Dementia Care in East Hampton, 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 dad what he wanted for breakfast and he couldn’t find the word for eggs. He stood at the kitchen window in his East Hampton house, the one near Pocotopaug Lake where he’s lived for thirty years, and the word just wasn’t there. You made breakfast and didn’t say anything. But you drove home knowing something had shifted, and you weren’t sure what to do next.
That moment is why families call us. Memory loss changes things slowly and then all at once, and keeping a parent safe at home requires real attention, not just a warm body in the room. We provide structured, consistent daily support that works with the way memory changes, not against it.
We’re private pay and nurse-founded, which means every care plan is built by someone who has actually worked beside families in situations like yours. If you’re not sure where to start, call us and we’ll walk through it together.
Dementia care at home means building a routine that feels safe and familiar, then showing up for it consistently. Consistency matters more than almost anything else for someone living with memory loss. A caregiver who arrives at the same time, follows the same morning sequence, and knows that your parent takes their coffee before they take their medication is doing real clinical work, even if it doesn’t look dramatic.
Day to day, that includes help with personal hygiene, meals, medication reminders, gentle redirection when confusion sets in, and companionship that doesn’t rush or correct. It also means keeping an eye out for changes in behavior, sleep patterns, or appetite that families sometimes miss because they’re too close to see them. For families in East Hampton whose parent is returning home after a hospital stay at Middlesex Hospital, we can often have care in place within 48 hours of discharge, so there’s no gap between the hospital and home.
East Hampton families often tell us the hardest part is watching a parent change and not knowing how to respond. Our caregivers are briefed on exactly where your parent is in their progression, what calms them, what confuses them, and what still brings them joy. That briefing doesn’t happen by accident. It happens because we ask the right questions at the start and stay in contact as things evolve.
Because Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, our approach to dementia care carries clinical thinking into every shift. That means we catch things earlier, communicate more clearly, and plan for changes before they become crises.
Nurse-founded
Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw, firsthand, what families dealing with memory loss actually needed: safety at home, reliable routine, and a caregiver who doesn’t panic when things get hard. That foundation shapes everything we do.
Built for dementia specifically
We don’t treat dementia care like general home care with extra steps. Our caregivers are matched for temperament and experience, briefed on your parent’s history, and oriented before their first shift. Familiarity and calm are the whole point.
We stay reachable
When something changes, and it will, you should be able to call someone who knows your situation and can actually help. We pick up. We return calls the same day. That’s not a promise, it’s just how we operate.
Local to East Hampton and Middlesex County
We know the discharge process at Middlesex Hospital, we serve families across all areas of East Hampton, and we understand the rhythms of this county. You’re not a case number to a distant agency. We’re nearby.
How it works
You don’t fill out a form and wait. You call or email, and a real person hears your situation. We ask questions, not to qualify you, but to understand what’s actually going on.
For dementia care, matching means more than availability. We look at personality, patience, experience with memory loss, and whether this caregiver will be steady on hard days.
Often sooner, especially for urgent situations in East Hampton. We know post-hospital windows are tight, and we don’t drag our feet.
Dementia progresses. We stay in contact with you so you’re not managing changes alone. If something isn’t working, we fix it. You don’t have to wonder whether to bring it up.
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 morning routine: getting up, bathing or washing, getting dressed, and having breakfast in the same order, at roughly the same time. The caregiver handles medication reminders, prepares meals, provides companionship through the afternoon, and uses gentle redirection when confusion or agitation comes up. In the evening, they help wind down in whatever way works for your parent. The routine itself is part of the care.
In most cases, we can have care in place within 48 hours of a hospital discharge. For urgent situations, we often move faster than that. If you know a discharge is coming, call us before it happens so we can have a caregiver identified and ready when your parent gets home. The gap between leaving Middlesex Hospital and having real support in place is exactly where things tend to go wrong, and we try to close that gap.
No. The type of non-medical home care we provide is not covered by Medicare or most private insurance plans. We are private pay only. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover non-medical home care, so it's worth checking your policy's specific language. We'll be direct with you about costs from the first conversation so there are no surprises.
A home health aide typically provides skilled or clinical care, often ordered by a physician and covered by Medicare for a limited time. Our dementia caregivers provide non-medical support: routine, companionship, personal care, and safety supervision. The clinical thinking behind our service comes from our nurse-founded background, not from being licensed clinicians in the home. Many families use both at different points, and we're happy to work alongside a home health agency if that's your situation.
Yes, and for dementia care, that matching is one of the most important things we do. We ask about your parent's history, their personality before the diagnosis, what still brings them pleasure, and what tends to set them off. Then we match a caregiver whose style and temperament is likely to work well. We don't always get it perfect on the first try, and if something feels off, we fix it.
We cover the shift. We don't leave families without care because someone called out. A backup caregiver steps in, and we make sure they're briefed on your parent's routine before arriving, not when they get there. For someone with dementia, an unfamiliar face can be unsettling, so we try to limit that disruption as much as possible. You'll know about any change before it happens, not after.
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Private Duty Aides — East Hampton, CT
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