Articles About Senior Travel

1. A Caregiver's Guide to Transportation Services

   Article - Many groups offer transportation to older adults and those with disabilities. Learn about different transportation services and how to find them.

2. Travel

   Article - Tips for traveling safely and comfortably with older adults.

3. Caring Checklist: What to Ask When You Call a Transport Service

   Article - When choosing a transportation service, you need to know details, from basic costs to help for special needs. Keep track with this checklist.

4. Caring Checklist: What to Ask When You Call a Taxi or Car Service

   Article - When choosing a taxi or car service, you need to know details, from basic costs to help for special needs. Keep track with this checklist.

5. Caring Checklist: What to Ask When You Call a Mass Transit Service

   Article - When choosing a mass transportation service, you need to know details, from basic costs to help for special needs. Keep track with this checklist.

6. How to Find Transportation Services for Every Budget

   Article - Losing the ability to drive is difficult and limiting for seniors. Find out about alternate transportation options for older adults who don't drive.

7. A Frequent Flier's Germ Warfare Kit

   Article - It's difficult to avoid germs on airline flights. Protect yourself from colds and flu by keeping these five essential items in your carry-on bag.

8. How to Avoid Sick Airplane Passengers

   Article - Ever wanted to change seats on an airplane -- but felt too shy or nervous to do it? Try these tips for making a graceful change of seats on a flight.

9. Tips on Traveling With Someone With Parkinson's Disease

   Article - NOTE: Take more carbidopa/levodopa than the care receiver uses at home on his usual schedule and routine. Extra doses may be required to handle the demands of being away.

10. How to Find Free Transportation Services

    Article - Options for free transportation for those in need exist in most communities. Learn where to look for free transportation services in your community.

11. How to Find Low-Cost Transportation Services

    Article - Low-cost transportation services exist in most communities to help older adults who no longer drive. How to find these services, and what they offer.

12. Checklist: Travel for Someone With a Chronic Condition

    Article - Let the person's primary care doctor know of your travel plans. Take more of the person's medications than needed, along with a list of names and dosages. Check with the doctor to see if an immunization against Hepatitis A is recommended if traveling to high-risk areas. Take a list of all medical conditions...

13. How to Find Medium-Priced to Expensive Transportation Services

    Article - For older adults needing transport and flexibility, taxis and private-car services are useful options, though not inexpensive. Here's what to know.

14. Flu-Free Flying

    Article - Many people worry about catching a cold or the flu while on an airplane flight. Learn 12 top tips for avoiding germs and illness when you fly.

15. 7 Ways to Avoid Getting Sick When You Fly

    Article - It's no myth that traveling on an airplane makes you susceptible to colds and flu. Learn why -- and how to avoid getting sick when you fly.

16. 10 Preboarding Secrets to Staying Healthy When You Fly

    Article - It's all too common to get off a plane flight and immediately come down with a cold or flu. Here, learn 10 ways to stay healthy when you fly.

17. Special Occasions and Challenges When Caring for Someone With Alzheimer's

    Article - Help for those sorting through whether to travel or attend weddings, graduations and other cermonies with their loved one with Alzheimer's.

18. Alternatives to Driving for Older Adults

    Article - When an older adult can't drive anymore, check out these helpful transportation alternatives.

19. Caring Checklist: What to Ask When You Call a Paratransit Service

    Article - When choosing a paratransit service, you need to know details, from basic costs to help for special needs. Keep track with this checklist.

20. 7 Keys to Growing Old in Your Own Home

    Article - To age independently in your home, think ahead about specific problem areas. Learn 7 things you'll need if you want to grow old in your own home.

21. 5 Ways to Ensure Better Travels With Someone Who Has Dementia

    Article - You can travel successfully with someone with mild dementia if you cut down on stress. Learn five rules for good travel with someone with dementia.

22. 5 Ways to Make Travel Less Stressful for Someone With Early Memory Loss

    Article - Vacations are often a time when the earliest symptoms of dementia become more obvious. The reason: The onset of dementia is so gradual that the person ordinarily simply compensates for difficulties. For example, he or she retires when work becomes too challenging or it takes extra time to do a task properly...

23. The Best Way to Talk to Aging Adults About Driving

    Article - You're worried about your parents' driving abilities but don't know how to tell them. Tips for talking with elderly parents about driving.

24. Caregivers' Concerns About Older Adults Driving -- and What to Do About It

    Article - As an older adult starts to lose driving skills, people close to him start to worry about whether he should drive. How to handle this sensitive issue.

25. Why Giving Up the Car Keys Is Such a Loaded Issue

    Article - Why giving up the car keys is so traumatic for older adults, and how to help prepare them for the day when they have to stop driving.

26. How to Help Older Adults Cope When They Can No Longer Drive

    Article - Practical tips on how to help older adults cope when they can no longer drive safely -- and how to help them get around without a car.

27. Transportation for Someone With Chronic Lung Disease

    Article - There is a network of transportation services, public and private, that will pick up the disabled and the elderly at their homes. These services rely on vans and paid drivers and run on a schedule to specific locations...

28. Transportation

    Article - There is a network of transportation services, public and private, that will pick up the disabled and the elderly at their homes. These services rely on vans and paid drivers and run on a schedule to specific locations. Free transportation is available from community volunteer organizations, although most public services charge on a sliding scale...

29. How to Handle Holiday Travel and Celebration Problems Common to People With Alzheimer's and Other Dementias

    Article - How do you make holidays easier for Alzheimer's patients? Making holidays, travel, and celebrations easier for Alzheimer's patients take planning.