• Funeral Planning: Having the Talk with Your Loved One
• How to Alleviate the Stress of Moving for Older Adults
• Geriatric Fiblets: The Ethics of White Lies
• A Tale of Hoarding: Honor Thy Father & Mother
• When Things Can't be Mended
• A Life that Matters
• Helping Parents Move Upwind
• Reunions, Reminiscence & Reflection: Stories to Tell
• Hoarding Solutions
• Home Buyers Beware: A Cautionary Tale
• Moving Made Simple: How to Create a Stress-Free Move Day
• RIGHTsizing Your Life
• The Downsizing Cover-up
• Moving a Relative with Memory Loss
• Helping Mom and Dad Move: Practical Advice for Adult Children
• Downsizing: 6 Months & Counting

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3 Responses to “The Downsizing Cover-up”

1. celeste Says:
   

   You are so right, Margit! It is about the anxiety of changing where you are—will it change who I am? It is difficult to downsize. I know I started soon after my two twin boys left for college (mind you this was over twelve years ago!) and I still seem to have much too much for someone who is planning on leaving my home and moving into a condo later this year. It is funny how the objects around my house, which I so easily referred to as junk just months ago I sometimes think now are my most precious possessions.

2. DannieLafs Says:
   

   I am a geriatric care manager in Raleigh. My job is very rewarding but I find it really hard to motivate clients to stay positive during this time. When they are moving out of their homes there is a lot of attachement placed on physical objects. Is there any other things that you suggest other than being a good listener? Thank you.

3. Margit Novack Says:
   

   This is in response to the comment from DannieLafs.

   There is no one paragraph solution to how to help people emotionally during this period. This is the guts of what senior move managers do. I recommend visiting the National Association of Senior Move Managers Web site (http://www.nasmm.org).

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