Quick Answer
Dementia care supports older adults living with memory loss who need help with daily tasks and supervision. In-home visits last at least four hours and may include personal care, meals, and medication support. At Dignified Choice Care, a registered nurse writes the care plan and updates it as dementia progresses and care needs change.
Dementia Care When Your Parent Needs More Than Reminders
In-home dementia care covers the hands-on help and supervision for adults living with memory loss, keeping them safe and comfortably living at home. For many families in the Twin Cities, dementia care starts with small moments of confusion. Your mom asks what day it is three times before lunch. Your dad wakes up at 2 AM, looking for car keys even though he no longer drives.
Trained caregivers help fill the hours and care your parents need, on a set schedule. Dignified Choice Care provides tailored home care services when memory loss is part of the picture. A nurse plans your parent’s day around familiar routines and what keeps them calm, then updates the care plan as things change. Caring for someone with dementia gets easier when you’re not the only one who knows how your dad likes his day to go.
What Has Become Harder for Your Mom at Home?
Share the patterns you have noticed, from missed meals to restless evenings. We’ll talk through what dementia care at home could cover.
In-Home Dementia Care Covering Each Stage
Dementia care covers supervision, gentle reminders, and hands-on help in the Twin Cities. The care services also change as your parent moves through the stages of dementia. Those stages usually cover the early, middle, and late phases, and each care plan meets your parent where they are now.
In the early stage of memory loss, your parents may manage most of the day but miss appointments or forget to eat. In-home dementia care focuses on reminders, meals, rides, and company that keeps your mom’s week on track. The middle stage is often the longest phase, where caregivers help with bathing, dressing, and toileting. Many adults also start sundowning, which means the confusion and restlessness that build in the late afternoon and evening. Trained caregivers fill those hours with calm activities, good lighting, and the same routine every day.
At the late stage, your dad may need help with nearly every task, including eating and moving safely. Many families add overnight shifts or around-the-clock coverage at this point.
Dementia home care is not a medical treatment and does not replace your parent’s health care team. If the need arises, trained caregivers can work with your parent’s hospice team later on.
Familiar Support for Your Parent and Room for Your Own Day
Dementia care at home gives your parents steady support in their own home. You also get back the hours you’ve been spending watching and guiding your parents. Home is where your parent’s memory has the most to hold onto. In-home dementia care means they get to keep the chair by the window, the photos on the fridge, and the way the kitchen is laid out. A caregiver who shares meals, walks, and prepares bedtime makes each day predictable and calmer.
At home, one caregiver focuses on your mom or dad, not split time across a hallway of senior residents. They work at your parent’s pace, provide steady support during baths and on the stairs, and watch for late-hour wandering. Caregivers also notice and update you with any changes, like a skipped meal or more trouble finding words, and report them to the nurse.
Dementia home care also supports your day and life. With a caregiver covering the afternoons, you can get through a workday, get enough sleep at night, or have time for coffee, instead of pill counts and laundry. Respite care is also available if you prefer to continue caring for your parents but want a trained caregiver covering certain parts of the week.
Want to See What a Week of Care Could Look Like?
We’ll create a starting dementia care schedule around your parent’s best and hardest hours.
When Is More Support Worth Considering?
Home care for seniors with dementia is worth considering when memory loss starts progressing and changes what a normal day looks like.
Adults with Early Memory Loss: Your mom can manage daily life on her own but has started missing bills or often leaves the stove on. A few shifts a week can bring structure and safety without taking over her life.
You Live Far Away: You call every night but can’t see what your dad does at 3 PM. A caregiver on a set schedule stays with your parent in person, and the nurse shares an update when things change.
New Dementia Diagnosis: Starting early lets your dad tell us how he would like to run his day, while he can still say it clearly. His preferences become part of the discussion the nurse uses to build the care plan.
Care Needs that Keep Growing: Night waking, wandering, or trouble in the shower usually involve more hours. Dementia care can also grow into overnight or round-the-clock coverage as your dad’s dementia stage progresses.
A Worn-Down Family Caregiver: Caring for someone with dementia can leave you managing every errand and task alone. Regular caregiver hours let you step back, focus on work or rest, all without stepping away.
Support for Moments of Confusion and Changing Care Needs
Dignified Choice Care builds each care plan to meet your parent’s care needs and dementia phase. Each plan combines company, hands-on assistance, and supervision.
Cognitive and Behavioral Support
When confusion sets in, caregivers use short, simple sentences and redirect instead of arguing. They watch for what sets off agitation, like a loud TV or a crowded room, and the approaches that work go into the care plan.
Companion Care
Companion care allows your parents to enjoy shared conversation, steady support, and a trained caregiver to spend the day with. Cards, old photos, cooking, and short walks keep your mom engaged and can ease the restlessness that leads to wandering.
Personal Care
In-home personal care includes hands-on help with your parent’s daily activities like bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and moving around the house. To prevent confusion during dressing, trained caregivers assist your dad slowly, explain each step in getting out of clothes, and follow the same order every time.
Alzheimer’s Care
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. Our Alzheimer’s Care means a tailored care plan is created for your mom or dad’s care needs, rather than just the diagnosis alone. Each care plan is adjusted around the changes Alzheimer’s brings over time.
Medication Support & Management
Missed or doubled doses are a real risk during memory loss. With medication support and management, a nurse sets up your parent’s medications and caregivers give reminders at each scheduled dose.
24 Hour Home Care
When your dad needs in-home support at any hour, 24 hour home care is provided with caregivers covering scheduled shifts. Families often start with overnight care when sundowning or night wandering makes evenings the hardest part.
Skilled nursing services are available when your dad’s dementia progresses. Our nursing and palliative support brings a nurse to your parent’s home for wound care or feeding tube care, based on their care plan and stage of memory loss.
What Affects the Cost of Dementia Care?
Dementia care cost depends on how many hours your parent needs. In Minnesota, the median rate for a non-medical home care caregiver was $44 an hour in 2025, according to the CareScout Cost of Care Survey. We give each family an actual estimate based on the hours and level of dementia care their mom or dad needs.
Care Hours per Week: Dementia care is billed by the hour, and every shift runs at least four hours.
Stage of Dementia: Early stage of dementia is mostly supervision and company. Later stages bring more hands-on help and longer days.
Overnight and 24 Hour Coverage: Nights get harder for some adults living with dementia, and covering them adds hours to each care plan.
Nursing Needs: Medication setups are billed at the standard hourly rate. Skilled nursing for clinical needs like feeding tube care adds its own fee, which we explain up front.
One-Time Setup and Add-On Fees: We charge a one-time setup fee when care starts, then one flat hourly rate with no add-on fees for routine caregiver tasks.
The clearest number comes from a free in-home consultation, where we build the estimate around your parent’s actual week.
Trained Care Experience Right From the First Shift
Dignified Choice Care hires certified nursing assistants (CNAs), retired nurses, and physical therapists. We recruit from these groups because their clinical experience carries into dementia care. With a mom living with dementia, that care background shows up in hard or confusing moments. A former CNA knows how to help your mom when she finds it hard to take a shower, without turning it into a struggle. A retired nurse notices when sundowning could mean an infection, not just the disease moving forward.
A new caregiver’s first shift doesn’t start with a stranger at the door, either. A nurse or trainer accompanies and personally introduces the new caregiver to your parent and your family. For someone living with dementia, a familiar face in the room makes a new caregiver easier to welcome. This same approach happens whenever a new caregiver joins your parent’s assigned team.
We are also licensed by the Minnesota Department of Health as a comprehensive home care provider. As a family-owned and operated company, we still meet with new families in person. We will listen as you describe what has been difficult and you ask how dementia care would address it.
Families Describe Their Experience With Care at Home
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“Dignified choice has been taking care of my mother who has dementia for several years. It was such a blessing we came across Dignified Choice. The caregivers take care of my mom the way I would. They treat her with respect and loving care. If you have loved ones needing care. I highly recommend Dignified Choice and you will not be disappointed.”
– Cathy F., Verified Customer
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“Our family chose Dignified Choice Care fourteen years ago in 2011 for care for my father on a part time basis. We were very happy with the care that he received so when he passed away in 2019, we continued with (DCC) for full time care for my mother who has dementia and can’t care for herself.
I cannot express enough how grateful I am for the exceptional care that Dignified Choice Care provides for my (97) year old mother. Every member of their team has shown compassion, respect and professionalism. They treat my mother with dignity and kindness, always going above and beyond to ensure she is comfortable, safe and happy.”
– M. L., Verified Customer
See What the First Shift Would Look Like
We’ll walk you through the assigned caregiver, the nurse or trainer who makes the introduction, and what the first hours cover.
Providing In-Home Dementia Care Across the Twin Cities
Dignified Choice Care provides dementia care throughout the Twin Cities metro, from our home office in Burnsville. Our caregivers and nurses work with families in Bloomington, Edina, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Apple Valley, Eden Prairie, and Eagan.
If you’ve been searching “dementia care near me” for a parent in the metro, check our service areas or call to confirm we cover their address.
Dementia Care FAQs
How Can I Compare Dementia Care Costs Between Agencies?
Compare care estimates for the same hours and care needs, including minimum shifts, setup fees, and nursing charges. Ask which tasks the hourly rate covers. Dignified Choice Care provides an actual estimate based on your parent’s situation. We accept private pay and long-term care insurance, but do not accept Medicare or Medicaid.
How Long Does It Take to Start Dementia Care?
Care can start once the consultation, nurse visit, and caregiver scheduling are complete. We discuss the start of dementia care after learning what your parent needs. Care begins with a free in-home consultation, followed by a nurse visit and an introduction during the caregiver’s first shift. Ask us which dates are available.
Can Dementia Care Help With Sundowning?
Yes, dementia care can support an evening routine when confusion or restlessness increases late in the day, often called sundowning. Caregivers follow the nurse-built care plan and share any changes with the family and nurse. The National Institute on Aging describes approaches that may help with sundowning. Discuss ongoing dementia symptoms with your parent’s doctor.
Does My Parent Need a Diagnosis Before We Ask About Care?
No, you can ask about home care before your mom or dad has a diagnosis. Describe the daily tasks that have changed and the help your family provides. We can discuss in-home care needs while your parents seek medical evaluation. Only a doctor officially diagnoses memory or thinking loss.
How Long Can Someone With Dementia Live at Home?
Many people living with dementia can live at home into the late stages with trained help, including overnight or 24 hour home care. Home may stop being the right fit when needs outgrow what in-home care can safely cover. We’ll be honest with you if we see any changes coming.
Plan Dementia Care Around Your Parent’s Needs
Dementia care starts with a free in-home consultation on your parent’s day and the hours you need covered. We’ll ask when your dad’s days go well, when they get hard, and what he still loves to do. A nurse then visits to build his care plan before the first shift.
When you are ready, call our team or send a short form. Our phone line is answered 24/7, and we will answer your questions before you’re ready to book.