Selling real estate is a very stressful and emotional time. When helping an elderly person sell their home, this generation has traditionally lived at the same address for a long time, has accumulated years of memories in ‘stuff’, knows the ins and out of this piece of property that they…
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Abandoned Seniors: Engaging in relationships is everyone’s business
“I feel so bad cause seniors are abandoned”; “Isn’t it awful when the kids are not there to help their parents?” Hearing those words makes me want to go around the bend, and the other day I received an enlightened moment that helped me understand why. Someone said these exact words…
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“How do I talk to my father about his incontinence?”
“Yeah so my Dad, he is getting older and I see it but no one wants to discuss that he is having ‘accidents’. [Eye contact being avoided and embarrassed while we spoke] How do I bring this up with him? Is so embarrassing.”–I was asked this by an acquaintance when…
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Ingenerational Homes
A real estate friend reached out as she is writing an article on intergenerational homes. Seeing I specialize in working with seniors and touch upon their housing needs she asked me these following questions, here are my answers: —Do you find there is a lack of available housing for…
WBCK Morning Show Interview
Karla Fales And Marie-Claude Giguere Discuss Moving As A Senior | 95.3 WBCK Morning Show
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DATE AND TIME Tue, May 15, 2018, 11:30 AM – Wed, May 16, 2018, 9:00 AM EDT Navigating through the hard questions to determine if it’s time to move is difficult, whether you’re a senior, caregiver, or professional working with an older client. CareWell Services is offering three events to…
Not all childhood dreams make it to fruition.
The beauty of working with seniors is that I see that there are some eyes that sparkle and some that do not. My goal has always been to be a person that has a twinkle in their eye and to embrace life. So many times I accompany people downsize or…
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Self-Neglect: A thin line
An elderly diabetic smoker lounging on her couch and drinking coffee all day. I clearly remember that client and her situation, even if it was years ago. Yup she lived with her son. Her daughter, living in the neighbourhood, wanted to come in to help manage her insulin as well…
Dementia and resistance to moving from independent living to assisted living
It is great being a part of an amazing association, National Association of Senior Move Managers, where the members all provide a lot of support to each other. Here is a question that was asked recently through our forum followed by a response provided by Marie-Claude from Helping Seniors. ===…
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Being a life coach for an 87 year old
What a pleasure it has been for me to sit and speak with an 87 year old lady to help her feel fulfilled at a new stage in life. Recently moved, stopped working and stopped driving all at the same time. Moving. It brings on new systems. New communities. New…