Dementia Care in Simsbury, 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 asked your dad what he had for breakfast and he couldn’t remember, then got angry when you pushed, and you drove home on Route 44 feeling like you’d done something wrong. That moment, the mix of worry and guilt and helplessness, is exactly what most Simsbury families describe when they first call us. Memory loss changes the whole rhythm of a home, and it changes things fast. We’re here to help you steady that rhythm before it falls apart completely.
Private Duty Aides works with families across Simsbury who are watching a parent or spouse change in ways that are hard to name. We provide non-medical, private-pay dementia care at home, matched carefully to your family’s specific situation. You don’t have to figure this out alone.
Dementia care at home starts with something most people don’t expect: consistency. For someone living with memory loss, a familiar face, a predictable morning routine, and a calm voice can do more than any medication adjustment. Our caregivers come at the same time each day, follow the same routines your family has established, and know how to redirect without escalating. That kind of steady presence is the core of what we do.
On a practical level, our caregivers help with personal hygiene, meals, light housekeeping, medication reminders, and safe movement around the home. They watch for the small signs that something has shifted, a change in appetite, increased confusion at night, a new tendency to wander toward the door. For families throughout Simsbury, from the quiet roads near Simsbury Center to the neighborhoods closer to the Farmington River, keeping someone safe at home without constant family supervision is often the first goal we work toward together.
When someone comes home from Hartford Hospital after a hospitalization, dementia symptoms often worsen in the days that follow. The change in environment is disorienting, and the discharge instructions don’t come with a plan for managing that. We can step in quickly during that transition, providing continuity while the medical team handles the clinical side. Because we were founded by a working nurse, our team knows how to read a care plan, ask the right questions, and keep a close eye on anything that might require a call back to the care team.
Nurse-founded, and it shows. Our agency was started by a working nurse who spent years watching families navigate memory loss without enough support. She built this service around what those families actually needed: safety at home, a real routine, a caregiver who doesn’t panic, and someone clinical enough to catch changes early.
Built specifically for dementia care. We brief every caregiver on your family member’s history before the first visit. We look for experience with behavioral changes, sundowning, and wandering, not just general elder care. The difference between a caregiver who knows dementia and one who doesn’t becomes clear very quickly.
We pick up when you call. Dementia care doesn’t follow a nine-to-five schedule, and neither do we. When something changes, when your parent is up at two in the morning or a caregiver calls out sick, you can reach us. You won’t be leaving messages and waiting.
We know Hartford County. We understand how Hartford Hospital handles discharge planning, what resources exist in Simsbury, and what families in this part of Connecticut are actually dealing with. That local knowledge shapes how we set up care, not just who we send.
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 looks like this: the caregiver arrives at a consistent time, follows a familiar morning routine with your parent, helps with breakfast and personal hygiene, and then engages them in whatever activities feel comfortable, a walk, a puzzle, listening to music they recognize. Throughout the day, they watch for signs of agitation or confusion and redirect gently. They also handle light meal preparation, medication reminders, and keep the home safe by monitoring for any fall risks or attempts to leave unsupervised.
We can often start care the same day a family calls us, including on days when someone is being discharged from Hartford Hospital. The transition home after a hospital stay is one of the most disorienting periods for someone with dementia, and we take that seriously. If you know a discharge is coming, call us a day or two ahead and we'll have a caregiver ready to be at the house when your parent arrives. Same-day starts are available when the situation is urgent.
Our dementia care is private pay, which means Medicare and most standard insurance plans don't cover it. We're transparent about this from the first call because we know it matters to families making decisions under pressure. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover non-medical home care, so it's worth checking your policy or calling your insurer before assuming you're on your own. We can provide documentation that some families use when submitting to long-term care insurers.
A home health aide is typically a medically-focused role, ordered by a doctor, covered by Medicare, and focused on clinical tasks like wound care or monitoring vital signs. Our dementia care is non-medical, meaning we focus on daily living, safety, routine, and companionship rather than clinical procedures. The two services can work alongside each other. If a home health aide is visiting a few times a week for medical reasons, our caregiver can fill the other hours and provide the consistent daily presence that actually reduces agitation and keeps someone safe at home.
Yes, and this is something we take seriously rather than treating as a nice-to-have. Before we place anyone, we ask you detailed questions about your parent's history, temperament, triggers, preferences, and daily rhythms. If your dad was an engineer who likes order and structure, we look for a caregiver whose style fits that. If your mom responds better to someone quiet and calm than someone chatty, that matters too. The match isn't always perfect on the first try, and if something isn't working we'll talk honestly and adjust.
We don't leave you without coverage. If your regular caregiver is sick or has an emergency, we contact you as early as possible and find a backup who is already familiar with your parent's care plan. We do our best to use someone your parent has met before, because consistency matters especially in dementia care. You'll always know who is coming to the house and why, and we won't send a stranger without briefing them first.
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Private Duty Aides — Simsbury, CT
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