Elopement Care in Stonington, 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 parent walked out of the house at 2am on a Tuesday, and the police found them on Pequonnock Street asking for directions to a place that closed in 1987. You changed the locks. You installed door alarms. You still couldn’t sleep. Elopement Care is for families in Stonington who’ve lived this moment and need someone trained to stay present, alert, and ready.
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Your parent walked out of the house at 2am on a Tuesday, and the police found them on Pequonnock Street asking for directions to a place that closed in 1987. You changed the locks. You installed door alarms. You still couldn’t sleep. Elopement Care is for families in Stonington who’ve lived this moment and need someone trained to stay present, alert, and ready.
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Elopement Care means having a trained caregiver in your home whose main job is to stay alert to wandering behavior, understand the impulse behind it, and keep your parent safe without restraint or isolation. It’s not a medical service. It’s presence, awareness, and skill combined. We watch for the signs, the restlessness, the moment they reach for their keys or move toward the door. We redirect gently. We understand.
Day to day, our caregivers are there during the times when your parent is most likely to wander. They engage them in conversation, activities, and walks that feel purposeful rather than confining. They document patterns. They stay calm when fear sets in. They know how to talk to someone who believes they need to leave right now, and they know how to keep everyone safe while doing it.
Many Stonington families come to us after a discharge from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, where their parent was flagged as a fall risk or elopement risk but sent home without a clear plan for daily supervision. We’re nurse-founded, which means we understand hospital language, we know what discharge notes actually mean, and we don’t treat safety like a problem to solve with more locks. We treat it like a person who needs to be understood.
Our founder is a registered nurse who worked in geriatric care long enough to answer the phone when a family panicked about their parent missing at midnight. We know the feeling of helplessness that door alarms create when they go off but you still don’t know where your parent went or why. We hire caregivers who understand that fear and know how to prevent it.
We don’t send a rotating roster of caregivers. We learn your parent’s patterns, their triggers, their calmer times of day. We brief every caregiver thoroughly on your family’s specific situation before the first shift. Experience with elopement care isn’t common, and we make sure you get someone who has actually lived through these situations.
If your parent’s behavior changes, or if you need to adjust their care schedule, you reach a person who knows them and can make decisions fast. We’re not a call center. We’re local, and we’re invested in your family’s safety.
We work regularly with Lawrence + Memorial Hospital’s discharge planners, and we understand the urgency of getting Elopement Care in place quickly after a hospital stay. We’re familiar with Groton, Ledyard, North Stonington, and the surrounding areas. That knowledge matters when safety is on the line.
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 Stonington 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 trained caregiver is present in your home during the times when your parent is most likely to wander. They engage your parent in activities, conversation, or supervised walks. They watch for restlessness, confusion about time or place, or reaching for keys or doors. They document patterns so we can understand what triggers wandering. They stay calm and present, and they have the training to redirect without force. If your parent does try to leave, they know how to keep everyone safe.
We can typically arrange an intake call within one business day of your request. If your parent is being discharged from Lawrence + Memorial Hospital and flagged as an elopement risk, we work directly with their discharge planner to coordinate timing. In urgent situations, we've started care the same day as discharge. We keep this fast because we know the anxiety of bringing someone home without a safety plan in place.
Elopement Care is private pay. Medicare and most insurance plans don't cover behavioral supervision or wandering prevention as a standalone service. We work with families to build schedules that fit their budget, and we're honest about costs from the start. Some families use long-term care insurance if they have it, but that's between you and your provider. We focus on making the service work for your situation.
A home health aide typically helps with personal care tasks like bathing, dressing, and meals, and they may work under a doctor's orders as part of skilled care. Elopement Care is specialized supervision focused entirely on preventing wandering and keeping your parent safe at home. Our caregivers aren't doing medical tasks. They're trained specifically in understanding elopement risk, recognizing triggers, and managing the behavior itself. Many families need both services, but they're different.
Yes. We take time to understand your parent's personality, their history, what sets off restlessness, and what calms them. We then match them with a caregiver who has experience with similar situations and a personality that fits. We also brief that caregiver thoroughly before the first shift. This isn't a generic assignment. It's a real match built on understanding.
We have backup caregivers trained and briefed on your parent's care plan. We try to minimize changes because consistency matters, but if your regular caregiver is sick or unavailable, we send someone who knows your parent's case and has been prepped on their specific elopement risks. We also let you know in advance whenever possible so there are no surprises.
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