Helping an older person move in Milan: planning and important belongings

A reference person, shared decisions

When more family members collaborate at the move, the indications can become contradictory. Choose an operational contact person who collects the decisions and communicates to the team, keeping the person who changes the home involved. Its point of view on the objects to be kept is essential. Avoid deciding at the last moment that an important furniture will not leave. An agreed list reduces tension and allows you to organize your activities in a predictable way.

Separating affective and encumbrance value

A house inhabited for a long time contains photographs, documents, small memories and furnishings related to personal moments. Prepare a simple inventory, without limiting yourself to larger objects. Collect memories in recognizable containers and agree who will transport them. If the new home is smaller, check which furniture finds space before the day of work. Choices on goods to be given or stored elsewhere must be distinguished from the transport service.

Reconstructing essential environments

A plant with the location of the bed, the armchair and the furniture used every day helps to make the arrival less disordered. Ask which assembly tasks are necessary and check that the steps remain free. Do not accumulate boxes in front of the doors or along the way to the bathroom. The priority is to get practical spaces, then complete the reorganization. Any particular personal needs must be managed by the family with the competent professionals.

The bag that remains with the person

Prepare documents, keys, addresses, clothes and items of immediate use in a separate baggage. Medicines and other personal needs must remain in the management of the person or of those who assist it, without being mixed with the load. Do not entrust the team with unnecessary health information for transport. For the organization it is sufficient to communicate the operational needs, such as the need to leave a room available or to coordinate the arrival time.

For smaller memories a photo of the content may be useful before the closure of the box. Store the image with its code, in an archive accessible to the family referent. This allows you to search for a precise object without opening all containers and without entrusting to strangers the task of recognizing what has affective value.

A quiet final control

Before leaving the old house, check with the referent drawers, storage units and high compartments. In the new house compares the hills with the list and verify that the main furnishings are placed as planned. Keep a list of boxes still to be opened: avoid repeated searches. To request a quote to DUDA indicates real assets, accesses and priorities; an accurate description allows you to evaluate your work without relying on generic formulas.