Dementia Care in Ellington, 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 the same question three times on Sunday afternoon, and each time he answered as if it were the first. You drove home from Ellington wondering whether he’s safe alone in that house on Route 83, whether the stove gets left on, whether he’s eating. That moment, the one where worry quietly becomes fear, is when most families call us. We help people in exactly that situation, and we’re ready to talk through yours.
Dementia care at home keeps your parent in the place they know best, surrounded by the cues, the furniture, and the rhythms that still anchor them. We pair your family with a caregiver who understands memory loss, not just as a diagnosis, but as something that shapes every hour of the day.
Dementia care is hands-on, consistent, non-medical support woven into your parent’s daily life. It means someone is there to help with meals, grooming, and medication reminders, but also to redirect gently when confusion sets in, to keep the morning routine steady, and to stay calm when the afternoon gets hard. Memory loss makes consistency everything, and a trained caregiver builds that consistency visit by visit.
Families in Ellington most often come to us after a close call, a fall, a wandering incident, or a discharge from Rockville General Hospital when the hospital team makes clear that going home alone isn’t safe yet. We can step in right after discharge and adjust the level of care as things stabilize. Across all areas of Ellington, from the center of town out toward the quieter roads, we match caregivers to the household, not just the diagnosis.
Because Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, the way we think about dementia care is shaped by clinical understanding. That means we know which behaviors signal a change in condition, how to communicate with medical teams, and how to document what’s happening so you have real information, not guesses. You get that foundation built into every caregiver we send.
Nurse-founded, not just staffed
Our founder is a working nurse who watched families dealing with memory loss navigate a system that wasn’t built for them. She started this agency to do it better, and that perspective shapes how we train, match, and oversee every caregiver we place.
Built around dementia, not generic care
We brief every caregiver on the specifics of your parent’s situation before the first visit. Our matching process for dementia care weighs experience with memory loss, temperament under stress, and the ability to hold a routine, because those things matter more than a resume.
We answer when you call
Dementia doesn’t keep business hours, and neither do we. When something shifts, when behavior changes or a night gets frightening, you reach a real person who knows your family’s situation and can actually help.
We know Ellington and Tolland County
We understand the discharge process at Rockville General Hospital, we’ve worked with families throughout Ellington, and we know what local resources exist and where they fall short. You’re not explaining your geography to someone unfamiliar with it.
How it works
Tell us what’s happening. No intake forms, no pressure. We listen, ask a few questions, and help you understand what kind of support actually fits your situation.
For dementia care, the match matters more than almost anything else. We look at your parent’s personality, stage of memory loss, daily routine, and what’s been hard, then we find someone who fits, not just someone who’s available.
Often sooner. If your parent was just discharged from Rockville General Hospital or something happened this week that can’t wait, we treat that urgency seriously and move fast for Ellington families.
Care doesn’t run on autopilot. We check in regularly, and when something changes, you call us and we pick up. You’re never left wondering what’s happening in your parent’s home.
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 the morning routine, breakfast preparation, medication reminders, and light housekeeping. The caregiver keeps the day structured because routine genuinely reduces confusion and agitation for people with dementia. They'll engage your parent in familiar activities, redirect calmly when disorientation happens, and make sure safety basics like the stove and doors are managed. At the end of the visit, we document how the day went so you have a real picture of how things are going.
We can often have a caregiver in place within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and same-day starts are possible for urgent situations. When a parent is being discharged from Rockville General Hospital and the team says they shouldn't go home alone, that's not a situation where you should have to wait a week. Call us as soon as you know discharge is coming and we'll coordinate around that timeline.
Medicare does not cover non-medical home care, which is what we provide. Most private health insurance plans don't cover it either, though long-term care insurance policies sometimes do. We're a private-pay agency, which means you pay out of pocket. We're upfront about pricing from the first conversation so there are no surprises.
A home health aide is typically a medically credentialed role ordered by a doctor and reimbursed through Medicare for specific clinical tasks. Dementia care through Private Duty Aides is non-medical, meaning we focus on daily living support, routine, safety, and companionship rather than wound care or injections. The two can work alongside each other, but they serve different purposes. Our caregivers are selected and briefed specifically for dementia, which is a different level of preparation than a general aide assignment.
Yes, and that matching is one of the most important things we do. We ask about your parent's history, what they respond to, what agitates them, what their daily life looked like before memory loss, and what the family has already tried. We look for caregivers with relevant experience and the right temperament for that particular person. It's not a perfect science, but it's far more intentional than placing whoever is available on a given day.
We keep backup coverage in place so a gap doesn't leave your parent alone. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we contact you directly and send someone who has been briefed on your parent's needs, not a stranger walking in cold. Consistency matters enormously in dementia care, and we work hard to protect it even when schedules have to flex.
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