WHEN THE DAY COMES

TO MOVE TO A SENIOR RESIDENCE

By Kelly Williams

A big stressor for many seniors is moving from their home of several years to a smaller condo, assisted-living facility or retirement home. Unfortunately, some seniors do not have family members available to assist them with packing up belongings and moving to their new home. A Certified Stager can help with this. We will help choose what can be sold or donated, hire packers and book a moving truck. We can also help them unpack and set up their new home.

The first senior I worked with was moving from her home of 35 years into a senior’s residence. This was a move that she didn’t want to make, but because of her failing health it was a necessity. I went to the house and I worked with her daughter to choose the furniture pieces that she wanted moved to the residence. Then I went to the residence to see the room in order to make a plan for what would go where. Just days before we were set to move her, she got sick and went to the residence early for medical assistance. We were able to reschedule the moving day to accommodate her being released from medical care as she couldn’t go back to her house. On the day of the move, I met the movers at the house and we packed up the pieces we were taking with us. We arrived at the residence and moved everything in and set it all up.

By 5 o’clock everything was done. The furniture was in place, the clothes were put away, the bed was made and all her pictures were hung on the wall. When she saw her new home, she was so happy. She walked in with a big smile on her face and went directly over to the family pictures that were hung up. Her daughter commented that the move was very hard on her mother, but the moment she walked into her new room she was very happy to see that all of her belongings had make the move with her. Hiring my company made the move much easier for both mother and daughter. The daughter said she didn’t know what she would have done if she hadn’t hired me, especially when her mother got sick. She was able to concentrate on her mother’s health and not stress about the impending move.

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