Elopement Care in Union, 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 2 a.m. last Tuesday, and you didn’t find her until the Stafford police called at dawn. You live near the Union town green, and you know every street she knows. You can’t be there all night. You can’t ask your sister to move in. You need someone who understands that door alarms and baby monitors are not enough.
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Your mother walked out of the house at 2 a.m. last Tuesday, and you didn’t find her until the Stafford police called at dawn. You live near the Union town green, and you know every street she knows. You can’t be there all night. You can’t ask your sister to move in. You need someone who understands that door alarms and baby monitors are not enough.
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Elopement Care is supervised safety at home for someone whose wandering puts them at real risk. It’s one caregiver staying present with your parent or family member during the hours when they’re most likely to leave. We’re not here to restrain or lecture. We’re here so you can sleep, work, and stop checking your phone every five minutes.
On a typical day, your caregiver arrives at the scheduled time, spends time talking with your parent, stays alert to restlessness or confusion, and keeps doors unlocked (so they’re not trapped) while making sure leaving happens only when it’s safe. We track what we see, we communicate with you about patterns, and we adjust the plan if something changes. Families tell us the biggest relief is just knowing someone is actually there, not a device or a lock.
After discharge from Johnson Memorial Hospital, many Union families come to us because a doctor or social worker has flagged wandering risk. We’re nurse-founded, which means we understand what a hospital discharge summary actually means and how to read the red flags between the lines. We know Tolland County, we know the neighborhoods where your parent feels pulled to go, and we can start within days of that discharge call.
Our founder was a home health nurse who watched families panic after their parent walked out at 2 a.m. We don’t use clinical language to distance ourselves from what you’re feeling. We know door alarms fail, supervision software doesn’t work at 3 a.m., and you need a real person sitting in the house.
We don’t send whoever is available. We brief each caregiver on your parent’s specific triggers, the streets they gravitate toward, what time of day matters most. We’ve placed caregivers in Union long enough to know the patterns and to recognize when something feels different.
Elopement risk changes. Your parent’s medication adjusts, the season shifts, a health event happens. You can call us, and we listen. If your regular caregiver is sick, we have backups who know Union and know your family.
We work with Johnson Memorial’s discharge team and we know how to read their assessments. We’re in Union, Stafford, Woodstock, Eastford, and Willington. We understand the geography of where your parent might walk and the practicalities of getting them home safely.
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 Union 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 arrives at your home at the scheduled time, typically 4 to 12 hours depending on your parent's highest-risk period. They stay present, engage your parent in conversation or activity, keep watch for restlessness or agitation that signals they might be about to leave, and ensure doors stay unlocked while managing safety. They document what they see, communicate any changes to you, and keep your parent in a calm, supervised state. We don't medicate, we don't restrain, we're just there.
We can often start within 2 to 3 business days of your call, depending on caregiver availability in Union. If the discharge summary flags wandering as high-risk, we prioritize it. We'll ask you questions about your parent's history, triggers, and preferences before the first shift, so the caregiver walks in prepared. We've helped families transition from the hospital straight to supervised care at home.
No. Elopement Care is private pay. Most insurance and Medicare don't fund it because it's preventive supervision rather than medical treatment or skilled nursing. We understand that's hard to hear. What we can do is give you our rates upfront and help you understand what hours you truly need covered, so you can choose a schedule that works for your budget. Many families start with nighttime coverage or high-risk afternoon hours.
A home health aide provides personal care (bathing, dressing, toileting, meals) and is usually reimbursed by insurance under a doctor's order. Elopement Care is supervision focused on wandering safety. Our caregiver will help with light meals or a change of clothes if needed, but the core job is to stay present and alert so your parent doesn't leave unsafely. Think of it this way, an aide responds to your parent's care tasks, an Elopement Care provider watches for the moment they might wander and keeps them grounded.
Yes. When you call, we ask detailed questions about your parent's personality, what times they're most restless, whether they respond better to male or female caregivers, any behaviors or words that signal they're about to leave, and what helps them feel calm. We then match a specific caregiver who has experience with those patterns. We do a meet-and-greet before the first shift so your parent and the caregiver can get comfortable. If it's not a good fit, we make a change.
We have backup caregivers trained and ready. You'll know as early as possible if there's a change, and we'll send someone experienced with elopement situations. We don't leave families stranded, especially not families managing wandering risk. Your regular caregiver is your first choice, but we make sure there's always someone we trust available to step in.
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Private Duty Aides — Union, CT
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