What is a Senior Move Manager?
A Senior Move Manager is a professional who specializes in assisting older adults and their families
with the emotional and physical aspects of relocation. Many Senior Move Managers share a
commitment to working with seniors and a desire to do meaningful work. One call to a Senior
Move Manager can connect you with the services older adults and their families may need for a
smooth and successful move.
Why is Senior Move Management needed?
Many older adults making a transition have not moved in 30, 40 or 50 years and need to downsize
considerably. The organizational and physical tasks associated with planning and implementing such
a move can be overwhelming. Family and friends often want to help, but there may be barriers.
Adult children may be sandwiched between their parents, their careers and their own family
obligations. For family members living far away, the barriers may be geographic. Some seniors have
no surviving children, or their children are seniors themselves. If illness or death precipitated the
move, the family may already be drained both emotionally and physically.
Seniors are the fastest growing segment of the US population. At the same time, social changes such
as more women working full time have made it increasingly difficult for family caregivers to
provide all of the support needed for these transitions.
Senior Move Management has emerged to fill the gaps and to make transitions easier for everyone
involved.
Benefits of Senior Move Management Services
• Because they focus exclusively on the move process, Senior Move Managers have significant
expertise in resources and approaches that save money, reduce stress and produce quality results.
• Services are client-centered and personalized to meet the client’s needs and wants.
Barbara E. Whipple is the owner of YourMove Partner, a service company that facilitates
downsizing and transitional moves for older adults. She has over 10 years of experience in program
planning and people managing that include alumni relations work at Dartmouth College in Hanover,
NH and staff wellness program development at Canyon Ranch Health Spa in Tucson, AZ.
She founded YourMove Partner to help senior adults and their families deal with the tremendous
issues of downsizing and later life moves. Barbara applies all her skills to organizing, planning and
managing each move as if it were her own. She is driven by a passion for helping people in need.
Her vision of a caring, personal company that offers comprehensive, customized service which is
sensitive to the needs of seniors, is a unique and much-needed niche service. She has the
organizational, logistical, and creative skills necessary to plan your move to the last detail.
Moreover, Barbara offers the knowledge, personal experience and the sensitivity needed to assist
you during a very emotionally stressful and potentially overwhelming time in your life.
