Posts Tagged "senior travel"

A Change of Season

Posted by on Sep 29, 2009 in Life Lessons | 0 comments

I love the change of seasons in Minnesota and fall is a favorite time of year; this week I have my annual Fall Women’s Retreat with my best friends.  As the saying goes we’ve laughed a lot, cried a little and shared our love of books and learning. This long week end is an opportunity to “reconnect, refine and renew” our friendship at a cabin (actually a house) in the northern woods; I like to think of it as a long overdue pajama party.   We’ve shared stories about career, relationships (mostly good), travel and supporting our aging parents through good or bad health until end of life and we’ve held each other tight...

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Senior Travel and a Anniversary

Posted by on Sep 15, 2009 in Life Lessons | 0 comments

Are you planning to take a trip with a senior family member?  I had the opportunity to take a client to a local Travel Clinic with some mixed results.  Our provider was very thorough but as I looked at my friend who is 79 years old I wondered if all the detailed information about potential diseases you “might” get were overwhelming to listen to in one sitting.  When we were walking out of the clinic she said she couldn’t take in all the information and it gave her a stomach ache just thinking about it.  The staff handed her a folder with several printed pages on what to watch for during her trip and I have to say it was as thick as a small...

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