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Sep, 2012

Senior Downsizing: The Best Case Senario

By: Fran Houston | Tags: | Comments: 0

Senior downsizing is best done early. Moving when you want to not when you have to is always the best case scenario. Why, because moving while you are still in charge, helps your well being in many ways. You can direct where you want to go, take the things you treasure with you and decide where the rest will go. Waiting too long can have dreadful consequences. A Senior Downsizing: Noreen Take Noreen, she had broken her hip and was convalescing but couldn’t regain her good health. She decided to […]

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Aug, 2012

Gentle Beginnings When Helping Seniors Downsize

By: Fran Houston | Tags: | Comments: 0

You know that feeling you get when you have to tackle a big project and aren’t sure where to begin? Imagine it; only now imagine your joints and muscles don’t move like they used to. Your vision is less sharp. Perhaps you even are in physical pain when you move around too much. You have some unspoken anxieties about aging. Oh, and imagine those feelings magnified tenfold. This is the feeling many aging parents have when their children approach them with the suggestion, “It is time to go through your […]

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Jul, 2012

Moving Your Senior Parents: A Win Win

By: Fran Houston | Tags: | Comments: 0

Bertie and John had lived quite independently well into their eighties. Both of their children lived away from them but were in regular phone contact with them, visiting as often as they could. Their daughter had her family as well as a full time job and was caught up in the whirlwind of trying to juggle all the plates and keeping sane at the same time. Her parents had always been there for Marlene. She had had a wonderful childhood. As she watched her parents becoming more fragile she wanted […]

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Jul, 2012

Seniors Sudden Move -Doctor’s Orders

By: Fran Houston | Tags: | Comments: 0

I received the call on a Friday evening. Ally was calling from Tennessee and she wondered if I could help. Her mom, Beth, was being released from the hospital and her doctor ordered that she not go back to her 1 bedroom apartment in an assisted living facility. After several falls and recovered broken bones the doctor felt it was time for this 82 year old woman to have more care. Ally planned to arrive the following Monday to assist with her mom’s move to the small care home where […]

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Jul, 2012

Red Means No Green Means Go

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Red Means NO and Green Means GO When downsizing into a smaller living space you must decide what to keep, what to give away and what to throw away. One strategy that I often employ with clients is a color-coding system. This process gives you a wonderful visual as you look around your current space as to the things that are coming and going. Using color-coded post it notes helps you to see clearly just what furniture is going and what can not go. Begin with green post-its for Go […]

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Jul, 2012

Choose To Change

By: Fran Houston | Tags: | Comments: 0

There are 3 things we know about the future: It is not going to be like the past. It is not going to be exactly the way we think. The rate of change can take place faster than we can imagine. In 1803, the British created a civil service position in which a man was required to stand on the cliffs of Dover with a spy glass. His job was to be on the lookout for invasion. He was to ring a bell if he saw the army of Napoleon […]

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Jun, 2012

Pictures Pictures Pictures

By: Fran Houston | Tags: | Comments: 0

Pictures bring out wonderful memories of times gone by. However, an accumulation of pictures can hold memories of 3 generations maybe more! So, what should you do with boxes of photos, albums, slides ad scrapbooks when you begin to downsize and have limited space? And what about your framed pictures? These precious memories must be handled with great care and respect. When you first receive a beautiful framed picture of your children or grandchildren you happily display it. It gives so much pleasure. As the years go by and that […]

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Jun, 2012

“Denial” is a River in Egypt

By: fran | Tags: | Comments: 0

One of the greatest realities is the fact that death is inevitable for all of us. We each have that moment when this reality hits home. It might be when our parents actually die, but the process usually begins when we see our parents begin to age and unable to keep up with their day to day routines. They lose things on a regular basis and forget to pay the bills. We might try not to make too much about it, but our minds go back to the times when […]

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Jun, 2012

The Senior Spectrum

By: Fran Houston | Tags: aging, downsizing, moving, rightsizing, senior move manager, seniors | Comments: 0

What does the word “senior” mean to you? In our world, “senior” is thrown around generally to cover anyone aged 60 or up. Some stores discount for age 55 and over… and call it the “senior discount. And in some places — like the movie theatres — 65 is the going age to be called a senior. With all the variation, what is a senior anyways? Most of the boomer generation who are just beginning to fall into these senior categories don’t like the word senior. In their minds, it […]

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Jun, 2012

4 Tips When Moving To A Smaller Space

By: Fran Houston | Tags: | Comments: 0

One of the most difficult parts of relocating to a smaller space is letting go of the much-loved home that you’ve spent many years enjoying and making memories in! The things collected over the years that fill that home simply cannot all go with you. As you look around, everything you see seems precious. What do you do? As you begin the process of rightsizing for your smaller space, keep these tips in mind. Determine what furniture can realistically fit into the new square footage. Choose your very favourite sentimental […]