Housing

How are you celebrating Senior Move Managers Week, which has been declared from September 12- September 18th? In case you’re unaware, a certified senior move manager is an insured, trained professional able to help both older individuals and their families to either age-in-place or move to another location, with help…

In your fantasy life, where’s your “forever” place? That place you see yourself relaxing in retirement, perhaps taking up some new outdoor activities or engaging in new cultural adventures. Or perhaps your fantasy is more exotic: maybe you’re thinking about leaving your home state or even your home country and…

It’s a truism we’ve addressed many times: most of us would prefer to “age in place” as we get older. We want to stay in a familiar environment, among the people and places we love, rather than move to a facility. But for many, physical impairment may accompany aging, so…

As we’ve previously highlighted in agebuzz, the pandemic has led many of us to consider, and reconsider, our current housing arrangements and what we may need and want going forward. It’s not just a matter of choosing an individual house, apartment, or senior living arrangement. It’s also a matter of…

Many of us had great expectations. We saw the enforced downtime during the pandemic as an ideal opportunity to clean out and throw out: to get rid of the junk that’s cluttered our homes and stuffed our drawers for way too long. If you were able to do that, congratulations….

If nothing else, this past year has probably got you thinking about where and how you want to live going forward. You’ve probably had more than ample time to consider your four walls and everything else in your living environment, along with the distances you are from the things (and…