How To Move Your Mom®

011: Everything You Need to Know About Senior Living Communities - Dawneen Lorance

Marty Stevens-Heebner

This week's guest on How to Move Your Mom (and still be on speaking terms afterward) is @Dawneen Lorance. Dawneen Lorance is the Director of Marketing at Villa Gardens Senior Living, a premier retirement community in the heart of Pasadena, California. With her 9+ years of experience, she offers support to seniors and/or adult children as they learn about retirement living and navigate the journey of aging.

Episode Sponsor:  

Clear Home Solutions takes care of a lifetime's worth of treasures - and all the emotions attached to them - when it's time for you or your senior parent to move or make their home safe and organized for their later years. Got photos?  We can organize and digitize those for you, too.

What you will learn from this episode:

  • Who is a good fit for senior living.
  • What kind of questions people should ask as they approach a community and consider living in it.
  • The focus of Dawneen’s work at Villa Gardens.
  • The impact of COVID on people considering moving into the senior living communities. 
  • The difference between Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC) and assisted living.

Connect with Dawneen Lorance:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawneen-lorance-b3227ba9
Website: https://villagardens.org/ 

Connect with Marty Stevens-Heebner:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martyheebner/
Website: https://howtomoveyourmom.com/
Email: marty@clearhomesolutions.com