She felt sure they could help Lynn develop a plan. It was then that one of the staff at the rehab center told Lynn about Caring Transitions and suggested she request a free home visit from the local office. In a matter of days, her mom was upset, the siblings were bickering and her dad had given up completely. To move things along, Lynn tried to enlist the help of siblings and input from her mother. “No wonder we’ve put this off for so long!” her father exclaimed. They really had no idea where to begin and what to do with everything. Both she and her dad were dusty, tired and completely overwhelmed by the volume of items in the basement. By the second day, Lynn realized they had opened a lot of boxes, but made little real progress. Lynn and her father browsed through photo albums and exchanged stories about family, friends and neighbors. “I thought we’d have some fun!” her dad said.Īnd on that first day, it was fun. When Lynn showed up at the house that first Saturday, her dad had the old record player going, pumping out mom’s favorite tunes from worn vinyl platters. She told her dad she’d come to the house the following week and they could get started. Now that she had taken a bad spill, he was concerned about her ability to navigate her way through the basement.

For years her mom had asked him to help her sort and downsize the accumulated clutter in and around the laundry room. Her father suggested they clean out the basement. She and her siblings already planned to lend a hand with housework, shopping and meals, but Lynn wanted to do more.

Lynn asked her dad if there was anything in particular that would be meaningful to mom. Realizing mom would be unable to take care of the house for a several weeks Lynn wanted to do something special to help her at home. Last year, our client Lynn learned her mother was being moved from hospital to rehabilitation facility following a bad fall.

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