Dementia Care in Derby, 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 came home to visit and noticed the stove had been left on again. Maybe it was the second time this week, or maybe it was the first time you actually let yourself name what you were seeing. Derby is a small city, close-knit, and the last thing you wanted was to move your parent out of the house they’ve lived in for decades. That feeling is where most families start, and it’s exactly what we help with.
Dementia care at home means keeping routine, reducing confusion, and making sure someone steady is there during the hours that matter most. We work with families throughout Derby and surrounding New Haven County towns, and we’ve seen how much the right caregiver changes things, not just for the person with memory loss, but for you too.
Dementia care at home is not a single task. It’s a way of showing up. It means a caregiver who understands that your parent may ask the same question six times in an hour, and who answers it the same way each time without frustration. It means someone who helps them get dressed in the order they’ve always done it, eats breakfast at the same time they always have, and doesn’t rush them through things that used to feel easy.
Day to day, this looks like help with personal hygiene, meals, medication reminders, gentle redirection when confusion sets in, and simple companionship that keeps anxiety lower. It includes keeping the home environment safe, noticing changes in mood or behavior, and communicating those changes to you. Families in Derby often call us after a hospital stay at Griffin Hospital, when a parent has been discharged and it’s suddenly clear that they can’t be home alone anymore. We can step in quickly in those moments.
Because we’re nurse-founded, the people running this agency understand clinical signs, know what to watch for with memory-related conditions, and build care routines that actually make sense medically, not just logistically. That background shapes how we hire, train, and match caregivers for this specific kind of work.
Nurse-founded, and it shows
This agency was started by a working nurse who saw firsthand what families navigating memory loss, home safety, shifting routines, and slow but real change actually needed. The clinical perspective is baked into everything.
Built around dementia specifically
We don’t treat dementia care like a general home care assignment with a few extra notes. The briefing we give caregivers, the way we match, and the experience we look for are specific to memory care work.
You can actually reach us
When something changes, and with dementia, things do change, you call us and someone answers. We stay reachable because a family dealing with this situation shouldn’t have to leave a voicemail and wait.
We know Derby and New Haven County
We know how Griffin Hospital’s discharge process works, we know the families and neighborhoods across Derby, and we’re not a call center matching people from a database three states away.
How it works
You tell us what’s going on. No intake forms, no sales pitch. We listen to your situation, ask a few questions, and help you figure out what level of care makes sense right now.
For dementia care specifically, the match matters more than almost anything else. We look at your parent’s personality, routines, triggers, and history before we suggest anyone.
Often sooner. For Derby families dealing with a post-discharge situation or a sudden change, we move quickly. Same-day starts happen when they need to.
You won’t be left wondering. We check in regularly, and you can reach us when something changes. That ongoing contact is part of how we work, not an add-on.
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 help with morning routines like getting up, washing, and dressing in a familiar order. The caregiver prepares or assists with meals, gives medication reminders, and provides calm company throughout the day. They redirect gently when confusion or agitation comes up, keep the home environment safe, and follow the routine your parent already has rather than imposing a new one. At the end of the shift, they give you a clear update on how the day went.
We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and for post-discharge situations at Griffin Hospital, same-day starts are possible when the need is urgent. The sooner you call us, even before discharge, the smoother the transition home. We've worked with many Derby families who called from the hospital parking lot trying to figure out what comes next.
We're a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or most insurance plans. Families pay directly, either out of pocket or sometimes through a long-term care insurance policy (we can help you check yours). We're upfront about this from the first call because we don't want anyone to be surprised. Many families find private pay gives them more control over who provides care and how much of it they get.
A home health aide typically provides skilled or medical services ordered by a doctor, like wound care or physical therapy assistance, and is usually covered by Medicare for a limited time. Our dementia care is non-medical, meaning we focus on daily living, safety, routine, and supervision rather than clinical procedures. For many people with dementia, the ongoing daily support we provide is actually what keeps them home longer, because the medical needs are being managed by their doctors while we handle everything in between.
Yes, and we take this seriously. Before we suggest a caregiver, we ask about your parent's history, the things that calm them, the things that agitate them, their hobbies, how they communicate now versus how they used to, and what kind of personality tends to put them at ease. A mismatch in dementia care can actually make things harder, so we'd rather take an extra day to get it right than place someone who isn't a fit.
We keep a backup plan in place for exactly this reason. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we contact you as early as possible and send someone who has been briefed on your parent's needs, not a stranger pulled in blind. Continuity matters a lot in dementia care, so we try to limit the number of different faces your parent sees whenever possible. You'll always hear from us before a change happens, not after.
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Private Duty Aides — Derby, CT
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