Aug 24, 2020
So many seniors are sheltering in place… We thought it would be interesting to explore options for staying engaged in life, while continuing to pursue a career, if we choose to do so. We invited a guest blogger, Sharon Wagner, of SeniorFriendly.info, to cover...
Feb 28, 2020
For seniors, moving from a home filled with memories and mementos of sentimental value into an assisted living facility or condominium is incredibly difficult. Along with many other adjustments to their lifestyle in order to transition to assisted living, the move...
Jan 31, 2020
You don’t have to live in a 26-room mansion that your family has owned for a hundred years to need a legacy list. But the Legacy List series on PBS is a great reminder that 73 million baby boomers are retiring or moving toward retirement. That can mean downsizing or...
Dec 31, 2019
Ever seen a garage so packed with boxes, piles of newspapers, old clothes and seemingly useless odds and ends that it offered no room for anything else? That doesn’t mean a hoarder lives there. But if the inside of the home looks similar, with clutter everywhere,...
Jan 30, 2019
So many of us make promises during the short, dark days of winter to get organized in the new year. Whether we promise to lose weight, exercise more, eat better, get enough sleep or unclutter our lives, by the end of January for most of us, those promises are all but...
Sep 21, 2018
Are you a senior thinking of downsizing? Downsizing is one of those words often used with the term “empty-nester.” A couple or individual deciding to move from a large family home to a smaller place is said to be downsizing. However, there may be many reasons why...
Aug 1, 2018
Most people appreciate the need for insurance coverage – property and liability for the home, general liability for a business, workers’ comp for employees. But when you hire someone to come into your home for a project, do you know the rules? Do they? Number 1: Are...
Jul 21, 2018
If you made a New Year’s resolution to unclutter your life, you are not alone. By far, it is one of the top resolutions we hear people make every year. But this far into the month, you might be wondering how you will ever make it happen. That’s when we step in to...
Jun 21, 2018
Hazardous waste may be the last thing on your mind when you are thinking of organizing your home, garage, or making room in a storage space. In fact, some of our clients are very surprised to discover they have hazardous waste they didn’t even know about. Take that...
May 21, 2018
California boasts the strictest gun laws in the nation. Yet, it is not that unusual to find guns, old and new among the items we sort through when organizing the contents of an estate. Fiduciaries know that some individuals, with extensive gun collections, may have a...
