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By Vickie Dellaquila
Mountain Publishing
2007

Don't Toss My Memories in the Trash-A Step-by-Step Guide to Helping Seniors Downsize, Organize, and Move
This a well-organized book (what else would you expect from a professional organizer and senior move manager?) which guides you through the process of helping your senior to agree to the move and being involved in the decisions about how and what to keep for the new smaller home. A 32-page workbook is also available, The Moving Workbook.

By Maggie Watson
Cypress House
2006

A Graceful Farewell: Putting Your Affairs in Order
This is an easy-to-use workbook written by a professional organizer that guides the reader though the steps to bring together (or at least create a list and write down where everything is) all important papers and information: bank accounts, insurance policies, investments, assets, etc. You can write in the book itself or tear out the already-hole-punched and serrated pages and put them in your own binder (and copy them if you need more than one page). Comes with a CD in the back that includes all the pages in digital form.

By David Tolin, Randy Frost and Gail Steketee
Oxford University Press
2007

Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving, and Hoarding
If you or a loved one has a serious and longstanding problem with too much stuff, then this book is a must-read. The techniques and steps in this book have evolved from on-going studies the three psychologists/authors have conducted through real-people hands-on research on the East Coast and provides the reader with insight into the mind of the person who hoards.

By Maggie Watson
Cypress House
2006

Moving for Seniors: A Step-by-Step Workbook
This is an easy-to-use workbook written by a professional organizer that guides the reader though the steps to bring together (or at least create a list and write down where everything is) all important papers and information: bank accounts, insurance policies, investments, assets, etc. You can write in the book itself or tear out the already-hole-punched and serrated pages and put them in your own binder. Comes with a CD in the back that includes all the pages in digital form.

By Julie Hall
Thomas Nelson Publishing
2008

The Boomer Burden: Dealing with Your Parents' Lifetime Accumulation of Stuff
A practical guide to advise Baby Boomers how to deal with the daunting task of facing a parents' eventual passing as it relates to residential contents, heirlooms, and the often difficult family interactions and feuds that accompany them.

By Barbara Perman, James Ballard
AuthorHouse
2006

No Ordinary Move: Relocating Your Aging Parents
A book that helps readers slow down and reconsider this situation, not as a grim crisis but as a rare opportunity.

By Dorothy Breininger, Lynn Benson and Debby S. Bitticks
Health Communications, Incorporated
2006

The Senior Organizer: Personal, Medical, Legal, Financial
No more digging through files! The Senior Organizer is an all-in-one workbook for a senior's vital information: personal, medical, legal and financial.