Downsizing, Moving, or Modifying Your Home: Call a Specialist!
One of the defining characteristics of our growing 55+ society is the prospect of having to downsize, relocate, or modify our homes to fit evolving lifestyles.
Many adults considering a significant home transition have not changed their lifestyle in 30, 40, or even 50 years. The physical and organizational aspects of home relocation or renovation can be daunting at any age, but when we factor in new concerns such as failing health, retirement finances, family dynamics, dementia, clutter, sudden illness, injury, or even death of a spouse, the thought of changing our home environment becomes absolutely overwhelming.
Yet, this is often the time when we most need to address where and how we will live and how we will get there safely, securely and with all the things we love.
Often we turn to our relatives and adult children for help and support, only to find that the demands of their own lives, careers, childcare, and long distance travel may prohibit them from being as supportive as they would like.
Accredited graduates of the Certified Relocation and Transition Specialists program (CRTS) are trained to manage all aspects of 55+ home transitions; from communicating with clients and community administrators, creating floor plans and sorting possessions to packing the family home. They understand the legal, ethical and social issues involved in relocation and personal asset management. A CRTS can qualify professional movers, barrier-free designers and estate sale professionals to meet your needs and your budget. Certified Relocation and Transition Specialists (CRTS) allow you choose from a menu of services and tailor each project to meet your specific requirements.
A CRTS Professional will:
- Perform a free home visit and evaluation
- Develop an overall transition plan and timetable
- Provide a single point of contact for clients, their family, caregivers and administrators throughout a move to Community Living
- Work with designers and architects for an age-in-place home modification
- Create floor plans for space management
- Organize, sort and downsize possessions
- Arrange for the dispersal of unwanted items through auction, estate sale, buy-out, consignment, donation, or a combination of the above
- Interview, schedule and oversee movers
- Arrange for shipments and storage
- Pack or refer packing for items going to your new home
- Unpack, arrange furniture and create a personalized home environment
- Assist with related services; such as home cleaning, waste removal, shopping, travel companion, address and utility changes, selecting Realtors and preparing the home for sale.
- Share their knowledge of cost, quality and availability of other area resources.
CRTS professionals include senior move managers, aging services specialists, social workers, senior living and home health professionals, professional organizers and senior real estate specialists.
Industry regulated, Certified Relocation and Transition Specialists (CRTS) are trained, educated, insured and have undergone background security checks to protect and provide for clients and their families throughout the home transition process.