Services For Seniors

I know from helping clients — and even my own grandmother — how hard it can be to downsize from a home you’ve been in for many years to a smaller space, whether that’s a house, condo or apartment. Additionally, learning to stay organized in a new, smaller space can be challenging. Turn to Central Carolina Organizing for assistance with:

Downsizing

  • Evaluating how much you can safely and reasonably “fit” into your new living space
  • Deciding what to move and what to sell or give away (to family, friends or charities)
  • Finding good homes for the items you choose to donate and arranging transportation, if necessary
  • Recycling paper, electronics and other items, and arranging for document shredding
  • Inventorying the things you want to give away and organizing them for distribution

Making The Most Of A Smaller Space

  • Learning how to maximize the space you have
  • Finding new and additional storage options
  • Keeping clutter to a minimum
  • Inventorying the items in your new home for insurance purposes

Tip: Expired Medications: Still Good or Not?

Clients often tell me not to throw out expired prescriptions or over-the-counter medications because they’re still “good.” Is that really true, I wondered? I asked my pharmacist, Alice Dillard, at Triangle Pharmacy/True Value Hardware on Highway 54 in Durham (www.triangletruevalue.com). The answer: not true.

According to Alice, by the time a drug reaches its expiration date it has lost ten percent of its effectiveness. After that, the drug continues to degrade until it loses all of its effectiveness.

What does that mean? As compounds within medications breakdown they can become toxic. That means an expired drug may hurt or kill you. If you take an expired drug, “you have no idea read the entire article»»

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