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If the thought of vacationing with your parents makes you cringe, fear no more! Help is here! Planes, Canes, and Automobiles: Connecting with Your Aging Parents through Travel is a gold mine of practical advice, funny anecdotes, and tales of triumphs and travails from Val Grubb, who has traveled more than 300,000 miles (and counting!) with her 84-year-old mother in the past twenty years. When planning a recent trip overseas, however, Grubb realized that her mom's physical and mental capabilities had suddenly changed. Her mom now needed a wheelchair, for example, and was afraid to travel alone (even on short flights to meet her daughter for a long trip together). Grubb set out to find suggestions for handling these changes and after much research was struck by the lack of comprehensive information that shed light on the nuances of globetrotting with aging parents.
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My father was a pilot, so I was born with travel in my blood. I took my first solo trip at the age of four (when I wandered out of eyesight of my house one day) . Since then I??ve continued to make exploring the world a priority while pursuing careers in both operations management and executive coaching. Mom and I took our first overseas vacation together when she was sixty-four, and in the more 20 years since then, we??ve logged over 300,000 miles (and counting!) . In response to the lack of available resources on the subject of seniors traveling with their adult children, I began publishing in 2013, a blog that chronicles the triumphs (and challenges) of intergenerational travel with a ??you can do this? flair. I love to hear about other people's travel adventures and can be reached at travelwithagingparents@gmail. com.
