Month: May 2020

Moving home typically involves a lot of stress and hassle. It can be physically demanding as well as taking an emotional toll as you move away from somewhere you built a life and memories. This is especially true if you’re moving in your senior years. You may need to move to a more accessible and manageable house, or you may be moving into a retirement community or independent living.

As well as enlisting the help of friends, family, and professional movers, a senior move manager could also help you through this process.

What does a senior move manager do?

Senior move managers are there to make the process of moving, downsizing, or aging in place easier for seniors. Depending on your situation and needs, they can provide a variety of services to achieve this. They may work directly with you to provide these services or operate in more of a project management role.

Some of the services they may offer include:

• Organizing your belongings
• Helping you pack things into boxes or supervising professional packers
• Arranging for unwanted items to be sold or donated
• Arranging storage for your belongings
• Unpacking and organizing in your new home
• Connecting you with other professional services, such as movers, cleaners, and realtors

Senior move managers are trained and properly vetted to ensure they operate safely and ethically while supporting you through your move. Many also move into this career from a background in nursing, social work, and other related roles. This gives them the experience and a good disposition to support you through a potentially difficult experience.

What are the benefits of hiring a senior move manager?

A senior move manager can offer lots of benefits. Their expertise, resources, and connections not only make your move a lot easier, but they can also help you save money. They can help you get the best deal when hiring movers and other services while also making sure that these services properly meet your needs.

Their service is tailored to you and your move, so they can take a lot of stress out of the process. Moving house is one of those experiences that can cause tension between family members, but having a senior move manager there to streamline the process can help to keep everyone happy and mediate any disagreements.

If you’re thinking of making the move into independent or assisted living, then contact Bermuda Village to find out about our community between Advance and Clemmons, NC.

When we’re young, birthdays are an exciting time. Not just because we get presents, cake, and parties, but also because we’re turning another year older. With that, we start to look and feel more grown-up. But in adulthood, many of us get to a point where we start to dread our birthdays and the idea of becoming one year older.

We think it’s time to shift this perspective and go back to celebrating the idea of getting older. Rather than hiding from our age and constantly trying to look younger than we are, it’s time to embrace aging and focus on the positives of getting older. Here are some interesting positives you could focus on…

A stronger sense of self

For most people, adolescence and young adulthood is a time marked by awkwardness and feeling self-conscious. When we’re growing up, we’re still shaping who we are in a number of different ways, and it can be difficult to truly be yourself and be comfortable with that. As we age, our sense of self and identity gets stronger. We become more confident and care less about what other people think about us. This can be very freeing and make you happier with your life.

Experience

One of the best things we gain as we age is experience. We’ve been through a lot of different situations and experiences that we have learned from and grown from. And what’s great is that you can pass this wisdom and experience onto younger generations, such as children and grandchildren.

A growing family

As you age, so do the younger generations of your family. With this, people might find partners, have children, and bring new friends into the family circle. You get to witness the growth of your family with each big get together, giving you more people to get to know and watch grow up.

Your time is your own

Of course, with age also eventually comes retirement. You suddenly have all this free time to focus on things you want to do. You have more time to relax, spend with friends and family, and pursue your hobbies. Retirement is a great time to take up new hobbies and chase new goals and dreams. You could get active at a local sports club or create something through writing, painting, or other arts and crafts pursuits.

What do you think is the best part of getting older? If you’re looking for a social and comfortable environment to spend your senior years in, then contact Bermuda Village to find out more about our independent living community in Bermuda Run Country Club.