Dementia Care in Norfolk, 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 came home for a visit and noticed the stove had been left on again. Or maybe it was something smaller, a missed meal, a conversation that looped back on itself three times in an hour. Norfolk is a quiet town, and your parent has lived here a long time. The idea of uprooting them feels wrong, but leaving things as they are feels scarier.
We help families in Norfolk keep a parent with dementia at home, with a caregiver who shows up on time, follows a routine, and knows how to stay calm when things get hard. You don’t have to figure this out alone, and you don’t have to move your parent anywhere they don’t want to go.
Private Duty Aides is a nurse-founded agency serving Litchfield County. When you call, you talk to someone who actually knows this work.
Dementia care at home is about keeping the day predictable. People with memory loss do better when mornings feel the same, when meals happen at the same time, when the same face walks through the door. Our caregivers help with that structure, and they’re trained to handle the moments when things don’t go smoothly, an anxious afternoon, a refusal to eat, a conversation that turns sharp without warning.
On a given day, that might mean helping with bathing, dressing, and medication reminders in the morning, then staying through lunch, keeping your parent engaged and comfortable, and making sure the home stays safe. If your parent has recently been discharged from Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, we can start quickly and work with whatever post-hospital instructions the team sent home. Families across all areas of Norfolk call us for this exact transition, because the first few weeks back home are when things tend to go sideways.
What families in Norfolk usually need most is simple: someone reliable who won’t panic, won’t quit after one hard week, and will actually tell you when something changes. That’s what we try to provide. Because we were founded by a working nurse, our approach to dementia care is grounded in real clinical understanding of how memory loss progresses and what that means for the person in your family’s home.
Nurse-founded, and it shows
Our founder is a working nurse who saw firsthand what families dealing with memory loss, unsafe homes, and an exhausting daily routine actually needed. This agency was built around that reality, not around a business model.
Our approach to dementia care is specific
We don’t assign whoever happens to be free. We brief caregivers on your parent’s history, preferences, and triggers before the first visit. Experience with memory loss is a requirement, not a bonus.
We stay reachable
When something changes, and with dementia it will, you should be able to call someone who knows your family’s situation. We pick up, we respond, and we don’t make you start over every time.
We know Litchfield County
We’re familiar with the discharge process at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, the geography of Norfolk, and the kind of families who live here. This isn’t a call center routing you to a stranger.
How it works
Tell us what’s going on. We listen before we suggest anything. No online forms to fill out, no pressure to commit on the first call.
For dementia care, matching isn’t just about who’s available. We look at temperament, experience with memory loss, and how that person is likely to fit with your parent’s personality and routine.
Often same day for Norfolk families in urgent situations, especially those coming home from the hospital and needing support right away.
You won’t set this up and then wonder how things are going. We check in regularly so you always know what’s happening, and you can reach us when something changes.
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 depends on where your parent is in their diagnosis, but the structure is usually the same. Morning help with getting up, washing, dressing, and breakfast. Medication reminders. A few hours of companionship and light activity, whether that's a walk, music, a familiar show, or just conversation. Lunch, an afternoon routine, and safety supervision throughout. The goal is a calm, predictable day where nothing unexpected rattles your parent more than it has to.
We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and in urgent cases we've started same day. If you know a discharge is coming from Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, call us before the discharge date. That gives us time to match the right caregiver and get a plan in place so the first day home isn't chaotic. The hospital discharge team can tell you roughly when to expect the release, and that's enough for us to get started.
We're a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or most insurance plans. Families pay us directly. We know that's a hard answer, and we try to be upfront about it rather than let you find out later. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover private-pay home care, so it's worth checking your policy if you have one. We can give you a clear picture of costs when you call.
A home health aide is typically sent by a medical agency for skilled nursing tasks, wound care, physical therapy, things ordered by a doctor after a hospital stay. Our caregivers are non-medical. They're there for the daily structure that keeps someone with dementia safe, calm, and at home. The two can run alongside each other, and often do, but they're different roles. We handle the hours that no one else is covering.
Yes, and this matters more for dementia care than almost any other service. Someone with memory loss does better with a caregiver whose pace and energy fits their own. When you call us, we ask about your parent's background, what upsets them, what they enjoy, what a hard day looks like. We use that to find someone who's a real fit, not just whoever's next on the schedule. If the first match doesn't feel right, we talk about it and adjust.
We keep backup coverage and we notify you as early as possible when a substitute is needed. For dementia care, we make sure the backup caregiver is briefed on your parent before they arrive, not walking in cold. Consistency matters, and we take disruptions seriously. We won't leave you without coverage and expect you to figure it out yourself.
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Private Duty Aides — Norfolk, CT
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