If the term “senior move manager” is an unfamiliar one, you’re not alone: Membership in the National Association of Senior Move Managers™ currently hovers around 600. But it’s a field you’ll likely hear a lot more about as our population ages rapidly. More and more seniors are finding the pleasures of leaving their large homes and downsizing to senior communities.

Many families are finding Senior Move Managers™ indispensable, and not just because they handle the logistics. Tensions can spill over when an elderly parent must relocate. Hundreds of necessary decisions and actions can quickly eat up time the family may not have, the inevitable negotiations and concessions can trouble even the best parent-child relationships.