Navigating a life transition can be overwhelming, but you don’t have to do it alone. We provide compassionate, judgment-free support to help seniors and their families downsize, organize, prepare for a move, or settle into a new home.
Urge to Purge was founded by a registered nurse, and it shows in how we work with older adults. We move at your pace, explain what we’re doing, and treat a lifetime of belongings with the respect it deserves.
From decluttering and unpacking to donation coordination and creating safe, functional spaces, we’re here to make every transition simpler, less stressful, and tailored to your unique needs.
We work with adult children too. If you’re coordinating from out of state or trying to help a parent who isn’t sure they want help, we’ve done this many times.
The same four steps we use on every job, applied to senior services.
Pull — We start with a conversation, not the boxes: what matters most, what the new home can hold, and who decides. Then everything comes out one room at a time.
Purge — Decisions stay with your parent when they are able to make them. We make the decisions easier, not for them. A decide-later box is always allowed.
Plan — A plan sized to the new home, with the bed, chair, lamp and medications set up before anything else so the first night feels like home.
Place — Familiar things in familiar places, labels at eye level for the first month, and the rest gifted, sold, donated or hauled as agreed.
We can start with you. A first conversation about what you are seeing and what a first step could look like costs nothing, and many second visits happen with your parent once trust is built.
Yes. We help residents move in and we have organized community storage rooms. We are happy to coordinate with the community staff.
Across Northern Kentucky and Greater Cincinnati, from Union and Florence to Covington, Park Hills, Cincinnati and Loveland.
Call or text (859) 379-5334, or book a free assessment. We’re glad to talk it through with the whole family.