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Losing a parent suddenly can be extremely painful. Not only are you in grief for your loss, but you might have to handle their affairs and take care of their belongings. A storage unit can help you during this time in the following ways.

You Can Empty Out Their Nursing Home Room or Apartment

If your parent did not own a home at the time of their death, the landlord of their apartment or the staff at their nursing home might require you to empty out your parent's space within a short time period. Having been shocked by your parent's death, you might not feel as if you can handle making choices about what to discard and what to save in such a rushed time.

Renting a unit in a storage facility gives you somewhere to bring all of your parent's things so that the nursing home or apartment manager doesn't simply throw your parent's belongings away if you can't empty the space quickly enough. While the items are in storage, you can go through them at your own pace and in your own time.

You Can Keep Things for Your Other Relatives

You may know that your parent wanted their cousin to have their pool table or they wanted their uncle to have their album collection, but you might not be able to immediately ship the items out to them if they live far away and don't attend your parent's funeral. They might decide to come out to your area to pick up the items and visit you at a later time, but you may have no room to keep various items in your own home. Being able to store things in a rental storage unit can help you to keep the items safe until the relatives arrive.

You Can Keep Items as Long as You Like

Even after you've gone through your parent's belongings, you might find things that you don't want to keep yourself but aren't quite ready to part with yet. You may still feel a strong emotional connection with your parent and simply don't want to get rid of their belongings. There might be things that they owned that you don't need but may pass down to your own children, such as dishes, silverware and other items. A storage unit allows you to keep your parent's items safe and secure until you are ready to do something else.

Now that you've got a clearer understanding of how a storage unit can prove useful after your parent's unfortunate death, talk to a few storage facilities in the county to get some idea of which one might best suit your needs and budget. Contact a company like Island Movers to get started.