Moving or Downsizing is a very stressful time for anyone and
can be even more traumatic for Seniors and their family members when facing a
major transition. That’s why Caring
Transitions is focused on creating “Tears of Joy” when the Client and
their Family walk into the new home. The
sense of relief at the reveal is overwhelming and the most common response we
see from our Clients and their Families are tears of relief.
Our goal is to lower stress during the moving and
downsizing process by connecting with our Clients to understand their
objectives and assure them that we can guide them through their journey. We provide personnel who are compassionate,
trained, background checked, and fully insured.
We are also Certified Relocation Transitions Specialists who have
extensive experience helping Families through the entire process that starts
with developing a project plan and ends when our Client’s objectives have been successfully addressed.
Prior to going through the moving and downsizing process
with my Parents I had no idea how different and how much more stressful it would
be versus the many work-related moves that we had undertaken. Work had caused us to move across the
Atlantic Ocean twice and the stress involved in those relocations was
non-existent compared to what we experienced while trying to downsize and then
move my parents a distance of less than 5 miles.
My Parents’ transition was very different, and more
difficult, because family dynamics with Siblings came into play, we were trying
to guide our Parents through a very emotional change that also affected us
emotionally (we were emotionally invested), and the reasons for the transition
were also very, very different. With
career-driven relocations our major focus was on the excitement related to the
new-beginning and new experiences. With
my Parents the transition started off focusing on “Endings” and Loss. After several very difficult interactions we
realized that we had to work hard to find the positive elements of the new
beginning and maintain a focus on those positive aspects so that we could simply
survive the transition emotionally while maintaining the family relationships
to the greatest extent possible.
I am happy to say that we made it through the transition
with my Parents and the new-normal gradually emerged. The new-normal has validated that we made the
right decision because their overall quality of daily living has improved.
Looking back, I wish we would have had a trusted
advisor to guide us through the Transition.
Having that neutral party most likely would have resulted in less stress
for the entire family. At Caring
Transitions our goals are to Reduce Stress and provide Greater Peace of Mind for
our Clients and their Families. Tears
released at the reveal due to the overwhelming sense of relief are nice but our
dream is to provide guidance so that tears during the reveal are mostly “Tears
of Joy” because the new home is more inviting than the Client ever imagined.Click here to see what our Clients are Saying about us. Or, click here for more information related to our Services