Yvette Aitkens

Sense of family… commitment to community…unyielding faith…relentless resolve are the values that have made Yvette Aitkens a powerful force in the home healthcare industry. She learned these values growing up in the small town of Ipswich in Suffolk, England. She also developed an affinity for healthcare, which would ultimately create and shape her destiny.

Yvette attended primary, middle and high school in England and currently holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and Human Resources. Although it was the pursuit of love that brought her and her young daughter to the United States, it would ultimately be her desire to make a difference that kept her here.

Yvette admits that adjusting to the American way of life was difficult. “No one could understand what I was saying,” she says. Determined not to allow minor setbacks to detour her from the path she wanted to create, Yvette decided to make a life here for her and her daughter.

Early on, Yvette sensed that more could be done to provide quality care to the citizens that had given so much in past generations and felt compelled to do her part. With the acknowledgement that she would one day become a senior citizen and the memories of personal moments that she shared with her grandmother before her passing prevalent in her mind, Yvette created SmartChoice Home Health Agency, Inc. in 2002 and was a part of a National acquisition and sold the organization in 2010.

Yvette credits the grace of God for overcoming all the adversities she has endured while creating a successful business. In the short time that SmartChoice has been caring for the elderly and disabled communities in New Jersey, and continues to focus of her reaching her goals and aspirations by forming Senior Support Advisors, LLC.