NASMM 2025 Update
NASMM Is Now Accepting Learning Lab Proposals for NASMM 2025
Inspire Integrate Innovate is the theme for NASMM 2025! This event is an inclusive opportunity for all NASMM members to engage in exceptional learning experiences for professional development, individual productivity, and organizational success.

Do you have experience and/or expertise in any of the areas noted below, and are you willing to present a one-hour session at NASMM 2025 at the Fairmont Hotel, Dallas, TX? Do you know one (or two) other people within NASMM with whom you’d like to present? We'd love to hear from you!

Learning Lab submissions are due by Friday, January 24, 2025.
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Make your Hotel Reservations for NASMM 2025
Downtown Dallas is the backdrop for NASMM 2025 – and the luxurious Fairmont Hotel is where all the magic of NASMM 2025 will happen! Rooms are $230 single or double occupancy.

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Register for NASMM's Upcoming Free Business Development Webinar: Hidden Treasures = Bigger Profits: A New Opportunity for NASMM Members

Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Time: 1:00 pm ET | 12:00 pm CT | 11:00 am MT | 10:00 am PT
CE: 1.0

Live participation is not required. All registrants will receive a copy of the recording and a CE verification form.

As a senior move manager, you already provide invaluable services to your clients as they downsize. Now, imagine being able to go a step further — helping your clients uncover hidden value in their belongings while adding a profitable new service to your offerings. Are you ready to take your senior move management business to the next level? Join us for an exclusive webinar hosted by The Keys Guild, in partnership with NASMM, where we'll introduce you to the groundbreaking industry specialty of Collectibles Advising.

This exciting service is designed to empower you to help your clients unlock hidden value in the items they're considering parting with while downsizing.

• Identify which of your clients' items have value and which do not.
• Partner with national resources such as auction houses, dealers, and refiners.
• Use your expertise to help your clients get the best price for valuable items.
• Gain a competitive advantage in your industry and grow your income.
• Establish yourself as the go-to professional in your field.
• Don't miss this opportunity to add a powerful tool to your services, increase your income, and gain a competitive edge!

TO REGISTER CLICK HERE

Register for the Next Installment of NASMM's Hello Series Featuring Liv Now Relocation

Date: February 4, 2025 at 1:00 pm ET
Time: 1pm ET | 12pm CT | 11am MT | 10am PT
Format: Zoom Meeting
CE Credit: 1.0 CE Live attendance is not required; all registrants will receive a copy of the recording & the CE form.

Maybe you've heard about them, encountered them at a NASMM conference, or you've already worked with them on an SMM job. Join us as we meet the two women behind LivNow, one of the newest and most dynamic companies on the national senior living scene — Maureen Longoria & Lisa Burns.

Learn about Maureen's and Lisa's experience in the relocation space. Discover why they believe the perfect time for LivNow is, well, now! Find out why LivNow is deeply committed to working exclusively with NASMM move managers & how our respective missions align. Learn about LivNow's Certified Provider program and what it could mean for your move management business going forward. We'll discuss all the nuts and bolts, fees and agreements. No topic is off the table. You'll get a chance to ask your questions too!

To Register Click Here

'Nobody's dying': A Look Inside How a Pasadena Senior Home Evacuated Before Burning Down in the Eaton Fire
Flush with her $1.25 winnings at the bingo tables, Sharon Tanner retired to a room off the dining hall to discuss the top worry for the residents' council at her senior living community: what to do about people leaving their laundry in the washing machines and dryers.
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5 Quotes That Defined Memory Care in 2024 and Signal What's Ahead in 2025
In 2025, memory care operators will continue to grapple with the many challenges of evolving dementia care to meet the needs of today's senior living residents.
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The Unique Difficulties That Hoarding Disorder Presents
Occasionally, an extreme hoarding situation makes the news — and further contorts the public's perception of this extremely nuanced and misunderstood disorder. There were the 59 mini horses rescued from a hoarding situation on a farm in southern Illinois. The Chicago couple, in their 70s, who authorities found buried under their own belongings.
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Is There A Housing Inventory 'Silver Tsunami?' Not Where It's Needed
There are two particular ways for people to interpret the phrase "silver tsunami" in the context of an aging population's impact on housing. The first is related to the demographic trends playing out across the U.S., in which older people are on track to overtake children as the largest age group over the next decade.
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My Cabinet of Curiosities
When my father passed away, my mother was truly on her own. But she was not physically or mentally healthy enough to live on her own. My parents had been married for 63 years.
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Dementia Diagnosis Comes With Rising Risk, Varying Life Expectancy, Studies Reveal
Two separate studies reveal the increasing risk of developing dementia and varying life expectancy associated with the condition, along with the need to provide more services, especially personalized diagnostic services.
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When Elder Care Is All in the Stepfamily
The encounter happened years ago, but Beverly K. Brandt remembers it vividly. She was leaving her office at Arizona State University, where she taught design history, to run an errand for her ailing stepfather. He had moved into a retirement community nearby after his wife, Dr. Brandt's mother, died of cancer.
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NASMM member Crowning Touch Hosts YouTube Series on Senior Moving
Watch here & here.

The National Association of Senior Move Managers (NASMM) is the leading membership organization for Senior Move
Managers in the United States, Canada and abroad. NASMM is recognized for its innovative programs and expertise
related to Senior Move Management, transition and relocation issues affecting older adults.

NASMM
PO Box 209, Hinsdale, IL 60522
Phone: 877.606.2766
www.nasmm.org