Dementia Care in Groton, 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’ve started staying later at the house on Thames Street before heading home, just to make sure dinner actually happened. Your parent knows where they are most of the time, but the mornings have gotten harder, and you’ve caught yourself lying awake thinking about what happens when you can’t be there. That feeling is exactly why families in Groton call us. We provide consistent, reliable dementia care at home so your parent stays in familiar surroundings while you stop carrying this alone.
We’re a nurse-founded, private-pay home care agency serving all of Groton and the surrounding New London County area. When you call, you talk to someone who understands what dementia actually looks like day to day, not just on paper.
Dementia care at home means a trained aide is present during the hours your parent is most vulnerable, helping them move through the day safely and with as much dignity as possible. It covers morning routines, meals, medication reminders, redirection when confusion sets in, and quiet companionship during the stretches that can feel disorienting. The goal is to keep the day predictable, because predictability is one of the most effective tools for managing dementia symptoms at home.
Families across Groton, from the neighborhoods near the waterfront to the quieter residential streets further inland, typically need help bridging the gap between what they can provide and what their parent requires around the clock. After a hospital stay at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, that gap tends to widen quickly. Discharge can come fast, and the transition back home is when confusion often spikes. We’ve started care within 24 hours of a discharge call before, and we know what that window looks like.
Because we were founded by a working nurse, our caregivers are briefed on what dementia progression actually looks like in a home setting, not just trained on a checklist. That means they notice changes, communicate them to your family, and know when something warrants a call rather than waiting for the next visit.
Nurse-founded, and that matters here. Our agency was started by a working nurse who watched families dealing with memory loss, safety concerns at home, and a parent changing in ways nobody prepared them for. She built this service around what those families actually needed, not what looked good in a brochure.
Matched for dementia, specifically. We don’t assign a caregiver because they’re free on Tuesday. We think about who has worked with memory loss before, who is calm under redirection, who your parent is likely to accept into their home without resistance.
We stay reachable. Dementia care doesn’t hold to a schedule. When something changes at 7 p.m. on a Friday, you shouldn’t get a voicemail. We make sure you can reach someone who knows your situation and can actually help.
We know Groton and New London County. We understand the discharge process at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, how families here are often balancing work and caregiving across long distances, and what the realistic options look like in this part of Connecticut.
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 helping with the morning routine, preparing meals, providing medication reminders, and staying present throughout the hours when confusion tends to be highest. Caregivers use gentle redirection when your parent becomes agitated or disoriented, and they keep the structure of the day as consistent as possible. Consistency is one of the most calming things we can offer someone with dementia, and our caregivers are trained to protect it even on hard days. They also observe and report any changes in behavior or condition to your family.
In most cases, we can have care in place within 24 to 48 hours of your call. If the discharge from Lawrence + Memorial is happening quickly and you reach us the same day, we do everything we can to meet that window. The transition home after a hospital stay is one of the riskiest periods for someone with dementia, and we take that seriously. Call us as soon as you know discharge is coming, even if the date isn't confirmed yet.
We're a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or insurance. Families pay directly for care. That gives you more control over who comes into your home, how many hours you use, and how quickly things can start. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover private-pay home care, so it's worth checking your policy. We're happy to provide documentation if your insurance needs it.
A home health aide typically handles physical tasks like bathing, dressing, and mobility, and is often ordered through a medical provider for a specific period. Dementia care from us is non-medical, meaning we're there for safety, routine, companionship, and the daily structure that someone with memory loss depends on. We're not replacing medical care, we're filling the hours and the gaps that medical care doesn't cover. For many families, both are needed at the same time.
Yes, and we consider it one of the most important parts of our process. Someone with dementia often resists unfamiliar people, so the match matters more than the schedule. We ask you about your parent's history, what upsets them, what they respond well to, and what their day looks like before we suggest a caregiver. If the first match doesn't feel right after a few visits, we'll work with you to find someone better suited. We want this to stick.
We contact you as early as possible and find a backup who has been briefed on your parent's needs. We don't send someone unfamiliar without a handoff. For someone with dementia, an unexpected stranger at the door can be genuinely distressing, and we know that. We make sure any substitute understands the routine, your parent's triggers, and what a good day looks like before they arrive.
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