Elopement Care in Greenwich, CT
Specialized supervision and behavioral redirection for seniors with dementia who are at risk of wandering or leaving home unsafely.
No sales pressure. We'll tell you straight if we're not a fit.
Your mother walked out of the house at 2am during a Tuesday night in January, and the police found her on the Post Road near the Cos Cob roundabout in her nightgown. The door alarm you installed wasn’t enough, and you can’t be there every night. You’re not alone, and there’s a way forward that doesn’t mean leaving your job or moving her into a facility.
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Your mother walked out of the house at 2am during a Tuesday night in January, and the police found her on the Post Road near the Cos Cob roundabout in her nightgown. The door alarm you installed wasn’t enough, and you can’t be there every night. You’re not alone, and there’s a way forward that doesn’t mean leaving your job or moving her into a facility.
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Elopement Care is supervised in-home safety for someone at risk of wandering. It means a trained caregiver is present and alert during the times when your parent or family member is most likely to leave the house unsafely. We’re not here to restrain or control. We’re here to understand the urge to wander, to keep watch, and to respond calmly when it happens.
Day to day, that looks like a caregiver who knows your family’s routine, who sits with your parent during high-risk hours, who recognizes early signs of restlessness, and who can redirect safely without confrontation. You’ll see your parent staying home. You’ll sleep through the night. You’ll stop checking your phone at work. Families often tell us the relief comes faster than they expected.
Many families find us through Greenwich Hospital after a fall or confusion event, or after a doctor suggests it’s no longer safe to be alone. We’re nurse-founded, which means we understand what the hospital discharge paperwork really means and what your parent actually needs at home to stay safe. That clinical background shapes everything we do.
Our founder is a registered nurse who watched her own parent wander at night. We don’t use clinical language to distance ourselves from what you’re feeling. We know the fear, the exhaustion, the guilt of not being able to watch 24/7. Door alarms and monitoring apps aren’t enough when someone is determined to leave.
We don’t assign someone and hope it works. We listen to what your parent is like, when they’re most likely to wander, what calms them, and what triggers restlessness. Then we find someone experienced in Elopement Care who fits. The match matters as much as the training.
If your regular caregiver calls in sick, we have backup. If your parent’s behavior shifts, we adjust the plan. If you need to talk through what’s happening, you reach a real person, not an answering service.
We know the geography of Old Greenwich, Byram, and Glenville. We understand Greenwich Hospital’s discharge process. We work with your doctors here. Being local means faster response and real relationships with families we serve.
How it works
We listen to your situation. No forms, no pressure, no sales pitch.
For Elopement Care specifically, not just whoever is available that week.
Often same day for urgent Greenwich families who need elopement care now.
We stay in contact so you’re never left wondering how things are going.
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 caregiver comes during the hours when your parent is most likely to wander, usually early morning or evening. They're present and attentive, not sitting in another room. They engage in activities, conversation, or quiet presence depending on what works for your parent. If your parent shows signs of wanting to leave, the caregiver responds calmly, using redirection or accompaniment. We document what happens and what we notice, so you and the doctor understand patterns.
If you call us and the discharge is imminent, we can often start within 48 hours. We'll do a brief phone intake, ask you the questions that matter, and get you matched with a caregiver who can begin right away. If it's weekend or evening, we still take the call and plan for the soonest safe start date.
Elopement Care is private pay. Medicare and most insurance plans don't cover it because it's a safety service rather than medical care or rehabilitation. We help families understand the cost upfront and work with you on a schedule that fits your budget. Many families start with a few hours a week and adjust as they see what helps.
A home health aide typically helps with bathing, dressing, meals, and personal care under a doctor's order, often covered by insurance. Elopement Care is focused solely on safety and supervision for someone at risk of wandering. It's not medical, it's behavioral and environmental. You can have both, but they're different services with different goals.
Yes. We ask detailed questions about your parent's personality, what triggers wandering, what calms them, and whether they do better with someone quiet or interactive. We have caregivers experienced with different types of wandering, anxiety, and dementia. We listen and match thoughtfully, not just by availability.
We have backup coverage. If your assigned caregiver is sick or can't make a shift, we call you as soon as we know and place someone else from our team who's already trained in Elopement Care. We don't cancel on families. Continuity matters, but reliability matters more.
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