusion about what day it was, a missed dose of medication sitting on the kitchen counter. You knew then that the hospital discharge paperwork wasn’t going to be enough.
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Alzheimer’s Care is structured support for someone in the early, middle, or later stages of memory loss. It’s a caregiver in your home who understands how the disease progresses, what triggers confusion or distress, and how to keep your parent safe without making them feel trapped or controlled.
Day-to-day, this looks like help with medication reminders, meal prep, keeping a routine that reduces anxiety, monitoring for wandering, assisting with personal care when needed, and giving you actual time to breathe. Our caregivers also watch for the small changes, like appetite shifts or sleep problems, that tell you something needs attention.
Families in Ellington often call us after a hospital stay, when discharge nurses recommend home support but don’t provide it. We’re nurse-founded, which means we know what post-discharge recovery looks like and how Alzheimer’s complicates it. That experience shapes everything we do, from how we listen to your situation to how we train our caregivers.
Alzheimer’s doesn’t just exhaust the person with the diagnosis, it exhausts the whole family. We’ve been caregivers ourselves, so we know what it feels like to miss sleep, second-guess every decision, and feel guilty for needing a break. That’s not something we lecture about; it’s woven into how we show up.
A generic caregiver won’t work for someone with memory loss. We spend time understanding your parent’s personality, what comforts them, what triggers anxiety, and what kind of presence they need. Then we find someone who gets it, brief them thoroughly, and stay involved as things change.
Alzheimer’s is unpredictable. A caregiver may need real-time guidance, or you might have questions at 3 p.m. on a Thursday. We’re local and reachable because we know that waiting for a callback isn’t an option when safety is on the line.
We work regularly with Rockville General Hospital and know their discharge process, their staff, and what it takes to bridge the gap between hospital care and home care. We also know the neighborhoods and resources around Ellington, Tolland, Somers, Stafford, and Vernon.
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 Ellington 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 caregiver comes to your home for a set number of hours per day or week. They help with medication reminders, meals, bathing or grooming, light housework, and activities that keep your parent engaged and reduce anxiety. They also keep an eye on safety, especially if wandering is a concern, and they stay alert for changes that need medical attention. Most importantly, they follow a routine you've built together, because people with Alzheimer's do better when their day has structure.
If you call us right away, we can often start within 24 to 48 hours of discharge. We'll do an in-home assessment first, talk with you and your parent's medical team, then match a caregiver and get them oriented. We know the Rockville General discharge process well and have worked with many of their care coordinators. If there's an urgent gap between hospital discharge and our start date, we'll help you problem-solve.
Alzheimer's Care is private pay, meaning you'll cover the cost directly. Medicare and insurance typically only cover medical home health, which is different from the ongoing support someone with Alzheimer's needs. That said, some long-term care insurance policies or VA benefits may apply depending on your parent's background. We're happy to walk you through what might be available to you and help you budget for the care your parent needs.
A home health aide, covered by Medicare, comes for a short, medically focused stay, usually after a hospital discharge or injury. Alzheimer's Care is ongoing support for someone managing memory loss and its daily effects. Our caregivers are trained in dementia progression, behavioral changes, and how to keep someone safe as the disease evolves. We're also in touch with you regularly and adjust the plan as your parent's needs shift.
Yes, that's our core strength. We listen to who your parent is, what they liked to do, what foods they eat, what music they respond to, and what situations trigger distress. Then we find someone whose personality and skills match those needs. If a caregiver isn't the right fit after the first week or two, we find someone else. Getting the match right is what makes this work.
We have a backup plan. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we'll send a trained substitute we've briefed on your parent's routine and any special needs. We also help your parent adjust to the change, because consistency matters with Alzheimer's. You won't be left scrambling, and your parent won't be abandoned.
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Private Duty Aides — Ellington, CT
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