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When you need help with life’s changes, find your total solution with Caring Transitions of NYC. Request a Free In-Home Consultation today to simply learn more about the services we provide. Contact us with any questions you have about our Senior Moving, Downsizing, Decluttering, and Estate Sale services. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!
Adrian Walter-Ginzburg, PhD
Phone: 212-228-7282
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| Your New York City Estate Sale & Senior Moving Specialists!
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 Hello, my name is Adrian Walter-Ginzburg, and I am the President and CEO of the de-cluttering, home safety, organizing, estate sales, senior relocation, and senior moving company, Caring Transitions, in New York City. I was born and raised in New York City and have been in the senior housing, senior services, and real estate business for many years. In this time I have seen many families struggle through such stressful and overwhelming situations as divorce, a life changing illness, financial distress, relocation, the changing needs of an aging parent, or the death of a loved one. I have experienced many of those challenges in my own life. All of this compelled me to start Caring Transitions, to provide help to individuals and their families, especially older people needing assistance with de-cluttering, home safety, moving, downsizing, estate sales, and liquidations of all kinds. With a background in services to older people including many years of teaching gerontology at the college level, and as a Fellow of The Gerontological Society of America, as well as a licensed Real Estate Salesperson in New York State, you can be assured that my staff and I have the skills and interest to keep your family’s welfare at heart, minimizing your stress and maximizing your returns while helping you through a difficult time. Call today to schedule a FREE In-Home Consultation!
Keep on enjoying life!
(Photo: Aaron Walter of blessed memory, age 78)
That Will to Divest
That Will to Divest
by Kay Ryan
Action creates
a taste
for itself.
Meaning: once
you've swept
the shelves
of spoons
and plates
you kept
for guests,
it gets harder
not to also
simplify the larder,
not to dismiss
rooms, not to divest yourself
of all the chairs
but one, not
to test what
singleness can bear,
once you've begun.
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| Employment
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Our employees are very important to our success. The quality of our services truly depends upon the caring professionals who are a part of our team. If you are looking for part-time work in a service that’s truly appreciated, contact us today. Caring Transitions needs compassionate, trustworthy, dependable people to help make our transition services the total solution for families coping with Senior Moves, Downsizing, or Estate Sales.
Become one of our Caring professionals today. Contact Us!
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| Client Testimonials
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February 2012:
Adrian,
Maria worked with me yesterday and today to finish up my Caring Transitions contract. Everyone on your staff was very empathetic and professional. Being able to release so much tangible “stuff” has really unburdened me. Knowing exactly what I have and where everything is in my home feels wonderful!
Thank you and please pass my thanks along to everyone who helped me achieve this goal. I’d be pleased to recommend your service in the future.
Best regards,
Susan
January 2012:
Hi Adrian,
Thank you for your services. I couldn't have done this move without you and your expertise. Keep in touch.
Fondly,
Sylvia Spellun
Recommendation: June 2011
We have had the pleasure of working with Adrian Walter-Ginzburg and
Caring Transitions through the liquidation of our uncle's estate. This
was a complex and labor intensive liquidation that Adrian handled
flawlessly. After an initial consultation and estimate, Adrian took
charge in a timely manner and coordinated the project from beginning to
end with minimal need for input on our part. She is truly an end to end
solution in estate liquidation. I highly recommend her services.
Tony Peluso
Cave Creek, AZ
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To Adrian,
Thank you, I know the last few months were the easiest, but facing them at the start they seemed the hardest. The future is the going to be the hardest. Thanks for helping with the stuff I found hard.
C., New York, NY
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In dealing with the my recently deceased mother's apartment I have had the good fortune of working with Adrian and her staff at Caring Transitions. Caring Transitions was honest, sensitive, prompt and entirely helpful. I really appreciate all of their help and Adrian's good spirits as well.
Thank You And Best Of Luck
Paul Lazar, actor
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To Adrian,
With admiration for your strong interest in a career that benefits and unburdens Seniors -- at a time that is too difficult for them to help themselves. Sincere thanks and a successful future,
Sylvia L., 92 years old, moved from New York to assisted living in California
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| February 2012 Newsletter: The Homes of the Brave Like many elderly clients served by Caring Transitions, military families face a great number of unique challenges when it comes to moving. Both types of relocations often involve complicated logistics, physical challenges, tight time constraints, and in each instance, the move may be preceded by a stressful, life-altering event. Caring Transitions takes great pride in being prepared to manage both.
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| Dec. 2011 Newsletter: The Holiday Kitchen: Downsized Before moving to any new kitchen, decide how much cupboard and shelf space you will have and then compare it to your existing kitchen. This will give you a better idea of what you really can take with you. Don’t take too much. Tough decisions may be necessary; bringing too much stuff is often a cause of stress, regret and unexpected expenses. read more ...
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| September 2011 newsletter As you prepare for a pending move by sorting and packing, you may also want to consider the benefits of home staging. In today’s real estate market, “staging” a home for sale is not only an accepted practice, it’s expected.
“For many of our clients, ‘staging’ is a new term, but the concept of ‘curb appeal’ and getting your home or property ready for sale has always been important to sellers who want to get the best possible price for their home,” said Adrian Walter-Ginzburg, President of Caring Transitions of New York City.
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| Less Stuff Equals More Happiness from time.com
Less Stuff Equals More Happiness
Posted by BRAD TUTTLE Monday, August 9, 2010 at 12:23 pm
"The things we are trained to think make us happy, like having a new car every couple of years and buying the latest fashions, don't make us happy."
These are the words of the filmmaker behind a documentary called "Happy," quoted in a NY Times story that rounds up all sorts of academic input, personal anecdotes, and studies that all point to the fact that the endless act of acquiring cooler, swankier, flashier, and plain more and more stuff does not make you happy. The story makes the case that, largely due to a recession-induced reevaluation of what's really important in life, conspicuous consumption has been replaced by a more "calculated consumption." Here's one of the experts called upon for quotes in the piece:
“We're moving from a conspicuous consumption — which is ‘buy without regard' — to a calculated consumption,” says Marshal Cohen, an analyst at the NPD Group, the retailing research and consulting firm.
Hmmm… I'd argue that conspicuous consumption is calculated, in its own way—calculated to be showy, to be conspicuous. But the point, I think, is that consumers are making different spending calculations nowadays. Based on way too much personal experience, they're aware that so many of the things available for purchase are silly, wasteful, often disposable indulgences that won't bring them much happiness—and, in fact, may wind up filling them will feelings of emptiness, regret, and guilt.
Another bit of wisdom in the story comes courtesy of a woman who scaled back her lifestyle big time, getting rid of most of her possessions and happily making due with a simple, debt-free life with her husband in a 400-square-foot apartment. She says:
“The idea that you need to go bigger to be happy is false … I really believe that the acquisition of material goods doesn't bring about happiness.”
Read more: http://money.blogs.time.com/2010/08/09/less-stuff-equals-more-happiness/#ixzz1GLVXDK3s
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| How to find the hidden cash in your attic -- or apartment! With thrifty consumers on the lookout for quality used goods, they're hitting estate sales – and spending more money. Bargain hunters are spending about 15 to 25% more at estate sales now, compared to a year ago, estimates Caring Transitions , a company that manages estate sales and relocation around the country. Nationwide Estate Sales , a similar company, pegs the increase at around 10 to 15%, or more. Buyers are paying more per item, says John Buckles, president of Caring Transitions, and if they have to return to collect their first purchase, they often buy more. "We hadn't really seen that before," he said.
Read more: How to Find the Hidden Cash in Your Attic - SmartMoney.com http://www.smartmoney.com/personal-finance/retirement/how-to-find-the-hidden-cash-in-your-attic-1292620093051/#ixzz1AvDpsHM7
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| How to deal with Hoarders - AM-NY article, Sept. 2010 In a Brooklyn apartment recently, Adrian Walter-Ginzburg found every closet stuffed with thousands of garbage bags, a dozen suitcases filled with unworn clothing, some from long-defunct Alexander’s, and piles of old junk mail and paper, including an unfilled 1970 Census form.
The closets were so packed that “you couldn’t even fit a pin in there,” said Walter-Ginzburg of Caring Transitions of New York, a company that assists with downsizing and clearing out homes. read more ...
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| Adrian Walter-Ginzburg explains Caring Transitions at conference at New York Institute of Technology
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| Coming Soon - Local Online Auction Option! Our online store will be opening soon. You'll be able to bid, buy and sell on our online auction store - www.CTonlineAuctions.com/NewYorkNY read more ...
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2011 was a very good year!
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Watch my interview with ECareDiary!
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