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A Caregiver’s Tips: Taking a Vacation When Your Loved One Has Dementia
Caregivers need respite, but the thought of spending time away from our care recipients is often anxiety-inducing. Based on the success of our latest experience, I came up with five tips for dementia caregivers who are planning a holiday.
4 Comments8 Tips for Traveling with Urinary Incontinence
Travel plans can run into any number of speedbumps, but incontinence doesn’t have to be one of them. Use these pointers to prevent embarrassing situations and ensure that the journey is as enjoyable as the destination itself.
25 CommentsTravel Tips to Help Seniors Get Through Airport Security Screening
When traveling with a mobility aid, artificial joint, pacemaker, oxygen concentrator or liquid medications, use these insights from a TSA spokesperson to get through security checkpoints quickly and easily.
11 CommentsTen Travel Tips for Senior Travelers
Traveling with an aging adult can present some challenges, but seniors and caregivers can enjoy a safe journey by planning ahead with these tips.
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Travel Questions
My mother is 100 with dementia and lives in assisted living. She was always on the go and very independent. Now, she still wants to go out. How can we ask that they stay closer to her facility?
13 AnswersJoAnn29 Answered 12 hours agoAny recommendations for a hire service?
5 AnswersJoAnn29 Answered Sep 25, 2024How can I have my father in law, who is bedridden due to his illness, transported to GA from NY?
4 AnswersJoAnn29 Answered Sep 19, 2024I'm considering a CA to WA flight, or an Amtrak trip. I've not flown in decades, so Amtrak appeals more. Any discounts for an August trip?
6 Answerspronker Replied Sep 16, 2024
Travel Discussions
Has any of you been on a cruise, and if so was it worth it?
24 CommentsAnxietynacy Commented Aug 28, 2024When the caregiver has dementia.
22 Commentswaytomisery Commented Jul 11, 2024Great NYT article: Racing to Retake a Beloved Trip, Before Dementia Takes Everything
1 Commentwaytomisery Commented Jun 30, 2024What to do regarding my mom's night time supervision?
3 Commentsfunkygrandma59 Commented Jun 27, 2024
Travel Related Topics
- Alzheimer's & Dementia
- Care Decisions
- Burnout
- Dementia Behaviors
- Long-distance Caregiving
- Memory Loss
- Cognitive Decline
- Caregiving
- Area Agency on Aging
- Cancer
- Moderate Dementia
- Sundowner's Syndrome
- Severe Dementia
- Home Modification
- Chemotherapy
- Prostate Cancer
- Violent Behavior
- Mild Dementia
- Dementia Wandering
- Adult Day Care