Dean Lupson
I’ve witnessed a situation where the decision-making has been
passed on to another loved one who made numerous mistakes
that resulted in substantial and unnecessary stress, personal
cost, and financial loss.
Many older Australians fear downsizing because they think
all it means is having to get rid of some of their lifelong
family belongings. As a result, they continue to live in homes
much bigger than they need or even want. They may have
four bedrooms, two bathrooms and two living areas, but a
large number of this generation only use one bedroom, one
bathroom, one living room.
Those extra rooms tend to become a storage locker for their
own never-looked-at items, as well as items that belong to their
adult children—who have long since moved on and probably
can’t even remember what they are. If you are chuckling right
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