The National Association of Senior Move Managers (NASMM) is the only professional association in North America representing organizations dedicated to assisting older adults and families with the physical and emotional demands of downsizing, relocating, or modifying their homes.

NASMM's mission is to facilitate the physical and emotional aspects of relocation for older adults, increase industry awareness, establish a national referral network, enhance the professional competence of members, and promote the delivery of our services with compassion and integrity.

Senior move managers are professionals who specialize in assisting older adults and their families with the aforementioned emotional and physical aspects of relocation and/or "aging in place." Though many senior move managers have backgrounds in gerontology, social work, health care, nursing, and psychology, others come to the industry from the corporate world of project management, technology, accounting, or marketing. What all senior move managers share, however, is a profound commitment to connecting with older adults and a desire to perform meaningful work.

Although specific services vary, most senior move managers can help with some or all of the following:

• Developing an overall move or age-in-place plan
• Organizing, sorting, and downsizing
• Customizing floor plans
• Arranging for the profitable disposal of unwanted items through auction, estate sale, buy-out, consignment, donation, or a combination thereof
• Interviewing, scheduling, and overseeing movers
• Arranging shipments and storage
• Supervising professional packing
• Unpacking and setting up a new home
• Related services, such as cleaning, waste removal, shopping, senior escort, assisting with realtor selection, and helping prepare the home to be sold

Some senior move managers provide these services directly; others function in more of an oversight or management role. Senior move managers have extensive practical knowledge about the costs, quality, and availability of various local community resources. Additionally, senior move managers frequently assist individuals who choose to stay in their own homes but simply require expert organizational skills and solid knowledge of aging-in-place concepts to help them achieve their goal of not moving anywhere, but improving quality of life!

One call to a senior move manager can connect you with services older adults and families need for a seamless, successful transition of any type.