Dementia Care in East Haven, 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 noticed it first on a Tuesday morning when your dad couldn’t remember where the kitchen was in the house he’d lived in for thirty years. Maybe he laughed it off. Maybe you did too, for a little while. But you’re here now, searching for help in East Haven, and that means you already know something has changed and it isn’t changing back.
Watching a parent move through memory loss is its own kind of grief, and it sits right next to the everyday work of keeping them safe. Routines that used to be invisible now take everything you have. The days are long, and the worry doesn’t stop when you leave the house.
We’re Private Duty Aides, a nurse-founded home care agency serving East Haven and all of New Haven County. We match families with caregivers who understand dementia, not just caregiving in general, and we’re here to help you put something real in place.
Dementia care at home centers on one thing: keeping your parent safe, calm, and connected to the rhythms that still feel familiar. That means a caregiver who shows up at the same time each day, follows the routines that work, and knows how to redirect gently when confusion sets in instead of fighting it.
Day to day, that includes help with meals, personal hygiene, medication reminders, light housekeeping, and steady companionship through the hours that feel longest. It also means watching for the small signs that something is shifting, an increase in agitation, a change in sleep, a new safety risk in the home, and communicating that clearly to your family. East Haven families often reach out to us after a hospital stay at Yale New Haven Hospital, when a parent comes home and it’s suddenly obvious that they can’t be alone the way they used to be.
Families across East Haven come to us when the informal patchwork they’d built, neighbors checking in, adult kids taking turns, a part-time helper, stops being enough. What they need is someone consistent who understands memory loss specifically, not just someone willing to sit in the house for a few hours.
Because we were founded by a working nurse, our caregivers are briefed on the medical realities of dementia. That means they know the difference between a rough morning and a sign that something needs attention, and they know how to tell you the truth about what they’re seeing.
Nurse-founded. Our agency was started by a working nurse who had seen firsthand what families navigating memory loss, home safety, and changing routines actually needed. That background shapes everything, from how we hire to how we brief caregivers before day one.
Built around dementia specifically. We don’t assign whoever is available. We match caregivers who have real experience with memory loss, know how to hold a routine steadily, and understand that a calm, predictable presence matters more than almost anything else for someone with dementia.
We stay reachable. When something changes, and with dementia, things do change, you need to be able to reach someone fast. We answer. You’re not leaving a voicemail with a call center and hoping for a callback.
We know East Haven and New Haven County. We understand the discharge process at Yale New Haven Hospital, the families in this part of Connecticut, and what’s realistic for home care here. That local knowledge means less confusion and a faster, smoother start.
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
On a typical day, a dementia caregiver helps with meals, personal hygiene, medication reminders, and light housekeeping while keeping the day moving in a familiar, low-stress rhythm. They redirect gently when confusion comes up, keep an eye on safety around the home, and provide steady company through the hours that can feel most disorienting for someone with memory loss. They also observe and report back to family so you're not left guessing about how your parent is doing.
We can often start the same day for families who call us while discharge planning is still happening. In most cases care is in place within 48 hours of your first call. If your parent is being discharged from Yale New Haven Hospital and you're realizing home alone isn't safe anymore, call us right away and we'll move quickly.
Our services are private pay, which means we're not billed through Medicare, Medicaid, or most insurance plans. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing or therapy at home, but it doesn't cover the kind of ongoing non-medical support that dementia care requires. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover private-pay home care, so it's worth checking your policy. We'll be straightforward with you about costs from the start.
A home health aide typically provides skilled or semi-skilled medical support ordered by a doctor, often for a defined recovery period. Dementia care from us is non-medical, ongoing support focused on safety, routine, and daily functioning at home. The caregiver isn't there to run medical equipment or manage wounds. They're there to make sure your parent eats, stays safe, follows their routine, and has a calm and familiar presence beside them every day.
Yes, and for dementia care this is one of the most important parts of what we do. We talk with you first to understand your parent's history, temperament, triggers, routines, and what's worked before. Then we match based on that, not just on schedule availability. The right fit makes an enormous difference in how well care goes, especially when memory loss is involved and consistency and trust matter so much.
We notify you as early as possible and find coverage, making sure whoever steps in has been briefed on your parent's routine and needs. We don't send a stranger who knows nothing about your family. Consistency matters deeply in dementia care, so we take backup coverage seriously and try to keep it to familiar faces when we can.
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Private Duty Aides — East Haven, CT
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