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03/14/2025

Can anyone recomend a music therapist in the area?

03/13/2025

Knee Replacement: A Safer, Smoother Recovery at Home

Knee replacement surgery is a frequently performed procedure primarily aimed at relieving pain and improving mobility for individuals with severe osteoarthritis. With an aging population and increasing cases of joint deterioration, the demand for this surgery continues to rise. A growing focus on maintaining independence has also contributed to more individuals opting for knee replacement procedures.

How we Help: Pre-Op Steps to Create a Post-Op Ready Home
✅ Patients are advised to avoid stairs — we create a barrier free design to accommodate mobility limitations.
✅ Fall Prevention — our team assists with sorting, organizing, and removing obstacles to ensure safe access throughout the home.
✅ Bathroom Modifications — we recommend and provide professional referrals for installation.
✅ Physical therapy exercises must be done daily — we help create a safe, accessible area for rehabilitation.
✅ Professional Support for a Stress-Free Transition
✅ And more...

A well-prepared home leads to a faster, safer recovery:
Home Transition Specialists Inc. offers comprehensive Consulting and Planning Service to ensure the home is fully prepared before surgery. We also provide postoperative non-medical support, helping to maintain a clean, organized, and accessible living space, reducing stress for patients, home care providers, and caregivers.

03/13/2025

Should They Stay or Go? Helping Your Parent Decide If Downsizing Is the Right Move.

As a caregiver or family member, you may find yourself facing a difficult but important question: Should my parent stay in their current home, or is it time to consider downsizing?

This decision isn’t always clear-cut. It requires balancing practical considerations like home maintenance, finances, and accessibility with your parent’s personal preferences, health, and long-term well-being.

Key Factors to Consider:
🏡 Home Maintenance – Is upkeep becoming overwhelming or unsafe? Tasks like yard work, snow removal, and repairs can take a toll.

💲 Financial Strain – Rising property taxes, utility bills, and unexpected expenses can impact financial stability. Downsizing may free up equity for medical care, in-home support, or quality of life.

⚕️ Health & Mobility – Is the home accessible? Are stairs, narrow doorways, or outdated bathrooms limiting their independence?

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Social & Emotional Well-being – Does the home feel isolating? Would a new living arrangement provide better community engagement and support?

Alternative Housing Options to Explore:

✅ Condo or Bungalow – A lower-maintenance option with accessible features.

✅ Retirement Community – Built-in amenities and social opportunities.

✅ Multigenerational Living – Keeping family close while maintaining independence.

✅ Secondary Dwelling Unit – In-law suites or backyard cottages as a private yet connected solution.

While you may be leading the conversation, remember this is ultimately your parent’s decision. A supportive, open discussion that empowers them to share their vision for aging will lead to better decisions and greater peace of mind.

🤝 Need help navigating the options or mediating the conversations?
Home Transition Specialists Inc. can provide expert, unbiased guidance, assessing home safety, community resources, and alternative housing solutions. A comprehensive report and step-by-step plan can help families make informed decisions with clarity and confidence.

Learn more: www.htsmove.ca/blog-2/rp922koea10yu4j2cm4dis8f0u28a4

03/11/2025

Home Transition Specialists Inc™: Empowering Older Adults to Thrive at Home

Home Transition Specialists Inc.™ takes a holistic approach to assisting our clients in navigating and preparing for both expected and unexpected life transitions. While many companies focus solely on helping clients relocate, we recognize that downsizing is just one piece of a much larger puzzle.

Our expertise lies in consulting, planning, and providing pro-active solutions that empower older adults, seniors, and caregivers to
thrive safely and independently in their homes.

Through our Consultation & Planning services and The Age in Place Success Program, we offer resources, personalized coaching and comprehensive assessment tools needed to make informed decisions and create a sustainable plan.

We help our clients stay, adapt, and thrive in the place they call home.
1. The Age in Place Success Program . A comprehensive coaching program designed to help older adults, caregivers, and families navigate the complexities of aging at home with confidence.
2. The Age in Place Success Consultation - A comprehensive health, support and home safety assessment provides personalized expert guidance and delivers a clear, actionable plan so that you or your loved one can age in place with confidence.

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Empowering Older Adults to Thrive at Home Home Transition Specialists Inc.™ takes a holistic approach to assisting our clients in navigating and preparing for…

11/05/2024

Today I was reflecting on chronic pain.

🤲For over 25 years I helped clients manage chronic pain by providing massage therapy treatments.

☀️More importantly, I provided a safe space for those clients to express their feelings about living with chronic pain and how it affected their relationships, careers, and mental health. I allowed them the freedom to speak their truth, without judgment, regardless of how ugly they were feeling that day. These clients are warriors and some of the strongest people I have ever met.

🎁I learned many great insights about the lives of chronic pain warriors and from the caregivers that supported them.

🤹‍♀️One insight was the difficulty in maintaining their homes. They reserved most of their energy to show up at their jobs, attend their children's events, and perform the necessary tasks of daily life. Most of them put everyone else first even though they were suffering.

👵A major concern for these same clients was aging with chronic pain. They were concerned with how their lives may be more restrictive OR that they may be forced to retire early. So, they weren't just living with stress, worry, and pain in the present moment, they spent hours and abundant energy worrying about their future.

🏡Now, I draw from my healthcare education and experience and apply it to my recent training to assess, plan, and create safe and accessible living spaces for chronic pain warriors and their families and/or caregivers to age independent, comfortable, and empowered.

🦹If you are a ☆Chronic Pain Warrior☆ take a moment, close your eyes, take a deep breath in, and feel gratitude for your inner strength. Exhale and feel seen, honored, and empowered.

🦸If you are a caregiver or live with a Chronic Pain Warrior take a moment, close your eyes, take a deep breath in, and feel appreciated and worthy. Exhale and feel seen, honored, and empowered.

08/26/2024

Last week to book in this 90 minute summer special of head to toe relaxation of Indian Head Massage, Reiki and Reflexology. AKA a little bit of magic! ✨ ️Link below to book with Kaylan 🥰

https://bodynsol.janeapp.com/ #/staff_member/15

06/26/2024

Kathy King - Business Owner/RMT, Educator, and now Home Transition Specialist. www.htsmove.ca

She has over 25 years of hands-on experience addressing the physical manifestations of stress, age and life changes.

For 25 years she has educated clients on self-care and stress management. She combines her knowledge, skills, compassionate nature and sense of humour to help create positive change in her client's life.

This year she has stepped into the next chapter of her purpose, as a Home Transition Specialist, supporting seniors Aging in Place or Downsizing and Relocating. For more information visit www.htsmove.ca

"My goal is to utilize my education and experience from my health care profession and business, to help people transition into the next chapter of their lives, with ease, compassion, understanding, and hopefully a few laughs along the way.”

June is Seniors Month in Ontario - GRATITUDE AND CHEERS! We appreciate you.

06/26/2024

✨What is in a morning walk?✨

One thing that I absolutely love to do is start my day with a morning walk. It gives me a chance to start my day off in a more relaxed, centred and peaceful state.

Bring outdoors in the morning is great for nervous system regulation for a few reasons. The first is you start your day off with a nice dose of vitamin D. Vitamin D is essential to good mental and physical health. Sunlight in the morning will help give your vitamin D levels a natural boost.

Second, being outdoors helps bring us more in to a relaxed state. That is it moves us from a high sympathetic state into a more ventral vagal or parasympathetic state. Starting your day off in a more rested state can help you be ready to tackle the tasks of the day with more ease.

Third, mornings walks can introduce curiosity and play into on your day as you discover new things in your environment. curiosity and play are important for us adults too! Play brings joy to life and can also help bring us into our resting state.

So what is in a morning walk? An opportunity for more connection to ourselves, our environment and the felt sense of joy! If you are looking for ways to bring more connection, ease and joy into your life, I highly recommend introducing a morning walk into your routine. Your nervous system will thank you!

For more ways to connect to yourself and bring joy into your life book a free consultation at the link below and let’s talk!

https://bodynsol.janeapp.com/ #/staff_member/17

06/13/2024

What is the flight response?

When the perceived magnitude of a threat is so great that fighting would seem unlikely to succeed, the flight response is engaged. If the flight response is interrupted and not completed. This can lead to a chronic state of flight.

Being stuck in flight can manifest in several ways as shown below. If you feel like you are stuck in flight, I can help. To find out how book a free consultation and let’s chat!

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06/12/2024

What is the fight response?

Fight response is a defensive response triggered in situations that call for aggression, or when it seems possible to overcome a threat directly. When the fight response is interrupted, the strong urge to fight will have been overcome, but not eliminated. This can leave us in a chronic state of fight.

Being stuck in fight can manifest in several ways as shown below. If you feel like you are stuck in fight, I can help. To find out how book a free consultation and let’s talk!

06/11/2024

Indulge in the ultimate relaxation with our BodynSol Renewal Package. https://bodynsol.janeapp.com/ #/staff_member/15/treatment/163

Experience a 90 minute holistic treatment designed to rejuvenate your body, mind and spirit. This carefully crafted session combines the ancient healing practices of Indian Head Massage, Reiki energy work and Foot Reflexology to provide you with a deeply transformative and blissful experience.

30 minutes Indian Head Massage
30 minutes Reiki Energy and
30 minutes Foot Reflexology

Throughout the session, soothing music, aromatherapy, and a tranquil atmosphere create the perfect environment for deep relaxation and inner peace.

Whether you seek relief from stress, physical discomfort or simply a moment of profound relaxation, our BodynSol Renewal Package offers a sanctuary for your body, mind and spirit to find balance and renewal.

06/11/2024

Somatic Experiencing was developed by Dr. Peter Levine.