Dementia Care in Windsor, 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 to visit on a Sunday afternoon, maybe after driving up from Hartford, and your dad couldn’t remember where the bathroom was in the house he’s lived in for thirty years. He wasn’t upset. That was the part that scared you most. Windsor is a town where people age in place, where families try to hold things together quietly, and where that moment of realization lands hard.
Dementia care at home means someone is there on the ordinary days, not just the crisis ones. It means a consistent face, a steady routine, and someone who notices when something has shifted. We work with families across Windsor who are trying to keep a parent home as long as it’s safe, and we know what that actually takes.
Dementia care is about more than keeping someone company. It’s about building a routine that feels familiar, reducing the small moments of confusion that can spiral into fear or agitation, and making sure your parent is safe when you can’t be there. That includes help with meals, personal hygiene, medication reminders, light household tasks, and simply being a calm and consistent presence through the day.
Families across Windsor typically come to us when they’ve noticed the changes getting harder to manage alone. Maybe Dad keeps leaving the stove on. Maybe Mom has started wandering at night or getting frightened in the early evening hours. If your parent has recently been discharged from Hartford Hospital and the discharge planner mentioned memory concerns, we can step in quickly and work alongside whatever follow-up care has been arranged. We’re familiar with that transition and we know it can feel overwhelming for the family at home in Windsor.
Because we’re nurse-founded, every care plan for dementia starts with a real clinical lens. Our founder spent years as a working nurse and saw how memory care fell apart when caregivers weren’t properly briefed or matched. So we don’t hand you a caregiver and walk away. We make sure whoever comes through your door understands the specific stage, the specific triggers, and the specific person.
Nurse-founded
Our agency was started by a working nurse who watched families dealing with memory loss struggle to find care that actually understood the condition. She built this agency around what those families actually need: safety at home, consistent routine, and a caregiver who isn’t caught off guard by the hard moments.
Specific to dementia care
We don’t treat dementia care like any other home care shift. Before a caregiver starts, they’re briefed on your parent’s history, stage, preferences, and patterns. The match we make is based on experience with memory loss, not just an open time slot.
We stay reachable
Dementia doesn’t follow a schedule, and neither do families’ concerns. When something changes at 9 p.m. on a Tuesday, you call us and we pick up. You won’t be leaving a message and hoping someone calls back by morning.
Local to Windsor
We know Hartford County, we know the discharge process at Hartford Hospital, and we work regularly with Windsor families in all parts of town. We’re not a national call center trying to figure out your zip code. We know the area and the families here.
How it works
You don’t fill out a form and wait. You call, or email, and we listen. Tell us what’s been happening, what you’re worried about, what your parent is like. No sales pitch, no pressure.
For dementia care specifically, matching matters more than scheduling convenience. We find someone with real experience in memory loss and someone whose personality fits your parent’s, not just whoever is available on a given shift.
Often same day for Windsor families in urgent situations. If your parent just came home from Hartford Hospital and needs someone there tomorrow morning, we’ll do everything we can to make that happen.
We stay in contact with you after care begins. If something changes, if the routine isn’t working, if you’re noticing a new behavior, you call us and we adjust. You’re never left figuring it out alone.
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 getting up, washing, and eating breakfast. Throughout the day, the caregiver keeps your parent engaged and oriented, handles meals, manages any medication reminders, and watches for safety concerns like wandering or stove use. The routine itself is part of the care. Consistency is one of the most stabilizing things we can offer someone with memory loss, and we build each day around what feels familiar to your parent.
We can often start within 24 to 48 hours of your call, and for urgent situations we try same-day placement. If your parent is being discharged from Hartford Hospital and you need someone at the house when they arrive, call us as early as you can during the discharge process. The more notice we have, the better the match we can make, but we understand that hospital timelines don't always cooperate.
We are a private-pay agency, which means we don't bill Medicare or Medicaid. Some long-term care insurance policies do cover non-medical home care, so it's worth checking your policy or calling your insurer directly. We'll give you clear, honest pricing when you call so you can figure out what works for your family's situation. We don't want cost to be a surprise.
A home health aide is typically a medical role, ordered by a doctor and focused on clinical tasks like wound care or physical therapy exercises. Our dementia caregivers are non-medical, meaning they focus on daily living, safety, companionship, and routine. The two can work alongside each other. If Hartford Hospital has arranged follow-up home health visits, our caregivers work around that schedule and can communicate with your family about what they're observing day to day.
Yes, and that matching process is something we take seriously. When you call, we ask real questions about your parent, not just their care needs but who they are. Do they like quiet or conversation? Are they more settled in the morning or the afternoon? What tends to calm them when they're confused? We use that information to find someone who will actually connect with them, because a good match makes every other part of the care work better.
We don't leave you without coverage. If your regular caregiver is sick or has an emergency, we contact you directly and arrange a backup. For dementia care we try to use someone your parent has met before when possible, because introducing a new face unexpectedly can be disorienting. We keep notes on your parent's routine and preferences so any caregiver who steps in has the context they need to make the day as smooth as possible.
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Private Duty Aides — Windsor, CT
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