Protecting Your Autonomy When I launched Moving Seniors with a Smile Inc. in 2012 I recognized intuitively that older adults needed to knowthat they had autonomy. Granted, this looks a little different when you are 70 than it does when you are 80 and may change some more when you celebrate 90 but the need to maintain control over one’s life is intrinsic to all of us. We want to feel that we are in #control of our own lives.  Feeling powerless to address the myriad changes tha

When I explain to people what I do – not everyone is familiar with “Senior Move Management” – people often respond with what they think it must be like to work with my clients. Fair enough.  They may have had personal experience with someone who fits one of the stereotypes out there but my own experience has been quite different.  My clients vary in virtually every way possible. They come from different backgrounds #culturally and #socio-economically.  Of course their persona

As many of us have spent time with family over the Holidays it can be a time for reflection and it can, for some, be time for “The Talk”. I’m not referring to a safer-sex talk with your kids or indeed your aging parents.  I am talking about an exploration of what comes next as we get a little older.  What environment is going to best meet our #emerging #health and #mobility #needs as we #age? Are we going to feel #overwhelmed by losses that are inevitable or are we going to c