Top Industry Leaders Celebrate Assisted Living Home Care Services’ Contribution to Connecticut Seniors

State and industry leaders celebrated Assisted Living Home Care Services and the positive contributions the company has made to thousands of seniors and their families at the organization’s 30^th business anniversary celebration on Friday, June 26, 2026, at Tranquility Vineyard and Winery in Middlebury, CT. More than 75 business leaders, eldercare professionals, clients and staff attended the invitation-only event. The family-owned business was founded by Sharon D’Aquila and her husband Ron D’Aquila, RN, in their Meriden home in 1996 and quickly expanded into four independent offices across Connecticut and Massachusetts, incorporating both of their sons Mario and Nick D’Aquila into the company, which now boasts more than 750 employees.

“Providing the elderly with personal support and sophisticated technological tools that help keep them safe in their homes has been both a crucial and rewarding path for us these past three decades” said Mario D’Aquila, MBA, chief operating officer at Assisted Living Home Care Services. “We are proud of the unique initiatives we have developed to care for thousands of seniors and individuals with disabilities and look forward to continuing to reinvent the home care delivery system, while staying true to our core mission to provide exceptional care to each and every client.”

Notable company milestones achieved during Assisted Living Home Care Services’ thirty-year history include:

·1996- Ron and Sharon D’Aquila incorporate company, strategically and slowly building key management and caregiving support team from above the garage office at their Meriden home.

·2000 – Assisted Living Home Care Services opens first company office in Meriden.

·2010 - the family launches Assisted Living Technologies; a sister company built on the belief that home care and home safety technology should not be separate and that caregiving doesn’t stop when the caregiver leaves.The company offers medical alert devices for personal emergency response, medication management, fall and wander prevention, home and fire safety, remote monitoring and devices for the hearing impaired - all designed for a family’s ultimate peace of mind.

·2013- 2016- Mario and Nick, the D’Aquila sons, who grew up alongside the business, now join it as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer respectively.

·2018 – the company opens second office location in Fairfield (eventually moving to Westport), Connecticut to serve greater portion of the state.

·2018 – Assisted Living Home Care Services becomes credentialed provider of the Adult Family Living/Foster Caregiver program, an initiative that pays family members to care for their elderly relatives, offered by the Department of Social Services’ Connecticut Home Care Program for Elders.

·2019 – the company wins two major industry accolades: Best of Home Care - Employer of Choice Award and Provider of Choice Award from Home Care Pulse, an independent satisfaction firm for home care businesses, granted only to the top-ranking providers based on outstanding client and employee surveys.

·2020 – Assisted Living Home Care Services is ranked on the 2020 Inc. Magazine 5000 list of fastest growing companies, a highly-coveted accolade among the 36.2 million small businesses throughout the United States.

·2019– the D’Aquila family relocates company from Meriden to Cheshire, Connecticut, purchasing two buildings for future business opportunities.

·2022 – Assisted Living Home Care Services earns the distinguished Best of Home Care –Leader in Experience Award, the highest recognition given to select home care companies, and it has achieved this award for 5 consecutive years since – placing it amongst the top 10% of all home care providers in North America.

·2023 - Assisted Living Home Care Services acquires Day Kimball Homemakers to open third office location in Putnam (eventually moving to Woodstock), Connecticut, enabling the company to serve families in Eastern and Central Massachusetts.

·2021 – Assisted Living Technologies and My Guardian Angel, a medical alert device provider in Western, Massachusetts, announce partnership that expands wide array of first-class senior technology services to a greater number of elderly residents.

·2026 – Assisted Living Home Care Services becomes certified Dementia Live^® Provider through the nationally-recognized AGE-u-cate Training Institute, a new tool in the powerful arena of sensitivity awareness training for its caregiver staff. The company opens a fourth office in Oxford, Massachusetts to serve clients across the southern counties of the state.

Besides gourmet food and a stunning summer sunset, all four members of the D’Aquila family took the podium to thank the attendees and discuss future plans for the company as it expands in business innovation, strategic partnerships, advanced technology, and opening office locations in other Northeastern states.

“As we continue to grow in both employee size and geography, our underlying commitment to always putting family first in both business and personal will always remain our primary purpose,” concludes D’Aquila. “Somewhere right now, a family is realizing that things have changed with their elderly loved one and they are desperately trying to navigate a confusing system, wishing there were a guide. That’s our company’s role for the next thirty years!”

To learn more about Assisted Living Home Care Services 30^th anniversary activities and plans for future growth, please visit www.assistedlivingct.com or call 203.634.8668.

About Assisted Living Home Care Services

Since 1996, family-owned Assisted Living Home Care Services, Inc. in Cheshire, Westport and Woodstock has provided quality senior care to residents across Connecticut with its 700+ employees and caregiving staff.The company’s unique CarePlus program blends personal care with technological safety and monitoring devices from sister company Assisted Living Technologies, Inc.The company was ranked on the 2020 Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies and has repeatedly earned “Best of Home Care Leader In Excellence”, an award given to the best home care providers in the nation. Learn more by visiting www.assistedlivingct.com, www.assistedlivingtechnologies.com or calling 203.634.8668.

About Assisted Living Technologies, Inc.

Assisted Living Technologies, Inc. has provided technical solutions that promote safety, independence and improved quality of life for the elderly and individuals with special needs. A leader in its industry, the company has earned the Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home’s “Healthcare at Home Innovation Award.For more information, visit www.assistedlivingtechnologies.com.

The D’Aquila family has been helping seniors age safely in the comforts of their own homes throughout the Northeast region for the past thirty years.The family owned and operated Assisted Living Home Care Services recently celebrated its 30^th business anniversary activities and plans for continued growth at an invitation-only event held at Tranquility Vineyard and Winery in Middlebury, CT.From left: Mario D’Aquila-chief operating officer, Ron D’Aquila-founder and co-owner, Sharon D’Aquila-founder and co-owner, and Nick D’Aquila-chief information officer.

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