Alzheimer’s Care in Ledyard, 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.
You got the call from your sister after the family lunch at the Ledyard Performing Arts Center, worried about how Mom kept repeating the same story three times in an hour. The next morning, you found her in the kitchen at 2 a.m., confused about where she was. That’s when you knew you couldn’t manage this alone anymore, and you needed someone who understood Alzheimer’s, not just general caregiving.
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You got the call from your sister after the family lunch at the Ledyard Performing Arts Center, worried about how Mom kept repeating the same story three times in an hour. The next morning, you found her in the kitchen at 2 a.m., confused about where she was. That’s when you knew you couldn’t manage this alone anymore, and you needed someone who understood Alzheimer’s, not just general caregiving.
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Alzheimer’s Care is structured support that helps your parent stay safe, stay oriented, and stay at home while their condition progresses. We’re not just watching the house or helping with tasks. We’re managing the behavioral changes, the wandering risks, the medication schedule, and the repetition that exhausts you by 3 p.m.
Day-to-day, this means establishing routines that your parent can count on, gentle redirection when confusion sets in, monitoring for falls or unsafe decisions, and keeping them engaged in ways that matter to them. It also means you get a break. A real break, not just an hour where you’re still listening for the phone.
If your parent has recently been discharged from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital or is being followed by their neurology team in New London County, we work with that medical context from the start. We’re nurse-founded, which means we understand disease progression and can spot early changes before they become crises.
Because we’re nurse-founded, we see the whole picture, not just the tasks. We know what to expect as the disease moves through stages, how to keep your parent safe without making them feel caged, and how to recognize when something new needs attention.
We listen to what your parent needs and who you want in your home, then we brief our caregiver on those specifics before day one. We don’t send someone new every week. You get consistent care from someone who knows your parent’s patterns.
Alzheimer’s changes fast sometimes. You might call us on a Tuesday worried about a new behavior, or you might need to adjust hours because your parent’s sleep is now backwards. We’re here to adjust with you.
We’re local to New London County and we understand the discharge process at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital. We can start care quickly after a hospital stay and we communicate directly with the medical team your parent is already seeing.
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 Ledyard 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 includes helping your parent with personal care and meals, keeping track of medications, creating structure through familiar routines, monitoring their safety especially during high-risk times like early morning or evening, and engaging them in activities that feel meaningful. We also watch for signs of pain, infection, or mood changes that might not show up the usual way. And we keep detailed notes so you know what happened when you weren't there.
We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of discharge if the referral comes to us in time. We coordinate with the hospital's discharge planner and get the medical records and medication list so we start informed. If you're planning ahead, we can even do a pre-discharge visit so the transition home is smoother and our caregiver isn't a stranger on day one.
Alzheimer's Care is private pay, meaning it's not covered by Medicare or most insurance plans. We're transparent about cost upfront and we work with families on schedules that fit their budget, whether that's full-time, part-time, or a few days a week. Some families use long-term care insurance or set aside funds specifically for this.
A home health aide typically helps with personal care tasks and is usually ordered by a doctor for a set number of hours after an illness or hospital stay. Alzheimer's Care is ongoing support that's focused on safety, behavior management, structure, and progression, not just task completion. We're trained specifically in dementia and we stay with your parent for months or years as the disease changes.
Yes. We listen to what your parent responds to, their personality, the activities they enjoyed before, any cultural or religious preferences, and what your family needs too. We then find a caregiver whose schedule and temperament match, and we brief them on those details before they ever walk through your door. It's not random placement.
We work to minimize surprises. If your regular caregiver is sick or needs a day off, we find a backup from our care team who has already been briefed on your parent and your home. We don't leave you scrambling. If your parent has trouble with change, we give as much notice as we can and we introduce the backup caregiver beforehand when possible.
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