In-Home Memory Care for Dementia and Alzheimer's in New Jersey
When someone you love is living with memory loss, familiar surroundings can make every day calmer and safer. WellCare provides in-home memory care for people with Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, with caregivers who understand how the condition changes over time and how to respond with patience.
Every plan starts with a registered nurse assessment at home, so care reflects the person's stage, routines, abilities, and what matters to them. The RN repeats the assessment every 60 days because needs change.
Trusted Memory Care Right by Your Side
Alzheimer's disease and dementia change how a person remembers, reasons, and communicates. Our memory care at home in New Jersey is built around each person's stage, habits, and safety needs.
Care starts with a free assessment. We learn your loved one's daily routine, health needs, and the places where risk shows up, such as stairs, the kitchen, and nighttime. Then we match a caregiver and write a care plan your family can read and change
Compassionate Memory Care: Support for Your Family
Dementia care affects the whole family. Many New Jersey families care for a parent or spouse while working and raising children, and the strain builds quickly. Our caregivers handle daily care and give family caregivers scheduled breaks through respite care. You also get a clear point of contact. Call (973) 566 6099 and we will answer questions about care options, schedules, and next steps. Let us assist you in navigating this journey with memory care NJ and understanding.
Dementia & Alzheimer's Care in New Jersey
Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. Other types include vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and frontotemporal dementia. Each affects memory, judgment, language, and behavior differently, and each changes over time. Care that fits today's stage must change as the disease does.
WellCare provides dementia and Alzheimer's care at home in Newark, Jersey City, and across New Jersey. Our caregivers adjust support as needs change, from reminders and companionship in early stages to hands on personal care later on.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS ALONE
If your loved one lives with memory loss and wants to stay home, a memory care caregiver can help them do that safely, with purpose each day
Our Services
We offer a variety of supportive services to assist families navigating the need for memory care in New Jersey.
Services | Activities |
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Companionship, socializing, conversation | General mobility support |
Respite Care | Arrange and facilitate appointments |
Medication reminders | Help with morning and evening routines |
Specialized Dementia & Alzheimer’s support | Help with incontinence care |
Going for walks / Moderate exercise | Plan recreational activities |
Reading | Assist with bathing and shampooing |
Transfers using a Hoyer lift | Play Interactive cognitive games |
Visiting neighbors & friends | Grocery shopping |
Memory Loss
Forgetting recent events, conversations, or appointments, and asking the same question again and again
Confusion
Losing track of time or place, or not recognizing familiar people
Difficulty with Communication
Struggling to find the right words or follow conversations
Mood and behavior changes
Mood swings, irritability, or withdrawal from social activities
Effects Of Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Hospital to Home Care
Whether you or your loved one is being discharged from a hospital, rehabilitation facility or nursing home, our caregivers are ready to step in and continue their care ensuring that we don’t miss a beat keeps our members safe. Our 1:1 care ensures fewer trips to the emergency room, and a reduction in the rate of re-hospitalization.
End of Life Care
We honor the life you’ve lived and understand that most people wish to be surrounded by loved ones during the final stage of life. Our aides are here to set a comfortable mood and be compassionate and caring during those challenging moments
Fall Prevention Support
Falls are common among older adults, but they do not have to be the normal part of your healthy aging. Our caregivers closely monitor our members and assist with support while walking to reduce the risk of falling. Our aides are trained to identify risks and remove objects that could cause a fall.
Pediatric Home health Care
Our mission is to ease your family’s daily life while maintaining the high standard of excellence we are known for
Homemaker Services | Personal Care Tasks |
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Routine transfer assistance | General mobility support |
Light housekeeping | Kitchen maintenance |
Laundry and ironing, including changing linens | Prescription pick up
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Errand services | Light meal preparation and clean-up |
Vacuum, sweep, and mop | Bathroom maintenance |
Dust furniture | Organize closets and cupboards |
Escorting to doctor visits or dialysis | Help with restroom use |
Assist with personal hygiene | Assist with getting dressed |
Homemaker and Personal Care Services
We provide essential daily assistance to help individuals maintain their independence at home.
How care changes by stage
Early stage: The person is mostly independent but may forget appointments, repeat questions or struggle with planning. Care focuses on reminders, structure, companionship and safe routines.
Middle stage: Confusion, mood changes, wandering and trouble with bathing or dressing become more common. Care adds hands-on personal help, consistent routines, redirection and closer safety supervision.
Late stage: The person needs help with nearly all daily activities. Care emphasizes comfort, dignity, mobility and safe transfers, including Hoyer lift transfers by trained aides, and support for family members.
How our caregivers support someone with dementia
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Keeping a predictable daily routine to reduce anxiety
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Calm redirection when someone is confused or upset instead of correcting or arguing
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Responding to sundowning, wandering and repeated questions
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Gentle cognitive activities such as music, photo reminiscence, walks and simple games
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Medication reminders and meal support
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Clear updates to the family so no one is guessing how the day went
Is it time for in-home memory care?
Families often call when they notice a loved one getting lost, leaving the stove on, skipping medications, losing weight, becoming withdrawn, or when the primary caregiver is exhausted. If you are weighing in-home care against a memory care facility, staying at home can keep routines, familiar faces and surroundings in place, which many people with dementia handle better.
Making the home safer
Caregivers watch for common risks: unlocked exterior doors, stove use, clutter and trip hazards, medication access, bathroom safety and nighttime wandering. Your RN can recommend practical changes during the assessment.
Support for the family
Respite care gives primary caregivers scheduled time off. We communicate openly about changes in behavior or health so you can make decisions with your loved one's doctor.
FAQ's
Memory care at home is specialized support for people with Alzheimer's or dementia, provided in their own residence instead of a facility. Caregivers help with routines, safety, personal care, and companionship, and adjust support as the disease progresses.
A facility moves your loved one into a new setting. In home care keeps them in familiar surroundings with one on one attention. Some people need around the clock medical supervision, and your loved one's doctor can advise on which setting fits.
Consider it when safety becomes a worry: missed medications, wandering, falls, getting lost, or exhausted family caregivers. Starting earlier lets a caregiver build trust before needs increase.
Companionship, medication reminders, meal preparation, help with bathing and dressing, mobility and transfer support, home safety supervision, and cognitive activities. Your free assessment sets the plan.
Cost depends on the hours of care and the level of support. We give you a clear rate after the free assessment. Families pay through private funds, long term care insurance, or New Jersey programs such as Medicaid MLTSS where eligible.
Yes. We provide dementia and Alzheimer's care at home in Newark, Jersey City, and across New Jersey. Call (973) 566 6099 to confirm service in your town.
Yes. Respite care gives family caregivers scheduled time to rest. We set hours around your needs, from a few hours a week to more frequent visits.
Yes. Overnight care is available depending on insurance coverage or private payment. Many families add overnight coverage as sleep disruption and wandering increase.
Memory care caregivers are trained for the specific challenges of dementia, such as confusion, agitation, wandering and changing communication.
The nurse evaluates cognition, safety, mobility, nutrition and medications at home, then builds the care plan with the family.
Yes. We accept long-term care insurance and VA benefits, as well as private pay and Medicaid. We review your options during the free assessment.
Call (973) 566 6099 or request a free care assessment online. We talk through your loved one's needs and recommend a care plan.