This may be a familiar scenario: the time has come for your parents to leave their huge suburban home and downsize into a smaller space, a senior care nursing home or assisted living home.
When you arrive to help them sort...
Twenty years ago, Doug and I were called to take a large load to landfill for a realtor so he could list a home. There were broken lights, broom handles, hundreds of empty margarine containers, out dated food, used...
Many people are told to “Have an estate sale” and some people are horrified at the thought of having 100s of strangers walking through the family home. Is an estate sale a good idea?
I just read about a lady...
Two things we know for sure about students and senior nursing homes:
1) Students need financial assistance 2) Senior care homes can never have enough staff
So.......why not have students live in senior nursing homes for free or reduced rent to...
At some point a loved one may no longer be able to live on their own, either due to illness or just because of age related difficulties. Assisted Care Homes or also know as assisted living facilities, care for...
Since 1996, we have been helping people with estates and things have really changed in 20 years.
It has raised many questions including, what to do with all that stuff!
We used to get up to $700 for an older, rare...
Many seniors have been through “tough” times and they want to sell items that will not sell. They have great difficulty donating things. As a retired teacher I often give our seniors “homework.” I hand them a new box...
Each year, for fifteen years, we hardly moved even one senior (or senior couple) to be near their family. Senior living is in the forefront of our minds. Recently, we've helped three couples relocate in just one month so...
Keeping busy once you retire can seem difficult, especially at first. If you’ve retired from a job, you will probably miss the schedule and the time spent with other people. Suddenly, you have hours each day that need to...
Senior housing issues including assisted-living homes being scarce, is not just in North America but is world-wide. China in particular is facing this reality. It makes sense knowing the high population in China. The other dynamic is that many families...
