Have you ever wondered where concierge service came from; how our profession got its start? We have, which is why we recently did some research into the topic. We discovered quite a few interesting things as a result. At the top of the list is the fact that concierge is...
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Category Archives: Assisted Living
5 Tips for Assisting Dementia Patients
My Divine Concierge offers some specialized services to seniors and clients suffering from dementia-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. For example, we can handle weekly grocery shopping and kitchen cleaning on behalf of clients unable to continue doing so for themselves. These specialized services differ somewhat in one key...
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The Value in Collectibles Is Mostly Personal
Being a collector of something special throughout your life is a good way to pass some time and learn more about your chosen collectibles, their history, and others who collect them. Over years of helping our senior clients with the moving process, we have observed some very interesting collections. We...
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How to Know When Clutter Is a Safety Issue
There are cluttered houses, and then there are dangerously cluttered houses. We have seen them all in our years as a concierge service helping people solve their clutter issues. The thing about clutter is that it can accumulate to the point of creating a dangerous situation without a homeowner ever...
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4 Reasons for Seniors to Embrace Menu Planning
As a senior no longer cooking for your entire family every evening, how do you go about deciding what you’re going to eat? Do you plan every detail about all three meals of the day, or do you tend to ‘wing it’ from one day to the next? If you...
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Things to Look for When Relocating
Relocating as a senior can be difficult. After all, it’s never easy to leave the home you’ve lived in for decades, the home in which you raised your kids and created lots of precious memories. Yet relocating is a reality for many seniors who need to downsize for one reason...
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Stay Safe While Working in the Yard
Spring is now in full bloom, which means many of our regular clients are now getting outdoors to work in their yards and gardens. That’s great! After being cooped up all winter, it is wonderful to be able to be outdoors in the sunshine and fresh air. For our older...
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How Would You like to Be Addressed?
Nicknames. They can be sweet or endearing, but they can also be incredibly annoying. We are a culture that wants to use nicknames rather than addressing people by the names given them at birth. Why we do this, I have no idea. What I do know is that many of...
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Avoid Being Scammed by Being Careful
The fact that we specialize in senior services at My Divine Concierge affords us the opportunity to hear a lot of stories about potential scams. Scammers are out there in every town and city across the country. They tend to target the most vulnerable members of society – especially seniors....
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Why Seniors May Have Trouble Asking for Help
Getting older is not always the easiest thing to do. Indeed, it is often said that the last 15-20 years of life are the ‘Golden Years’ when we get to enjoy the best of life without so many responsibilities. Yet those years are not so golden if age-related issues hinder...
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