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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.
5 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
Can a portable stairlift be rented? My family is vacationing, but the house has a set of stairs to enter.
7 AnswersJoAnn29 Answered 1 hour agoMy wife has dementia and we are snowbirds in Florida. Her PA says returning to our home for a month will worsen her dementia. I disagree.
11 AnswersFawnby Answered 16 hours agoMy husband has chronic high blood pressure and atrial fibrillation. Could I leave him home alone for 5 days with a medical alert device?
4 AnswersJoAnn29 Answered May 8, 2026Dad (89) unable to care for himself wants to travel. It’s hard as it is to care for him. I felt bad telling him that his travel days are over.
15 Answersjustoldin25 Answered Apr 30, 2026
Travel Discussions
I am the caregiver for my spouse. I am healthy and had lots of plans for my retirement. I have become resentful. How to handle this?
36 CommentsBellerose63 Commented Mar 11, 2026Vacations for families with loved ones on hospice?
7 Commentsearthsong69 Commented Feb 2025Great NYT article: Racing to Retake a Beloved Trip, Before Dementia Takes Everything
8 CommentsSnoopyLove Commented Sep 2024When the caregiver has dementia.
19 Commentswaytomisery Commented Jul 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
- Sundowner's Syndrome
- Moderate Dementia
- Home Modification
- Severe Dementia
- Dementia Wandering
- Mild Dementia
- Adult Day Care
- Violent Behavior
- Chemotherapy
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