Alzheimer’s Care in Westport, 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 used to call you every Sunday at noon, and last week she didn’t pick up. When you drove over to Compo Beach near her place, you found her confused about what day it was, and the house wasn’t quite right. You’re starting to understand this isn’t normal aging, and you need someone who knows Alzheimer’s, not just someone to help with dishes.
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Your mom used to call you every Sunday at noon, and last week she didn’t pick up. When you drove over to Compo Beach near her place, you found her confused about what day it was, and the house wasn’t quite right. You’re starting to understand this isn’t normal aging, and you need someone who knows Alzheimer’s, not just someone to help with dishes.
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Alzheimer’s Care is in-home support for people in the early, middle, or later stages of Alzheimer’s disease or other memory loss. It’s not medical nursing, but it’s also not general housekeeping. Our caregivers are trained to recognize how the disease changes your parent day to day, and they adjust the environment and routine to keep them safer and calmer.
You’ll see caregivers helping with bathing, dressing, meals, and toileting, yes. But you’ll also see them managing the harder parts, the ones that exhaust families: keeping structure when your parent wakes at 3 a.m., staying alert for wandering, spotting when medication was skipped, noticing when something hurts but your parent can’t explain it. They’ll keep detailed notes so you know what happened while you were at work or sleeping.
Many Westport families come to us after a hospital stay at Norwalk Hospital, when the discharge nurse says your parent can’t live alone anymore, and you realize you can’t do this solo. Our nurses have been in those exact shoes, training caregivers to handle progression and to be your eyes and ears at home. That experience changes what’s possible.
We were built by nurses who’ve cared for family members with Alzheimer’s. We know what progression looks like in month two versus month eight. We know which routines break down first, where wandering happens, and how fast family exhaustion sets in. That’s not theory for us, it’s experience.
We don’t send the first available person. We listen to who your parent is, what triggers them, what time of day is hardest, whether they respond better to quiet or activity. Then we match a caregiver with real Alzheimer’s experience and the temperament your parent needs. We brief them fully before they arrive.
Alzheimer’s doesn’t follow business hours. If your caregiver calls at 6 p.m. because your parent is having a harder day, or if you need to pivot the plan, we answer. We also keep backup caregivers trained so a sick day doesn’t leave you stranded.
We know Westport’s neighborhoods, we know Norwalk Hospital’s discharge process, and we’ve worked with local doctors and facilities. We’re not a national chain managing your parent from a call center. We’re here, we know the roads, and we move fast when you need us.
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 Westport 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 arrives at your home at a time that fits your routine. They help your parent with personal care, breakfast, and getting dressed. They manage medications, watch for signs of pain or infection, and keep your parent engaged or calm depending on what the day needs. They prepare lunch, manage the house so it's safe for wandering, and stay alert for behavioral changes. At the end of the shift, they document everything so you or the next caregiver knows what happened.
We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of your call. If discharge is planned, we work with Norwalk Hospital's social worker to get the information we need before your parent comes home. If you need emergency placement, we prioritize finding a trained caregiver immediately. We'll do a home visit, match the right person, and brief them thoroughly so the transition feels less jarring.
Alzheimer's Care is private pay. Medicare and most insurance plans don't cover custodial or companionship care, and that's the majority of what Alzheimer's needs. Some families use long-term care insurance if they have it, or they work with a financial advisor to plan for it. We're transparent about cost from the first call, and we can talk through what different weekly schedules look like.
A home health aide comes after a hospital discharge for medical reasons, prescribed by a doctor, and is usually covered by insurance for a short time. Alzheimer's Care is different. It's ongoing, it's focused on the disease itself, not recovery from surgery or injury, and it requires caregivers trained specifically in how to respond to memory loss, confusion, and behavioral change. Our caregivers know Alzheimer's, not just how to help someone bathe.
Yes, that's how we work. We ask detailed questions about your parent's personality, what they like, what frustrates them, how they respond to routine change, and what time of day is hardest. We listen to what you need too, whether that's someone calm and quiet or someone who can take your parent on outings. Then we match a caregiver with real experience in that situation and brief them fully before they meet your parent.
We keep trained backup caregivers in Westport and Fairfield County so a sick day or vacation doesn't leave you stranded. We give them advance notice whenever possible, so your parent sees the backup caregiver a few times before they're needed full time. If it's an emergency, we find a cover immediately and call you right away. You're never on your own trying to figure it out.
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Private Duty Aides — Westport, CT
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