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Writing About the Difficult Moves
Mostly about senior transitions, because that is where families need the most help and find the least useful advice — plus the practical business of choosing a mover.
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Senior & Family Moves
Written for the person organising a parent's move — usually a son or daughter with a job, a family and a deadline somebody else set.
- For adult children and families6 Tips to Help a Senior Manage Moving AnxietyMost of the distress in a senior move attaches to uncertainty rather than to the move itself. These are the six things we see make the biggest difference.Read the article
- For adult children and families8 Steps to Ease the Transition to Long-Term CareA move into long-term care usually happens faster than a family is ready for. Here is the sequence that makes the practical side manageable.Read the article
- For adult children at a distanceMoving a Parent From Out of TownYou have a limited number of days you can actually be there. Here is how to spend them, and what can genuinely be done from a distance.Read the article
Planning & Costs
How to compare movers on something other than an hourly rate, and how to work out in advance what will actually fit.
- Planning & costsQuestions to Ask a Mover Before You BookAsk every company the same questions and compare the answers rather than the totals. The answers tell you far more than the numbers.Read the article
- Planning & costsHow to Avoid Moving ScamsThe warning signs are consistent, they appear before you book, and every one of them is visible on the first phone call.Read the article
- Planning & costsWhat Fits in a Retirement Suite?The honest answer is less than you think, and the constraint is usually the doorway rather than the floor space.Read the article
Practical Guides
The parts of a move that stall: where to start with a family home, and what to do with everything nobody wants.
- Practical guidesDownsizing a Family Home: Where to StartNot with a box. Downsizing stalls because people start in the wrong room, and start by packing rather than deciding.Read the article
- Practical guidesWhat to Do With What Nobody WantsEvery downsize reaches the same wall: the things nobody in the family wants and nobody obvious will take. Here are the realistic options.Read the article
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A quarterly email — four times a year — with moving and senior or family tips worth keeping. No weekly newsletter, no sales sequence, and you can unsubscribe from any issue.
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