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One in 10 of us has a physical handicap, one in 5 of us will contract some form of cancer, 8 of 10 will experience a major surgery, 1 in 15 will spend time in a nursing or rehabilitation facility, half of us will have a traumatic motor vehicle accident, by the time we reach the age of 65, 50% of us will live alone, 80% percent of us over 85 have trouble with at least one (ADL) Activity of Daily Living, 1 in 20 of us will experience depression requiring medication and/or therapy. While all this seems overwhelming and depressing . . . there is good news as well.

Aegis Home Care started out of a need to give back. The Ayottes and Millikans are on the tail end of the Baby Boomer cohort and have seen our grandparents and parents age and develop needs that no one thought about or prepared for in any significant way. While caring for our own families, we explored hundreds of resources, had family meetings, dealt with physicians and hospitals, interacted with Home Health and Geriatric providers, purchased wheelchairs and walkers, built access ramps, installed grab bars, took turns caring for a loved one, struggled to understand copayments and insurance issues, cooked “heart healthy” meals, bought pill boxes and tried to simplify the medications basket, coordinated friend visits to relive memories...and spent hours and hours worrying about if we had done enough.