Educational Events

Knowledge enables you to make smart choices about your future.

Aging Gracefully: Smart Choices for Physical, Financial, and Emotional Well-Being.

An educational series for seniors and their families.

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03/26/2025: Selling Your Home with Confidence and Peace of Mind at the Guilford Community Center

March 26, 2025, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Nathanael B. Greene Community Center
32 Church St, Guilford, CT 06437

Lunch will be catered by Star Gourmet

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Considering downsizing or moving to a senior community but uneasy with the thought of selling your home? While downsizing often leads to a better quality of life, the thought of selling and moving can be overwhelming. This session will help you approach this important life transition with confidence and peace of mind.

You will learn:

How the market value of your home is calculated.

The best low-cost, high impact ways to prepare your home to sell.

Marketing strategies to showcase your home to a wide pool of buyers.

Steps and timeline of the sales process.

Roles of the professionals involved in the sale of your home.

Downsizing and coordinating the logistics of the move.

Speakers:

Kathleen Moniello, Forevermore Homes

Karen Warner, Caring Transitions

05/14/2025: Home Maintenance 101 for Seniors at The Estuary Old Saybrook

May 14, 2025, 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
The Estuary
220 Main St, Old Saybrook, CT 06475

Appetizers, Beer, Wine and Soft Drinks will be served.

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To successfully age in place, our home must be accessible, safe, and well-maintained. Maintenance includes ongoing upkeep (e.g. staining the deck) and capital improvements (e.g. a new roof). Too often seniors defer maintenance on their homes. This causes deterioration and results in loss of equity, meaning less funds to put toward future expenses, like the cost of long-term care. In this workshop you will learn how to create and execute a home maintenance and capital improvement plan, how to select the most qualified/cost-effective contractors, and how to manage maintenance and home improvement projects to successful completion.