Archive for the ‘Travel News’ Category
Elderly Discount on Amtrak reported by Scottsdale HomeCare Care Giver
Amtrak Discount to Seniors reported by Phoenix Home Care CareGiver and Care-To-Go.com
A Travel Companion from Phoenix points to a discount available to the elderly on Amtrak.
Senior train travelers can Save 15% on Amtrak if they are over 62 years and the elderly traveler over 60 can have a 10% reduction in price.
Train travel is a favorite way to travel among our senior loved ones.. The tickets are low, and bedroom fairs include meals also.
Care-To-Go is getting more and more requests for a train Travel Companion for their trips.
Care-To-Go at 1-800-818-0407 or on the web at www.caretogotravel.com
Scottsdale Travel Companion Reports on Med Tourism
Boomers are discovering Medical Tourism (Travel) to foreign countries to have medical procedures.
For a variety of reasons, more and more people are going abroad for all kinds of medical procedures and surgeries etc.
As U.S. medical costs skyrocket and insurance companies pay less and less it becomes advantageous to go to a more economical location.
Med Tourism companies can schedule everything from which country, which doctor and hospital and transportation.
Care-To-Go Travel Companions are available to assist travelers to and/or from the country providing the procedures.
For more information on Med Tourism and Travel Companion Assistance call 1-800-818-0407 or see the web at www.CareToGoTravel.com
Seniors Busted at Airport Security—Phoenix based Care-To-Go Travel Companion Reports Hidden Weapons
Seniors Busted at Airport Security—Phoenix based Care-To-Go Travel Companion Reports Hidden Weapons
Many senior travelers are being caught in security checkpoints because of hidden swords in their canes.
It seems that lots of seniors buy canes at Good Will or flea markets and are unaware of hidden swords inside the cane.
The Wall Street Journal reports Since 2002, TSA screeners have found more than 200 canes concealing either swords or knives. Many of these incidents involve elderly travelers who are just as surprised as the security screeners to find sabers hidden inside canes they may have inherited, found at antique shops, or received from charities. In September alone, four such incidents occurred according to documents provided by the TSA.
Using a Travel Companion from Care-To-Go can help seniors travel safely and with less hassle. www,CareToGoTravel.com
Top Themed Cruises for 2010 Reported by Phoenix Caregiver
Care-To-Go Travel Companions are always on the lookout for interesting travel deals and ideas. The following article for travel agents reveals Top 30 Themed Cruises for 2010. Traveling Caregiver assistance can make a vacation for a senior an enjoyable and safe event.
Tapping into themed cruises that precisely match your client’s interest, hobby or passion is equivalent to adding a “must-have” ingredient to your recipe for sales success.
Themed cruises often include private onboard events or activities not open to regular cruise guests. So, “the cruise isn’t sold based on price, it’s sold on a specific experience,” stresses Susan Schaefer, independent affiliate of America’s Vacation Center, Brentwood, TN. “Your client isn’t looking for the lowest price, so you aren’t competing with pricing when selling a themed cruise.”
Care-To-Go Travel Companions can be reached at 800-818-0407 or on the web at www.CareToGoTravel.com
Phoenix Travel Companion Explains TSA Bag Security
Care-To-Go Travel Companion reveals anti-theft tip for checked bags.
Checked bags for air travel must be available for inspection by TSA after you check them. Most bags are left unlocked per airline instructions. This often results in valuable items being stolen between you checking them at departure and you retrieving them at your destination.
The following is an article from the TSA explaining locks that they can open with a master key. Hopefully, all the other baggage handlers along the way will not have access to your bags.
TSA screens every passenger’s baggage before it is placed on an airplane. While our technology allows us to electronically screen bags, there are times when we need to physically inspect a piece of luggage. TSA has worked with several companies to develop locks that can be opened by security officers using universal "master" keys so that the locks may not have to be cut. These locks are available at airports and travel stores nationwide. The packaging on the locks indicates whether they can be opened by TSA.
Care-To-Go Travel Companions can be reached at 800-818-0407 and on the web at www.CareToGoTravel.com
Care-To-Go reports– Blood Pressure Worry: It’s Linked to Dementia
How a Travel Companion can assist with senior travel. Travel Companions can travel with the elderly traveling by car, air, or on a cruise.
Memory loss is a major factor slowing elderly travel. Aside from physical limitations, anxiety and memory loss are the main two factors stopping senior travel.
Phoenix, Scottsdale, Caregiver reports that Blood pressure worry can be linked to dementia in the elderly.
HEALTHBEAT: Study will put to test growing evidence linking high blood pressure to dementia
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON January 25, 2010 (AP)
If the cardiologist’s warnings don’t scare you, consider this: Controlling blood pressure just might be the best protection yet known against dementia.
In a flurry of new research, scientists scanned people’s brains to show hypertension fuels a kind of scarring linked to later development of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. Those scars can start building up in middle age, decades before memory problems will appear.
The evidence is strong enough that the National Institutes of Health soon will begin enrolling thousands of hypertension sufferers in a major study to see if aggressive treatment — pushing blood pressure lower than currently recommended — better protects not just their hearts but their brains.
"If you look … for things that we can prevent that lead to cognitive decline in the elderly, hypertension is at the top of the list," Dr. Walter Koroshetz, deputy director of NIH’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, told The Associated Press.
Age is the biggest risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia that affect about one in eight people 65 or older.
Scientists have long noticed that some of the same triggers for heart disease — high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes — seem to increase the risk of dementia, too. But for years, they thought that link was with "vascular dementia," memory problems usually linked to small strokes, and not the scarier classic Alzheimer’s disease.
Now those lines are blurring as specialists realize that many if not most patients have a mix of the two dementias. Somehow, factors like hypertension — blood pressure readings of 140 over 90 or higher — that weaken arteries also seem to spur Alzheimer’s disease-like processes.
One suspect: Scarring known as white matter lesions. White matter acts as the brain’s telephone network, a system of axons, or nerve fibers, that allow brain cells to communicate with each other. Even slightly elevated blood pressure can damage the tiny blood vessels that nourish white matter, interrupting those signals.
Care-To-Go, Phoenix, Scottsdale, home care, caregivers can be reached at CareToGoTravel.com and 800-818-0407
NEW TRAVEL COMPANION SERVICE DEDICATED TO HELPING ELDERLY TRAVEL
NEW TRAVEL COMPANION SERVICE DEDICATED TO HELPING ELDERLY TRAVEL
Phoenix, January, 2010 – According to the Assisted Living Federation of America, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of persons aged 85 and over and that number is expected to increase by an additional 33.2 percent in 2010. With this increase in the elderly population, families are looking for ways to connect with their loved ones who live in other cities without sending them alone.
Families have found that navigating the transportation systems can be challenging. Many people may not know the availability and advantages of Professional Travel Companions.
Families on the hunt for ways to connect with family members that can not travel alone because of aging years, illness or injury will be excited to know that a Travel Companion can fly with Mom, Dad or Grandma from other parts of the country to Phoenix or from Phoenix to any destination.
There are many benefits of having highly trained Travel Companion fly with your loved one. They are there to serve as professional companions and as strong advocates as well as traveling caregivers for the entire trip.
ABOUT GARY AND BETH BATES AND CARE-TO-GO TRAVEL COMPANIONS
Captain Gary Bates of TWA and American Airlines retired and wife Beth Bates, provide years of travel experience and loving caregiving.
“After caring for people in airports and on board airplanes over the years, we realized there is a real need in for seniors to have professional Travel Companions accompany them on flights.”, States Gary and Beth Bates of Care-To-Go.
Captain Gary Bates, world traveler and travel consultant and Beth Bates understand the need to escort seniors traveling for their relaxation, enjoyment and safety.
The husband and wife healthcare duo have a passion for helping the elderly maintain their independence and lifestyle including traveling to family events, medical facilities or to re-locate to another city.
Care-To-Go can be reached at 800-818-0407 and on the web at www.CareToGoTravel.com
Care-To-Go Travel Companions endorsed by Phoenix Airport Chaplin and Travelers Aid
Care-To-Go Travel Companions endorsed by Phoenix Airport Chaplin and Travelers Aid for people needing a Travel Companion and traveling Caregiver.
It is always great to receive acknowledgement for Travel Companion services provided to seniors and people needing assistance.
The Phoenix Skyharbor airport receives lots of requests to assist travelers. Sometimes it is confusion and sometimes it is a request for more complete travel assistance.
The following is an excerpt from Rev. Al Young, Chaplain, Sky Harbor Interfaith Chaplaincy
“In my opinion, Care-To-Go is providing a service that increasingly is needed as the U.S. population ages and air travel is complicated by new technology and security restrictions. A travel companion is just what some people need to make them comfortable venturing out on a visit to family or friends.
May you have good success with the service.
Sincerely,
Rev. Al Young
Chaplain, Sky Harbor Interfaith Chaplaincy”
To schedule a Travel Companion from Care-To-Go, call 800-818-0407 or visit the web, CareToGoTavel.com
Phoenix Travel Companion, Scottsdale Travel Companion, Saint Louis Travel Companion available plus numerous other parts of the country.
Veterans and the Holidays—Caregiver Attention is Appreciated
The care and respect required for our veterans is often overlooked. Caregivers are provided to veterans in a spectacular fashion at the Arizona State Veterans 
Home.
The following is an excerpt from the Arizona State Veterans Home news letter.
Article by Leslie Goin
The holidays were spectacular at the Arizona State Veterans Home. All of the veterans and staff wish to extend our deepest gratitude to the man service organizations and individuals who made this Christmas, Hanukah and New Years so wonderful. I hesitate to name anyone personally in this article for fear I will forget someone. It seemed that everyday someone was stopping by to let the Veterans who reside here know that their service was appreciated and to wish them a happy holiday season. Gifts parties, carolers, cards, placemats, cookies, and well wishes poured in at an unbelievable rate. For some the holidays can be a sad time, especially when separated from those they love, but I truly believe that the community kept everyone here so busy, that no one had time to be lonely. Thank you all for making the Arizona State Veterans Home a part of your family.
Care-To-Go Travel Companions now working with the Arizona State Veteran Home to assist veterans in traveling to and from the Veterans Home.
For more information on Travel Companion services visit CareToGoTravel.com.
Care-To-Go Travel Companions Coast to Coast During the Christmas Season
Care-To-Go provides the elderly with a Travel Companion for Christmas travel. The following is a synopsis of this Christmas season’s travels.
Gary started off with a trip from Phoenix , AZ to Glendale, CA to get Evelyn B. to an annual Christmas party brunch given by her niece Joan. The event was a huge success with lots to eat, good friends and relatives to visit with and a gift exchange game. This one got a little comical as all of the tree ornament gifts were a little weird! Sometimes the best of times are made possible with a Travel Companion and CareGiver.
Beth headed from Phoenix, AZ to Naples, FL assisting Art D. with a family gathering. Joan was down from Kingston, Canada and Steven was in from St. Louis, MO.
A CareGiver assisting during family gatherings may enable a senior to participate in good times during the holidays and a Travel Companion can get the senior to the event.
Meanwhile, Gary headed for St. Louis, MO through Dallas, TX. Before leaving, Gary checked the St. Louis and Dallas weather as well as the loads on the flights and backup flights. (He can’t help it, the airline training is in his blood.) All went well until the connecting flight in Dallas. It seems that Chicago had several canceled flights due to a snow storm and hundreds of passengers were routed through Dallas. OOPS now we are number 34 on a standby list with all the flights to St. Louis full. Gary was able to find a connection through New Orleans to St. Louis that even the airline didn’t see. All went well and the arrival in St. Louis was just a little later than planned.
After enjoying a little snow for Christmas and 25 to 35 degree weather, Gary then flies from St. Louis to Miami and then back to Phoenix.
Beth flies back to Phoenix, has a few days rest and then a trip to southern California.
Being Travel Companions and a CareGiver, life is never dull. Gary and Beth love what they do, assisting seniors with Holiday get-togethers, family reunions and just having fun.
When a Travel Companion can assist you, contact Care-To-Go at 480-284-8611 or 800-818-0407. You can also visit them on the web at Care-To-Go.com and CareToGoTravel.com. Care-To-Go also offers Phoenix Home Care to those in the Phoenix area.