Dementia Care in North Stonington, 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 on Route 2 last Sunday, walked in, and found your dad standing at the stove with a burner on and no memory of turning it on. He smiled when he saw you, totally calm, and that made it harder, not easier. North Stonington is quiet and spread out, and the distance between neighbors means there’s no one close by who’s going to notice if something goes wrong on a Tuesday afternoon. That’s the part that keeps you up at night.
We’re Private Duty Aides, a nurse-founded home care agency serving families across Connecticut, including all of North Stonington. We match caregivers specifically for dementia, people who understand how routine holds things together and how fast things can shift when routine breaks down. You don’t have to figure this out alone.
Dementia care at home means having someone there who understands the condition, not just the tasks. A caregiver arrives with a sense of your parent’s routine, their preferences, the way they like their coffee, what music settles them down. The goal is to keep things predictable, because predictability is what reduces confusion and keeps someone safe inside their own home.
Day to day, that looks like help with meals and medication reminders, personal hygiene, gentle redirection when things get confusing, and steady companionship through the hours that can feel the longest. Many families across North Stonington reach out right after a hospital stay at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, when their parent has come home a little more disoriented than before and the family realizes the old arrangement isn’t going to hold anymore. We step in during that window and help rebuild the routine.
Because we work throughout all areas of North Stonington, we understand the rural layout here. A parent living on a back road off Wyassup Lake Road doesn’t have quick access to help if something goes wrong. That’s exactly the situation our caregivers are trained for: staying calm, staying present, and knowing what to do. Being nurse-founded means our care standards were built by someone who has seen what goes wrong when dementia care is treated as basic babysitting. We don’t do it that way.
Nurse-founded from the start
Our agency was started by a working nurse who watched families navigate memory loss, safety concerns, and the slow shift of watching a parent change, and saw what they actually needed versus what they were getting. That shaped everything about how we hire and train.
Built specifically for dementia
We brief every caregiver on your parent before the first visit. We talk about triggers, routines, communication patterns, and what a good day looks like. That briefing doesn’t happen at most agencies, and the difference shows up fast.
We stay reachable
When your parent’s dementia shifts, and it will, you need to be able to call someone who knows the case and can respond. We pick up. We don’t route you to a call center or ask you to leave a message and wait.
Local to New London County
We know the roads here, the discharge process at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, and the particular challenge of caring for someone in a rural part of the county where the nearest neighbor might be a mile away. That context matters when we’re planning care.
How it works
You tell us what’s going on. No intake forms to fill out, no pressure to commit. We just listen to the situation and ask a few questions so we understand what you’re actually dealing with.
For dementia care, the match matters more than almost anything else. We pair based on personality, experience with memory loss, and the specific stage and patterns your parent is showing, not just who’s available.
In most cases we can get care started within 48 hours. If your situation is urgent, and for many North Stonington families coming home from Lawrence + Memorial it is, we work to move same day.
We stay in contact with you after care starts. If something shifts, if the routine needs adjusting or the caregiver match needs a second look, you call us and we figure it out with you.
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 meals, medication reminders, personal hygiene, and structured activity to support orientation and calm. The caregiver follows a routine that's been built around your parent's specific patterns, because consistency is what keeps confusion from escalating. They also provide steady company, which matters more than most families expect. If something changes during the visit, the caregiver notes it and we follow up with you.
In most cases we can have a caregiver in place within 48 hours of your first call. For families coming home from Lawrence + Memorial, where the transition can be disorienting for someone with memory loss, we try to move faster and have placed care same day when needed. Call us as soon as you know the discharge date and we'll start working on the match right away. The earlier we know, the smoother the handoff.
Our services are private pay, which means families pay directly rather than through Medicare or standard health insurance. Medicare does not cover non-medical home care like dementia companionship, routine help, and supervision. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover private-pay services, so it's worth checking your policy. We're upfront about costs from the first conversation so there are no surprises.
A home health aide is a medical role, typically ordered by a doctor, focused on clinical tasks like wound care or post-surgical monitoring. Dementia care through us is non-medical, meaning we focus on safety, daily routine, personal care, and presence. The two often work side by side, and many families have a home health aide for medical needs and our caregiver for the hours in between. We're happy to coordinate with any medical providers already involved.
Yes, and for dementia care we treat the match as one of the most important steps we take. Before we introduce a caregiver, we talk with you about your parent's personality, what tends to calm them, what tends to set them off, and what their history looks like. We then brief the caregiver specifically on those details. If the first match doesn't feel right after a few visits, we adjust without making you feel like you're asking too much.
We maintain coverage so that your parent is never left without care because of a scheduling gap. If your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we send someone who has been briefed on your parent's needs, not a stranger showing up cold. We let you know ahead of time when we can, and we handle the coordination on our end. You won't be scrambling to find a backup yourself.
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