Are you prepared to live independently in your golden years? Sometimes, we may need some outside help, and Visiting Angels is available to lend a hand.

Visiting Angels Living Assistance Services, a local living assistance agency, gives its clients the help they need to continue living life from the comfort of their own homes by providing nonmedical care.

Jennifer Bowhey, local owner of Visiting Angels Middle Peninsula, said her company provides predictable shifts with a variety of start times and lengths including overnight, temporary or permanent live-in care.

Caregivers provide such services like housework assistance, meal preparation, basic pet care and driving to errands.

Bowhey said in a survey from March this year by U.S. News & World Report, 93 percent of the 2,000 respondents indicated that staying at home as they age was an important goal for them. About two-thirds of those over the age of 65 will need long-term care support and 20 percent of seniors will need...