Dementia Care in Avon, CT
Specialized in-home support for seniors with dementia, Alzheimer's, and memory loss.
No sales pressure. We'll tell you straight if we're not a fit.
You asked your mom what she wanted for breakfast and she looked at you like she wasn’t sure who was asking. That moment, standing in her kitchen off Huckleberry Hill Road, is one you didn’t expect so soon. Memory loss moves at its own pace, and keeping her safe at home in Avon while also holding down everything else in your life is harder than anyone warned you it would be. We help families in exactly this place, with care that’s steady, familiar, and built around her routine.
We’re a nurse-founded, private-pay home care agency serving Avon and the surrounding Hartford County towns. When you call us, you talk to a real person who will listen to your whole situation before suggesting anything.
Dementia care at home means being present through the parts of the day that have become unpredictable. A caregiver arrives at a consistent time, follows the same morning rhythm your parent has counted on for years, and handles the practical things, getting dressed, eating breakfast, taking medications on schedule, so the day starts with less confusion and less friction. Routine is one of the most stabilizing things we can offer someone with memory loss, and we take that seriously.
Families across Avon typically reach out when they realize they can’t be there every morning, or when something shifts suddenly, maybe after a hospitalization, sometimes after a fall. If your parent was recently discharged from Hartford Hospital, we can start care quickly and work directly from any discharge instructions the hospital provided. We know what that transition period looks like and we plan around it.
Beyond the morning routine, dementia care includes safety supervision throughout the day, redirection when anxiety or confusion spikes, light housekeeping, meal preparation, and simply being a calm consistent presence. In the later stages, personal care becomes part of the work too, always done with dignity and at your parent’s own pace. The goal throughout is to keep them comfortable in a home that still feels like theirs.
Because we were founded by a working nurse, our caregivers are briefed on the cognitive and behavioral patterns specific to dementia, not just the task list. That means they know how to respond when something unexpected happens, and they know when to call you.
Nurse-founded. Our founder is a working nurse who watched families navigate memory loss without the right support and decided to build something better. That background shapes how we train caregivers, how we brief them on each individual, and how we handle the harder conversations with families.
Specific to dementia. We don’t treat this like a general care placement. Caregivers who work with our dementia clients know how to maintain routine, manage behavioral changes calmly, and recognize when something medical needs your attention. That preparation is built into how we work, not added on.
We stay reachable. When something changes, and with dementia it often does, you call us and we pick up. You’re not navigating a phone tree or waiting for a callback from someone who doesn’t know your parent’s situation. We know who you are when you call.
Local to Avon and Hartford County. We know the discharge process at Hartford Hospital, we know the roads and neighborhoods in Avon, and we work regularly with families throughout this part of Connecticut. That local familiarity isn’t incidental, it means we can move faster and communicate more clearly when you need us.
How it works
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 a consistent arrival time, which matters a lot for someone with memory loss. The caregiver helps with the morning routine, getting dressed, breakfast, and medications, then moves into whatever structure works best for your parent, whether that's a walk, time outside, a familiar activity, or just quiet company. Meals, light tidying, and safety supervision are part of every shift. The goal is a day that feels calm and predictable, because that stability is genuinely therapeutic for someone with dementia.
We can often start care the same day or within 24 hours of a discharge from Hartford Hospital, depending on timing and your location in Avon. When you call us, let us know the discharge date and we'll work backward from there. We're familiar with the discharge process at Hartford Hospital and can coordinate with what the care team sends home. Starting quickly after a hospitalization reduces the risk of another incident in the first week back home, which is typically the most vulnerable period.
We are a private-pay agency, so we don't bill Medicare or standard health insurance. Medicare does not cover ongoing non-medical home care like the kind we provide. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover private-pay home care, so it's worth pulling out that policy and checking. We're happy to give you a clear breakdown of costs so you can see exactly what you're working with.
A home health aide is a medical designation, typically ordered by a doctor and covered short-term by Medicare for things like wound care or physical therapy after a hospitalization. What we provide is non-medical home care, meaning daily support, companionship, routine, and supervision. For someone with dementia, this kind of consistent daily presence is often more impactful over time than short-term medical visits. The two services can also run alongside each other if a doctor has ordered skilled nursing visits separately.
Yes, and for dementia care that matching step is one of the most important things we do. We ask you real questions about your parent, their history, what calms them, what sets them off, what they care about, and we use that to guide the match. A caregiver who clicks with your parent's personality will have an easier time managing difficult moments and building the kind of trust that makes care go more smoothly. If the first match doesn't feel right, we adjust.
We do not leave you without coverage. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we find a substitute and we make sure that person is briefed on your parent's routine and preferences before they arrive. For someone with dementia, a new face can be unsettling, so we take the handoff seriously rather than just sending whoever is available. We'll also let you know as soon as we know, so you're not surprised the morning of.
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Private Duty Aides — Avon, CT
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