Dementia Care in Thompson, 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 at the house off Route 193, when your mom started a sentence and couldn’t finish it, then looked at you like she wasn’t quite sure who you were. It passed in a few seconds, but you haven’t stopped thinking about it since. Thompson is a quiet place, and the distances between neighbors can feel a lot longer when you’re trying to figure out how to keep someone safe at home. We work with families across Windham County who are in exactly this moment, and we can help.
Dementia care at home is about maintaining the rhythm your parent already knows. That means being there in the morning when disorientation is often worst, helping with meals and medications, gently redirecting when confusion turns into agitation, and keeping the day structured enough that nothing catches them off guard. It’s presence with purpose, not just supervision.
On a practical level, our caregivers assist with bathing, dressing, grooming, and meals. They provide companionship and engagement throughout the day, watch for changes in mood or behavior, and make sure the home environment stays safe, including keeping stoves off, doors monitored, and fall risks minimized. Families in Thompson have often been handling all of this themselves for months before they call us, and they’re exhausted by the time they do.
When someone comes home from Day Kimball Hospital after a health event, the transition back to Thompson can be rocky for someone with memory loss. The change in setting alone can cause setbacks. Having a consistent caregiver in place before discharge, or within the first day or two after, makes a real difference in how that transition goes. We work with families to get care started quickly so that window doesn’t go unmanaged.
Private Duty Aides was founded by a working nurse, and that background shapes how we approach dementia care specifically. Our caregivers are matched and briefed with clinical context in mind, not just scheduled for availability. That matters when you’re dealing with memory loss, because the details of how someone behaves, what calms them, what upsets them, aren’t things you can figure out on day three.
Nurse-founded, so this was built with clinical eyes. Our founder is a working nurse who saw what families managing memory loss, safety concerns, routine disruption, and the grief of watching a parent change actually needed. That experience is baked into how we hire, train, and match caregivers.
Our dementia care approach is specific, not generic. Before a caregiver walks through your door in Thompson, they’ve been briefed on your parent. Triggers, preferences, history. We match for experience with memory loss, not just for an open schedule.
We stay reachable when things change. Dementia doesn’t hold still, and when something shifts, you shouldn’t have to leave messages and wait. When you call us, we answer. We’d rather hear from you too often than not enough.
We know Thompson and Windham County. We understand how care transitions work at Day Kimball Hospital, we know the geography and the distance from services that families here navigate, and we work with local families regularly. You’re not calling a distant call center.
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 help with morning routines like waking, dressing, and breakfast, followed by gentle activity or companionship through the day to keep your parent oriented and engaged. Meals, medications reminders, and personal hygiene are all part of it, as is monitoring for any changes in mood, confusion level, or safety. We structure the day around the routine your parent already knows, because familiarity is one of the most effective tools we have. The caregiver also communicates with the family at the end of each visit so nothing goes unnoticed.
In most cases, we can have care in place within 24 to 48 hours of you calling us, and sometimes the same day if the situation is urgent. Day Kimball discharges can happen quickly and with little warning, so we try to stay flexible for exactly that reason. If you know a discharge is coming, calling us even a day or two early gives us time to match the right caregiver before your parent arrives home. That early start makes the transition back to Thompson significantly smoother for someone with memory loss.
Our services are private pay, which means we're not billed through Medicare, Medicaid, or most insurance plans. Medicare generally covers skilled nursing or therapy after a qualifying hospital stay, but it doesn't cover the kind of ongoing, non-medical home care we provide. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover private-pay home care, so it's worth checking your policy. We're happy to give you a clear picture of our rates upfront so there are no surprises.
A home health aide typically provides short, task-focused visits ordered through a medical provider, often after a hospital stay, and they follow a specific care plan set by a nurse or therapist. Our dementia care is non-medical and ongoing, focused on daily routine, safety, companionship, and family peace of mind rather than clinical tasks. We're also not bound by insurance visit limits or medical orders, so care can happen as often and as long as you actually need it. The two can work alongside each other, but they serve different purposes.
Yes, and for dementia care, that matching process is one of the most important things we do. We ask about your parent's history, temperament, what tends to calm them, what upsets them, and whether they respond better to quiet presence or active engagement. We factor in gender preference, communication style, and relevant experience with memory loss when choosing a caregiver. We'd rather take an extra day to get the match right than send someone who's going to increase anxiety instead of reduce it.
We keep backup coverage in place so that if your regular caregiver is sick or has an emergency, care doesn't simply stop. We'll always notify you as early as possible and tell you who will be coming instead. Any backup caregiver is briefed on your parent before the visit, not sent in cold. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, we handle it so you're not scrambling on your own.
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Private Duty Aides — Thompson, CT
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