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BY PATRICIA ORTIZ
Senior Living Guide
2025
Welcome to Community Impact’s Senior Living Guide. Our annual Senior Living Guide focuses on resources for seniors living in and around Plano. It also contains the latest updates in the city. All of the stories were written by our team of local journalists, and all of the advertisements are from nearby businesses who support our mission to provide free, useful news—please show them your gratitude by supporting them. We’re unwavering in our commitment to provide free, useful news to the community, because we believe everyone deserves to receive high-quality information about where they live. The stories in this edition include tips on making a move into senior living, along with a list of senior living options in Plano.
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Realtors share guidance, tips to know when making the move to senior living (Page 17)
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BY PATRICIA ORTIZ
Q&A: Southlake-based Realtors share guidance, top tips to know when making the move to senior living
Kim McKinnon and Denise Lamanna work together as Realtors on their “Downsizing Made Easy” program at Southlake-based McKinnon Real Estate, which focuses on helping homeowners across the region transition to senior living. In your professional experience, why might someone choose to transition to senior living? McKinnon: Ease of life. One thing that we’ve found with our clients is they might be trepida- tious about making the decision to move. But once we get them in the facility, they wish they would have done it ve years before. Lamanna: It’s the emotional pull to stay where they are even though they know it’s time to move. And once they make the move, it’s a whole di erent feel for them. I don’t think we’ve had one client that’s been disappointed with it for sure. But the reasons really are managing a
home and being around other people, having less maintenance. Your daily needs are met when you move to senior living. How can families determine if senior living is a good t for their needs? McKinnon: If someone is having a hard time functioning at home, meaning running errands, being able to get meals prepared. Are they able to walk freely? Lamanna: Are their physical needs being met? We also run into loneliness or their ability to main- tain their home from a maintenance perspective. What challenges might families face that they may not expect during their transition? McKinnon: How much work it’s going to be. What most families struggle with, we nd, is just getting started.
Kim McKinnon (left) and Denise Lamanna are two Southlake-based Realtors at McKinnon Real Estate.
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Lamanna: Until you start the process, you don’t really realize how much it takes to make a move, especially if the parent or the senior has lived there a long time.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity. For a longer version, visit communityimpact.com .
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