Dementia Care in Franklin, 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 drove out to Franklin on a Tuesday afternoon and found your dad standing in the kitchen at 2 p.m., still in his pajamas, the stove burner on and no memory of why he’d turned it. You didn’t panic out loud. But something shifted that day, and you’ve been carrying it since. That moment is exactly why families here call us. We help people stay home safely, with a caregiver who understands what memory loss actually looks like in a day.
Franklin is a small, quiet town, and most families here want to keep things that way. They don’t want strangers cycling through or a service that treats their parent like a number. We work differently, and we take the time to explain how before anything starts.
Dementia care at home means showing up every day with a plan that accounts for how memory loss actually behaves. Some mornings are better than others. Some afternoons bring confusion, anxiety, or repetition that can be exhausting for a family to manage alone. A trained caregiver provides the structure, calm, and consistency that make those hard moments more manageable and safer for everyone in the house.
Day to day, that looks like help with morning routines, meals, medication reminders, light housekeeping, and keeping your parent engaged in the activities they still enjoy. It also means watching for signs that things are changing, whether that’s increased confusion, changes in sleep, or moments of agitation, and reporting back to you clearly and quickly. For Franklin families whose parent has recently been discharged from William W. Backus Hospital, we can step in quickly to fill the gap between hospital care and being fully settled back at home.
Families across Franklin most often need help with the parts of the day that feel unpredictable. The early morning when a parent wakes disoriented. The evening hours when sundowning makes everything harder. We build care schedules around those specific windows, not just around what’s convenient. Because we’re nurse-founded, the person who designs your care plan actually understands the medical side of dementia, what to watch for and when to flag something to you or a doctor.
Nurse-founded. Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw what families managing memory loss, home safety, and changing behavior actually needed. The care model reflects that. It’s grounded in real clinical understanding, not just scheduling.
Built for dementia specifically. We don’t approach dementia care the same way we’d approach a companionship visit. We brief caregivers on your parent’s specific history, triggers, and routines before they ever walk in the door. Experience with memory loss is a requirement, not a preference.
We stay reachable. When something changes in a dementia situation, it often happens fast. You need to be able to call and get a real answer. We keep our lines open and our response times short because we know how quickly things can shift.
We know New London County. We know the discharge process at William W. Backus Hospital, how rural Franklin families tend to operate, and the difference between what a care plan looks like on paper and what it takes to actually make it work out here. That local familiarity matters.
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 includes help with morning routines like getting dressed and eating breakfast, medication reminders, engagement in familiar activities, and light tidying around the home. The caregiver also keeps a close eye on mood, behavior, and any signs of change that you as a family should know about. In the afternoon or evening, especially if sundowning is a concern, the focus shifts to keeping your parent calm and oriented. Everything is shaped around your parent's specific patterns, not a generic schedule.
We can typically have care in place within 48 hours of your call, and often the same day if the situation is urgent. Hospital discharges can move fast, and we know the Backus discharge process well enough to work around it. Call us as soon as you know a discharge is coming, even if the date isn't set yet. The earlier we talk, the smoother the transition home will be.
We're a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare or most insurance plans. Families pay directly for our services. We know that's a real consideration, and we're straightforward about costs from the first conversation so there are no surprises. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover private-pay home care, so it's worth checking your policy.
A home health aide typically works under a medical order and focuses on skilled or clinical tasks. Our dementia care is non-medical, which means it covers the daily living and safety support that makes it possible for someone to stay home comfortably. Think of it as the consistent, daily presence that keeps a routine intact and keeps your parent safe, rather than clinical treatment. The two can work alongside each other when both are needed.
Yes, and for dementia care we treat the match as one of the most important parts of the whole process. We ask about your parent's background, what they respond well to, what tends to agitate them, and what their daily rhythms look like. Then we match accordingly. A good personality fit isn't a nice bonus in dementia care; it directly affects how well the days go.
We keep backup coverage ready and we don't leave a shift uncovered. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we contact you promptly and send someone who has already been briefed on your parent's needs. We don't send a stranger with no context. Continuity matters in dementia care, and we take that seriously even when circumstances change.
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