Dementia Care in Montville, 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 on a Sunday afternoon, maybe when your dad couldn’t remember where he’d put his keys for the third time that week, or when your mom stood in her kitchen off Route 32 and didn’t quite recognize the room she’d cooked in for forty years. You didn’t panic, but something shifted in you. Montville is a quiet town, and the drive between your house and theirs suddenly felt a lot longer.
Dementia changes things gradually, then all at once. The hardest part for most families isn’t the diagnosis. It’s figuring out what to do on a Tuesday when you can’t be there and you’re not sure your parent is safe. That’s the gap we fill.
We’re a nurse-founded, private-pay home care agency serving families across New London County, and we’ve been in this specific situation with a lot of Montville families. We know what memory loss looks like at home, and we know how to help.
Dementia care at home means having someone there who understands that the goal isn’t correction, it’s calm. Our aides help with the daily structure that keeps memory loss from turning into a crisis: morning routines, meals at consistent times, gentle redirection when someone gets confused or anxious, and companionship that doesn’t feel clinical. Routine is one of the most stabilizing things a person with dementia can have, and our caregivers protect it.
On a practical level, our caregivers assist with personal hygiene, dressing, light meals, medication reminders, and safety supervision throughout the day. Wandering, nighttime confusion, and moments of agitation are all things our team is trained to handle without escalating the situation. For families in Montville whose parent has recently come home from William W. Backus Hospital after a health event, we can often begin care within 48 hours of discharge, so there’s no gap between leaving the hospital and having someone reliable at home.
Families across Montville, from the areas near Oxoboxo Lake to the more rural parts of town, often need a mix of consistent daytime support and someone who can step in when the family caregiver needs a break. We build care around what your family actually needs, not a preset package. Because we were founded by a working nurse, our approach to dementia care is grounded in understanding how the disease progresses and what that means for safety, not just what looks good on a checklist.
Nurse-founded
Our agency was started by a working nurse who saw firsthand what families facing memory loss, home safety concerns, and the slow grief of watching a parent change actually needed. That experience shaped everything about how we operate.
Built specifically for dementia care
We brief every caregiver on your parent’s specific situation before their first shift. We match on personality and experience with dementia, not just schedule. The approach is deliberate, not improvised.
We stay reachable
Dementia care changes week to week, sometimes day to day. When something shifts with your parent’s behavior or needs, you call us and we answer. You won’t be navigating a phone tree when things get hard.
Local to Montville and New London County
We know the discharge process at William W. Backus Hospital, the geography of the towns in this part of the state, and the kinds of situations Montville families face. We’re not a distant call center. We’re local and we know the area.
How it works
You tell us what’s going on. No online forms to fill out, no pressure to commit. We listen to your situation, ask a few questions, and give you a straight picture of what care could look like.
For dementia care, matching matters more than availability. We consider your parent’s personality, stage of memory loss, daily habits, and any specific triggers or preferences before we make an introduction.
Often the same day for Montville families in urgent situations. If your parent just came home from William W. Backus Hospital or the current situation has become unmanageable, we move quickly.
You won’t be handed off and forgotten. We check in regularly so you know how things are going, and when something changes, you can reach a real person who knows your family’s situation.
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 bathing, dressing, and breakfast, followed by structured activities or companionship through the afternoon. Our caregivers provide medication reminders, prepare meals, and gently redirect confusion or anxiety as it comes up. Safety supervision is ongoing, including watching for wandering or hazardous situations in the home. The goal is a calm, consistent day that your parent can settle into.
In most cases, we can have a caregiver in place within 48 hours of your call, and often the same day for urgent situations. If you know a discharge is coming, the earlier you reach us the smoother the transition. We're familiar with the discharge process at William W. Backus Hospital and can coordinate around expected timing. Our priority is making sure there's no gap between leaving the hospital and having consistent care at home.
Our services are private pay, which means we don't bill Medicare or standard health insurance. Medicare does cover some skilled nursing services through a home health agency, but non-medical personal care and dementia companionship are generally not covered. Long-term care insurance policies sometimes cover private-pay home care, so it's worth checking your policy. We're straightforward about costs from the first conversation so there are no surprises.
A home health aide typically provides skilled or semi-skilled medical support ordered by a doctor, like wound care or physical therapy assistance, and visits are usually short and task-specific. Our dementia caregivers provide non-medical support: companionship, routine, safety supervision, personal care, and the kind of steady presence that helps a person with memory loss feel settled. They're not there for an hour and gone. They're there for a full shift, building familiarity with your parent over time. That consistency is a big part of what makes dementia care at home work.
Yes, and that's one of the things we take seriously before any care starts. We ask about your parent's personality, routines, things that calm them, and things that tend to cause agitation. For dementia care especially, the relationship between caregiver and client matters a lot. A poor fit can make confusion and anxiety worse. We take our time with the match because getting it right from the start makes everything easier.
We always have a backup plan in place, and we communicate with you before any change happens rather than leaving you to figure it out. For dementia care, we understand that introducing an unfamiliar face can be unsettling, so we try to maintain a small, consistent group of caregivers for each client. If a substitute is needed, we brief them on your parent's routines and preferences the same way we did the primary caregiver. You'll always know who's coming and when.
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Private Duty Aides — Montville, CT
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