Defining Independence

One of the pleasures of my job is being able to speak at different gatherings about making the transition from the big family home. I enjoy it when folks share their ideas, hesitations, challenges, and solutions. I love hearing their stories. This is the time of the...

As a professional mover, Jean offers her best tips

Summer is moving season. Today, you get advice from the most experienced mover around – me! Many of you know of my senior business. At Long’s Senior Transitions, we help folks make a change from their family home into their simplified new home, whether it is...

Free help to make your home safer

Have you fallen in your house? It can be a scary thing. There can be broken bones, bruises, or if you are lucky, just a bruised ego. But even the mildest of falls can still have long-term effects; it may cause you to become fearful of falling again. When that happens,...

T.H.A.N.K.S. Mom and Dad

Often, we don’t like to think about the future and what it will look like when we aren’t part of it. Me neither. But that day will eventually come. We have all seen families who are torn apart by decisions, or indecisions, that are made when the people left behind...

“Mom, we are getting a dumpster!”

“Mom and Dad, when you die, we are just going to get a dumpster.” Have you said that to your parents? I hear it often, so it must be a popular thing to say. It is said kind of kiddingly, but really not. There are two sides to this story. First, there are the parents,...

Where is your heart?

Over the last fifteen years, since I became a senior move manager, I have seen a change in attitude with many of my customers. They are moving away. And it is a good thing! Thirty years five ago, when I first started working for my parents in the moving business,...