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		<title>Moving into someone else’s home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sondra Shapiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marianne Delorey One of the great adjustments many people face as they age is that they have less control over their lives. Nowhere is that more evident than in their living situation. After a traumatic move, elders face a new dilemma. How can they adjust to living under somebody else’s roof? I’m sure we all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Couple finds love late in life at a senior complex</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sondra Shapiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marianne Delorey I am a closet romantic. Yet, it is not young love that makes my heart quiver. I look at young people in love and pity them for their idealism, the rollercoaster and the heartbreak that may follow. When I am feeling particularly romantic, I watch the older couples interacting. I have been fortunate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to decide when senior housing is better than home</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sondra Shapiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marianne Delorey As a provider of housing, I know that my biggest competition is not the fancy new apartments down the street. It is a place we can’t compete with — a place of great history and meaning to every elder. It is their family home. We can compete feature by feature — you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now what? Finding community among strangers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 19:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sondra Shapiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marianne Delorey Moving day has come, your toothbrush was swept into one of the many boxes before you. You start unpacking the boxes, picking up each item and holding it for a minute. You are aware of what you left behind. But what lies ahead? Moving to a new place is such an emotional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home within a home as families live together longer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 18:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sondra Shapiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of so-called multi-generational households — where adults are living with their elderly parents or grown children — has jumped since the Great Recession forced Americans to rethink living on their own.]]></description>
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		<title>You can’t take it with you</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:45:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sondra Shapiro</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Marianne Delorey Americans tend to have more stuff than they need. At no time is this more apparent than when they are downsizing. There are plenty of professional organizers that can help you get a handle on your stuff, but the first step in downsizing should actually be to get a better handle on [...]]]></description>
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