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several months of hard work while they organized the sale of their house and dealt with decades of accumulated items. All of them also knew that not making a decision would most likely result in an outcome they didn’ t want: putting how their life would unfold in someone else’ s hands.
Their advice: Don’ t wait to make a decision that you know in your heart you should make now. Retirement communities can be more affordable than you think. Make a move while you can still benefit from a community that is designed to help you continue to age safely and well. At Springhill, our Move-In Coordination Services and Coordinator can make preparing your home for sale and planning your move much easier than you think. Call 814.860.7042 to learn how!
SNOW MORE PROCRASTINATING
This Christmas brought more than Erie’ s weather-jaded residents had bargained for – more than 65 inches of snow in one week. But it’ s not just weather emergencies that make the value of remaining in your home as you age something worth weighing carefully.
• Do you have the ability to keep your home in good repair, or do you have affordable, reliable service providers?
• Do you have an easy, reliable way to get food, cash and prescriptions in good and bad weather?
• Do you have daily social interaction with others?( TV and the internet don’ t count!)
• Do you have a plan if you are no longer able to take care of your meals, laundry, and medical care?
• Is your home accessible should your mobility be compromised? Ready or not, aging has a way of moving us to new stages. Those who seem to do it best are those who plan ahead and are transparent with themselves and others, know their limits, and know when change is in their best interest.
For one Springhill Senior Living couple, their revelation came when another ferocious Erie winter created a flood in their pantry despite a roof that was just three years old.
For others, it was the cost of home maintenance, a fall from a ladder, or the realization that while their house was lovely, they were too often alone in it.
All of them had a difficult decision and
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