How can rightsizing your Maryland, North Virginia and Washington DC area home can help alleviate common fears in older adults?
Fear 1: Developing Alzheimer’s
- Rightsizing simplifying and organizing your life can help make you less dependent on your memory, make it easier to put your hands on things that are important to you, and reduce overwhelm and confusion which will make it easier to recall.
Fear 2: Falling
- Rightsizing reduces clutter, reduces trip hazards, and reduces the changes of you falling into something and injuring yourself.
Fear 3: Losing Hearing or Eyesight
- Rightsizing can help by:
1. Making social opportunities more readily available
2. Easy access to entertainment and other activities
3. Transportation may be provided
4. A smaller space may be easier to manage and maintain. (Single level living might be a better alternative to stairs if you have failing eyesight.)
Fear 4: Losing Independence
- By being proactive you can maintain your independence far longer than you can if you simply allow things to happen on their own.
- By Rightsizing on your own terms, you can plan in advance to have our needs met in the area of: Physical, Intellectual, Vocational, Emotional, Spiritual, and Social.
Posted by: Eric Stewart
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