Dementia Care in Westport, 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 set the kettle on the counter in the kitchen of your parents’ house on the Post Road side of town, and your father asked you, for the third time that morning, what day it was. You answered the same way you did the first two times. You drove home on 95 toward Saugatuck and sat in the car for a few minutes before going inside. That’s where a lot of Westport families are when they call us. They’re not in a crisis yet, but they can see one forming.
We provide private-pay, non-medical dementia care at home in Westport, CT. A caregiver comes to your parent’s house, learns their routines, builds trust slowly, and keeps the day from unraveling. We’re nurse-founded, which means we understand what memory loss actually looks like at home, not just on a checklist.
Dementia care at home means having someone present who understands how memory loss works day to day. A caregiver arrives at a consistent time, follows a familiar routine, helps with meals and personal care, and keeps your parent safe without making them feel managed. Routine is not a small thing for someone with dementia. It’s often the difference between a calm morning and a frightening one.
Day-to-day, that can mean prompting medications, preparing meals, helping with bathing and dressing, providing company during the hours when confusion tends to peak, and redirecting gently when something goes sideways. Families in Greens Farms, Coleytown, and Compo Beach have called us after a parent wandered, after a fall scare, or after realizing that a few hours alone had become dangerous. Some families come to us following a hospital stay at Norwalk Hospital, where staff often flag that the home situation needs more support before discharge.
We’re nurse-founded, which matters for dementia care in particular. Our founder has seen firsthand what happens when a caregiver isn’t briefed properly on a client’s cognitive state, and that experience shaped how we train, match, and supervise every aide. You’re not getting a warm body from a staffing pool. You’re getting someone who has been prepared for exactly what your parent is going through.
Nurse-founded, not franchise-built. Our founder is a working nurse who watched families dealing with memory loss, unsafe home situations, and a parent who changed faster than anyone expected. She started this agency because she knew what was missing. That background is built into how we hire and how we operate.
Dementia care is different from general home care. We brief caregivers specifically on your parent’s cognitive state, triggers, and routine before the first shift. We match by experience with memory conditions, not just by who’s available. That preparation shows up in how the first week goes.
We answer when something changes. Dementia care doesn’t stay the same from week to week. Needs shift, behaviors change, and a good day can be followed by a hard stretch. When that happens, you call us and we pick up. We don’t route you to a call center.
We know Westport and Fairfield County. We understand the discharge process at Norwalk Hospital, we’ve worked with families across Westport’s neighborhoods, and we know the local landscape. That familiarity means less explaining on your end when you call.
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 depends on where your parent is in their progression, but most shifts include a consistent morning routine, help with meals, prompting for medications, light activity or conversation, and keeping the environment calm and oriented. The caregiver follows a structure your parent already knows, because disrupting routine tends to increase anxiety and confusion. We build that plan with you before care starts. It's not generic. It's specific to your parent.
We can often begin care within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and same-day starts are possible when the situation is urgent. Norwalk Hospital's discharge team may reach out to several agencies at once, and delays at home after a hospital stay can be risky for someone with memory loss. Call us as soon as you know discharge is coming, and we'll have a plan in place before your parent walks through the door.
We are a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare, Medicaid, or most insurance plans. Families pay directly, either out of pocket or sometimes through a long-term care insurance policy if they have one. We'll tell you our rates clearly before anything is agreed to. There are no hidden fees and no pressure to commit before you're ready.
A home health aide typically provides skilled medical care ordered by a physician, like wound care or physical therapy, and is usually covered by Medicare for short periods after a hospitalization. Our dementia caregivers provide non-medical support: routine, safety, companionship, personal care, and help with daily living. These two types of care often work alongside each other, and we can coordinate with any medical providers your parent is already seeing.
Yes, and for dementia care we take that seriously. We ask about your parent's history, what calms them, what unsettles them, what they still enjoy, and who they respond well to. Matching isn't just about experience with dementia generally. It's about fit. A caregiver who is a poor personality match will struggle even if they're technically skilled, and we've learned that lesson enough times to get the matching process right before the first shift.
We cover the shift. For someone with dementia, a gap in coverage isn't just an inconvenience. It's a real safety issue. We keep backup available and we notify you immediately if a change is needed. Any substitute caregiver gets a briefing on your parent's routine and needs before they arrive, so the day doesn't fall apart because of a scheduling change.
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Private Duty Aides — Westport, CT
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