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Volunteer Lillian Takeda, 76, leads an exercise class at Kuakini Home as 101-year-old Bessie Tanaka, right, keeps up. See story, Page 12.

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A passion for golf keeps Betty Roth and a circle of of octogenarian players on course

Volunteer Lillian Takeda, 76, stretches herself by leading exercise classes for seniors

Retired Outrigger executive Tony Delpiano, 93, keeps guests happy as a hotel greeter

Still on the job, 80-year-old librarian Sylvia Mitchell can’t put down the books

Caregivers must tend to their own physical and mental health needs

Seniors should keep fatigue and flexible schedules in mind when on vacation

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Betty Roth, 87, has been golfing since she was 21 and isn’t about to stop. She and a cohort of other senior golfers are regulars at the Kaneohe Klipper Course.

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‘I play as often as I can’ A love of the game keeps a dedicated group of golfers in the swing of things

By Jason Kaneshiro jkaneshiro@staradvertiser.com

Not long after Betty Roth first gripped a golf club, the game took hold of her.

That was some 66 years ago when she traded secretarial duties for golf lessons, and the game’s allure has brought her back to the course time and again well into her 80s.

Roth, an active participant in the local golf community over the years, meets her regular group for a weekly tee time at the Kaneohe Klipper Course, “and if somebody calls and says, ‘Hey, Aunty Betty we need a fourth one,’ my golf clubs are in my car and I’ll just hop in and I’m on my way,” said Roth, who turns 88 in November. “I play as often as I can.”

Her playing schedule includes the annual Hawaii State Womens Golf Association Senior Women’s Championship, played this month at the Hawaii Prince Golf Club in Ewa Beach.

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she’s helped with the operation of the

ans entered in the tournament playing

University of Hawaii’s Dr. Donnis

more for the fun of the sport rather

Thompson Invitational, held annually at

than shooting for a score.

the Klipper Course, for the last 27 years.

Annette Kono, 85, won the event in

Golf has also been interwoven in

1985 and invoked one of golf’s axioms in

Kono’s life since she began playing in

explaining her approach to the game.

the 1960s at the urging of a friend who

“I don’t care what I shoot,” she said.

“Even if you hit a bad shot, one good shot will bring you back.”

The golf association’s Senior Champi-

wanted to try it out.

Kono — no relation to current LPGA Tour member Stephanie Kono — worked as a starter at the Mililani,

onship is open to women ages 50 and

Kalakaua and Leilehua golf courses and

over and drew 17 golfers ages 80-plus

her sons, Curtis and Wesley, also took

last year. Roth and Kono were entered

up the game. Curtis won the Manoa

in that flight, a gathering of golfers who

Cup, the state amateur match play

may have been introduced to golf in

championship, in 1987 and now chal-

various ways but now share a common

lenges current contenders as course su-

affinity for the sport.

perintendent at Oahu Country Club.

“You get that feeling when you want

Lee is also entered in the golf associa-

to go out and play all the time,” said

tion tournament in addition to her regu-

Elaine Lee, 89, who first teed it up in

lar twice-weekly rounds that provide

1969.

social and physical benefits.

Roth heeded a similar sensation

“I guess that was my only hobby. I

while working at Fort Shafter. When she

didn’t care for sewing much, so golf was

finished up at her regular job she

the one thing that kept me going,” said

helped Walter Nagorski, now the

Lee, a member of the Fort Shafter

course’s namesake, with some of his of-

Ladies Club.

fice work.

“I used to answer his phone, I used to do all of his orders for equipment in exchange for my golf lessons,” Roth said.

“It keeps me in shape, for one thing.

Otherwise yard work and housework are not enough.”

Flo Miyasaki, 89, began playing when

She moved to the Windward side in

she was 40 and still heads out three

1959 and has kept a weekly date with

times a week. She had just returned

the Kaneohe Klipper Women’s Golf As-

home after a round of golf with her hus-

sociation since. As chairwoman of the

band at Barbers Point when she consid-

club’s Aloha Committee, she also en-

ered the factors — along with that one

courages the wives of active-duty per-

good shot — that keep her coming

sonnel stationed at the base to join

back.

them on the course.

Her involvement in golf included a

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“The camaraderie, that’s what makes it fun, especially at our age now,”

term as vice president of the Hawaii

Miyasaki said. “We’re really blessed, I

State Womens Golf Association and

think.”

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Betty Roth, 87, has been golfing since she was 21. She plays weekly with a group at the Kaneohe Klipper Course, but is always ready when someone calls and needs a fourth.

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Healthy balance helps top volunteer thrive Life experiences have inspired Lillian Takeda’s energetic passion for assisting others

By Leila Fujimori lfujimori@staradvertiser.com

Good health and a positive attitude are just conse-

“She’s very outgoing, very enthusiastic,” Lau Hee said. “She’s all for the elderly. She has lots of energy.

She doesn’t really walk. She walks really fast.”

quences of volunteerism and regular exercise for

Young at heart?

76-year-old Lillian Takeda, who has a passion for

“Definitely,” she said.

what she does.

Upon retiring, Takeda began volunteering in 1995

Takeda leads balance classes for seniors, crochets

at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children,

baby caps for a hospital, feeds elderly patients and

where she crochets baby caps — her first love. In

walks nearly 10 hours a week.

1996, she attended an exercise class with her mother,

She has logged 20,000 volunteer hours at Kuakini Home, topping all other volunteers there, said Suzette Lau Hee, who oversees the helpers.

and after the instructor retired, took over leading a class.

Takeda teaches, or as she prefers to say, leads two

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balance classes, one at Kuakini Home and another at the Moiliili Community Center.

The classes help participants to get “pumped up to do whatever you are doing,” she said. “It goes both ways. You have to be mentally happy to be there.

When I see them coming and they seem to be enjoying and putting into the exercises, I think we all feel happy.

“We begin with gentle stretching exercises, just to wake the body up first,” Takeda said. “Once the body is up and at ’em, I say, ‘Good morning,’ and nobody says anything. ‘I guess we’re all sleeping yet.’ So we all have to get up.

So we tap our heads and stimulate the brain a little bit.”

She incorporates tai chi deep breathing methods and gentle head and neck exercises.

The Moiliili class involves an entire routine to stretch and tone muscles, including the use of resistance bands, and

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Lillian Takeda, 76, left, leads a balance class involving a variety of exercises, such as tai chi deep breathing methods, for senior residents at Kuakini Home. The exercise class above includes Masao Chinen, right, and Samuel Hirano, next to Chinen. At left, Takeda gives Mildred Casperson, 101, a hug alongside Hisaka Kuwada, 92.

students even balance on one leg.

“They’re pretty good at it, too,” she

Takeda takes pleasure in the entire

They live happily in a multi-level,

times it took one hour.”

said. “We start from our shoulders,

experience, especially socializing with

multi-generational home. Her daughter

right down to our ankles.”

neighbors she meets along her route.

lives downstairs with Takeda’s great-

volunteer work at Kuakini where she

“As you get older, you need that so-

grandson, she lives in the middle sec-

feeds elderly patients who cannot feed

cial contact,” she said. “If you’re a loner

tion and her older grandson lives

themselves.

and all by yourself, I think you need that

upstairs.

At Kuakini, she has three women in her class who are 101 years old.

“I have one who I just didn’t realize was 101,” she said. “She started singing

outside social contact.”

‘Row, Row, Row Your Boat,’ so we all joined in.”

“They all enjoy the class, so they tell me,” she said. “It’s their effort, too.”

but we all have our own spaces,” she TAKEDA worked 17 years for the

self, I’m so fortunate I’m not on the receiving end.”

From her mother, she learned that

and help each other, but we still have

“life itself is your attitude,” she said. “If

elementary school level. But her 12

our own living space.”

you don’t have a positive outlook,

years as a counselor’s helper, dealing

minute walk with her black Pomeran-

with a variety of people while making

ian, Kona, and ends it with a mile walk up a steep hill in her St. Louis Heights neighborhood with her great-grandson the park.

said. “We can ask each other for things,

“I enjoy it,” she said. “I think to my-

state as an educational assistant at the

Takeda starts her day with a 20-

and another hour playing with him at

“We have the whole family living here,

That patience, she said, helps in her

That allows for everyone to “go home

you’re always going to be unhappy.”

and fume” if there are any differences.

“My mother said, ‘Don’t look up at

arrangements with them as guests for

The house was her parents’ home,

what you don’t have.’ If you look at the

career days, helped her develop confi-

where she tended to her father, who

people below you, who don’t have a

dence as a good communicator.

was stricken with muscular dystrophy.

place to sleep or who have to choose

The 76-year-old has been married 56 years to husband Fred.

“I learned a lot of patience from my father,” she said. “I had to feed him. Some-

between medication and eating, you’re fortunate.”

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Tony Delpiano can usually be found at this bench at the Outrigger Waikiki making sure guests are taken care of, even though he retired almost 25 years ago. The former general manager of the Prince Kuhio hotel worked his way up the ranks at Outrigger Hotels & Resorts. He’s shown with Chuck Kelly, grandson of Roy Kelly, Delpiano’s former boss.

Retired hotelier remains ambassador of aloha The former Outrigger general manager, 93, continues to apply lessons learned from a mentor decades ago

By Allison Schaefers aschaefers@staradvertiser.com

Tony Delpiano, 93, officially retired from his career as a general manager with Outrigger Hotels & Resorts about 25 years ago.

But the charming senior with a ready grin and sharp wit still spends every Friday morning voluntarily working the floor of the Outrigger Waikiki because his mentor Roy Kelly, the founder of the Outrigger hotel chain, told him to keep guests happy.

“Roy Kelly put me here and I listened to him,” Delpiano said from the koa-wood bench where he has carved out his own space in the hotel’s entry. “I talk to people. I ask them if they are having a good time and if there is

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anything that I can do for them.”

Growing up in Bristol, R.I., the child of Italian immigrants, Delpiano never envisioned spending a lifetime

“I was the only one they hired because the uniform fit. If I had been taller or shorter, I wouldn’t have gotten that job.”

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“As a kid, I didn’t even know what a hotel looked like,” he said.

Delpiano, who was one of seven surviving children, said that his family struggled to make ends meet.

“I got off at the ninth grade and went to work at a jewelry factory. We were too poor for me to stay in

Tony Delpiano Speaking about his first hotel job as a bellhop at the Boca Raton Hotel. He’s shown with his wife of 58 years, the former Barbara Dorsam, who worked across the hall. Delpiano is pointing at a photo of himself taken in the days when he was a general manager with Outrigger Hotels & Resorts.

school,” he said.

But the course of Delpiano’s life was changed by war and by love. Three days after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Navy and was sent to the Mediterranean, where he served on the destroyer USS Niblack (DD-424).

After the war ended, Delpiano got a job as a bellhop at the Boca Raton Hotel, the property that launched his hospitality career.

“I was the only one they hired because the uniform fit,” he said. “If I had been taller or shorter, I wouldn’t have gotten that job.”

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While working at the hotel, Delpiano met the former Barbara Dorsam of Manoa. The couple, who were wed in 1954, have been married 58 years, but Delpiano still refers to his longtime bride as “this lovely one.”

“I had just been to Europe and I was too broke to get home, so I was working in a dress shop at the same hotel,” said Barbara Delpiano.

The couple, who worked across the hall from

“I worked seven days a week when I first started,” Delpiano said.

Kelly and his wife, Estelle, who built the chain alongside her husband, set the bar high, he said.

“He didn’t like computers so we did everything by hand,” Delpiano said. “He didn’t have any neighbor is-

each other at the Boca Raton Hotel, quickly embarked

land hotels because he didn’t want to own any that he

on the romance that would bring Delpiano to

couldn’t walk through. His managers didn’t sit behind

Hawaii.

a desk; we were always working the floor.”

“Everybody was talking about Tony,” Barbara Delpi-

While Outrigger employees worked hard, the Kellys

“I remember asking him one time why we didn’t get a beautiful mailbox like the Moana,” Delpiano said.

“He told me, ‘The mailbox stays under the desk. I want them to ask you where the mailbox is so you can get to know the guests.’”

Delpiano said he learned much about what guests wanted and shared those findings with Kelly.

Delpiano still shares insights with Outrigger Waikiki General Manager Robert McConnell and Chuck Kelly, Kelly’s grandson.

ano said. “I couldn’t wait to meet him, and when I did I

were generous, he said. “One day I came to work and

“He’s still a wonderful ambassador for the com-

saw how handsome he was.”

asked to borrow $7,500 from Mr. Kelly so that I could

pany,” McConnell said. “A lot of our returnees have

buy a piece of property,” Delpiano said.

come to know him by name, and they look forward to

After the two were married, they lived in Florida, where they had their first two of three children. Eventually, they moved to Hawaii where Delpiano started his career with Outrigger as a cashier at the Edgewater Hotel. However, he quickly moved up, going from the Outrigger Reef to the Outrigger Waikiki, the Outrig-

Kelly pondered Delpiano’s request over lunch and returned with a check.

Delpiano said, “He told me, ‘I guess Christmas came early.’”

Now Delpiano’s weekly visits to the Outrigger

coming back and catching up.”

Current employees, like Stan Daguay, who has worked for Outrigger for 45 years and once worked for Delpiano, also appreciate his weekly visits.

“He remembers names that I don’t even remember,”

ger East and finally the Prince Kuhio, where he retired

Waikiki are a nod to Kelly’s generosity and to his insis-

said the 70-year-old Daguay. “He still acts like he did

as general manager.

tence that employees provide personalized service.

when he was working. He’s amazing.”

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7:00 - 8:00 AM APRIL CHOCK - OPENING CEREMONY 8:00 AM - CYRIL PAHINUI - (WELCOME!) 8:30 - 4:30 DAILY GREG MacDONALD - STEEL DRUM MUSIC Greg MacDonald – Steel Drum Music

FRI.–SUN. | DAILY FRIDAY | SEPTEMBER 28, 2011 TIME

MAIN STAGE

8:30–9:30 am 9:30–10:30 am 10:30–11:30 am 11:30–12:30 pm

Pa- lama Settlement Kilauea Dancers Naleo Nahenahe O Nakupuna Alu Like “Ke Ola Pono No Na Kupuna”

12:30–1:30 pm

The Steptacular

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Legacy Kapahulu Center – Bon Dance Cyril Pahinui – 2012 Ambassador

GALLERIA STAGE

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Cyril Pahinui – 2012 Ambassador

9:30–10:30 am 10:30–11:30 am 11:30–12:30 pm

Nuuanu YMCA’s Tai Chi Group Paradise Seniors The Steptacular

12:30–1:30 pm

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11:30–12:30 pm

Hula Halau O Apelila Cyril Pahinui – 2012 Ambassador SilverSneakers® Group Exercise Class – 24 Hour Fitness The Steptacular

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Assorted Crafts …and much much more!

Canned Food Items to Hawaii Food Bank

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Hearing Health

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How to Reduce Your Property Taxes

Senior Move Managers and Prudential Advantage Realty City & County of Honolulu

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Fusao Nishibun

Hanafuda Hawaii, LLC Senior Lending Hawaii Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Helen Nakano Percy Ihara Tony Lang, Chief Division Counsel, Honolulu FBI and AI

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Phishing, Identity Theft, and Financial Scams: Tips on Protecting Yourself and your Ohana

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Librarian passionate about books, life said. “I love helping people, especially

An 80-year-old library manager has no plans to retire yet, for “there’s so much more to do”

the kids. Something positive is happening every day. I meet interesting people all the time.”

By Nancy Arcayna

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Among her favorite books is “The

LTHOUGH librarians use the lat-

Stars,” by H.A. Rey, author of the “Curi-

est information technology for

ous George” books. “The Stars” contains

research, to classify reference

star charts, a guide to the constellations

materials and help students obtain infor-

and details about seasons. Another fa-

mation, Sylvia Mitchell regularly gets

vorite book is on handwriting analysis.

asked, “Now that we have Google, why

“It’s interesting,” she said. “You can tell a

do we need a library?”

lot about a person’s personality by look-

The librarian makes it her mission to

ing at their handwriting. My T’s are al-

show them the library’s value.

ways too tall, which means I’m proud.”

“Newspapers and libraries have a lot

She also enjoys looking at an atlas.

in common,” Mitchell said. “They are

“I’ve traveled to Germany, England, Scot-

economical, practical and both share an

schools and are normally within walking

land and France, but New Zealand is my

important purpose of keeping citizens

distance. This neighborhood is lacking a

favorite. I’ve been there twice. I love to

informed. Libraries need more publicity

library.”

show kids, and adults, how Hawaii com-

so people know what we are doing.”

Mitchell began working in the library system in 1976. She started at the circulation desk and progressed to a children’s and young-adult librarian before becoming a branch manager at the Liliha Public Library, a position she’s held since 1992. She’s proud of the library de-

I’m lucky. I love my job. I love helping people, especially the kids. Something positive is happening every day. I meet interesting people all the time.”

Sylvia Mitchell Branch manager, Liliha Public Library

signed by Stephen Oyakawa, who studied under Frank Lloyd Wright. The

Growing up in a rural area of Pennsylvania, Mitchell suffered from asthma and couldn't participate in many physi-

pares to other places.”

Mitchell is thankful for her good health, which she attributes to good

cal activities, one of the reasons she was habits such as drinking lots of water, lisdrawn to books. “I read lots … espe-

tening to classical music to relieve

cially Victorian romance novels, be-

stress and learning to meditate.

cause that’s what was available in our home. We lived in the woods.”

She moved to Honolulu in 1961. Before

“I’ve slowed down but I haven’t lost my marbles.”

Part of it may be hereditary, she ex-

“There’s so much more to do,” she

attending library school, including the

building incorporates skylights, rounded said. “If you stay home it’s boring. At

Librarian in a Pluralistic Society: Cross-

corners and generous amounts of open

Cultural Training for Social Action pro-

her to watch what she eats, but says

gram, she became a teacher and taught

physical movement helps her to stay

space and rooftop parking to retain as

work there’s always something to do.”

When she does retire, her dream is to

plained. “My father lived to be 100.”

She does deal with diabetes, causing

much green space around the property

establish a library in the Makiki area.

at the State Hospital, worked as a substi- young and maintain vitality. She

as possible.

“It’s always good to have a dream. It

tute at local high schools and also

stretches every morning before she gets

keeps your mind active.

taught English as a second language.

out of bed. “I need to get the blood circu-

Retirement isn’t in sight for the 80-year-old.

“Libraries were built to support

“I’m lucky. I love my job,” Mitchell

lating.”

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they are caring for at risk.

ents, partners or friends. For some the caregiving de-

Another behavior that is changed is food prefer-

mands may last for a few days, several weeks or even

ences. Studies have shown that lack of sleep increases

for years. Like taking on any new role, shifting into the

the desire to eat, even when a person has had ade-

caregiver job can be difficult and stressful in ways that

quate calories. This may explain the weight gain com-

are difficult to anticipate. Along with the stresses in-

monly seen in caregivers. Other research shows that

herent in these new life complications, primary care-

even in healthy people, restricted sleep leads to in-

givers can find their own health becoming

creased food consumption and an increased desire for

compromised.

sweet and salty foods.

QUESTION: What types of lifestyle factors can change QUESTION: What can a person do to prevent the po-

in the life of a new caregiver?

tentially negative ramifications of caregiving?

ANSWER: Along with the increased psychological

ANSWER: Take advantage of community resources. A

stress caused by a new set of uncertainties, it is com-

good starting place is the University of Hawaii Center

mon for caregivers to get significantly less good-qual-

on Aging (www.hawaii.edu/aging). Programs for the

ity sleep for many reasons. This, of course, can lead to

elderly are increasingly becoming aware of the need to

ongoing fatigue, making it challenging to maintain

support caregiver needs. If you are (or may become) a

good nutrition and exercise habits. Consequently, a vi-

caregiver, explore these resources before you need

cious cycle can develop in which declining health makes it more challenging to do what is needed to maintain health.

Frequently, caregivers need to change their usual

COURTESY AARP

Caregivers often feel emotionally and psychologically stressed and should take advantage of community resources for respite and support.

sleep patterns. This is especially the case when caring for an older individual who falls into a condition called sundown syndrome (also known as sundowning or sunsetting). This syndrome gets its name from the tendency of an older person to become anxious, confused, agitated and even very scared after the sun goes down. Sundowners can be up much of the night and sleep only in short bouts. This, of course, keeps the caregivers from getting an adequate amount of good, quality sleep as well.

them so you know where to go when you need help.

Plan ahead with other family members to answer the “what-if questions” before decisions are needed. Foreknowledge of potential challenges that may be encountered along with an awareness of community and

QUESTION: What are the potential health risks of

caregiving?

ANSWER: Research indicates that caregivers are at

high risk of developing depression, possibly due to the loss of personal time and the challenges inherent in juggling family and work along with caregiving responsibilities. It also is now known that chronic sleep deprivation can trigger many health problems such as fibromyalgia (characterized by joint pains and muscle

family resources can help to make the caregiving role the positive experience that it ideally can be.

——— Joannie Dobbs, Ph.D., C.N.S., and Alan Titchenal, Ph.D., C.N.S., are nutritionists in the Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dobbs also works with University Health Services.

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By Pam LeBlanc Cox Newspapers AUSTIN, TEXAS >> Last summer, I planned a road trip with my mom, who was 74 at the time.

We’d drive from her home in South Haven, Mich., north to St. Ignace. We’d stay a couple of nights there, taking a ferry to Mackinac Island, where I worked one summer when I was a college student.

Then we’d trickle back south, pausing for a night in Traverse City.

We could handle small towns and wide-open spaces, I thought, better than bustling cities.

I learned something, though. While that trip had its fabulous moments — my mom checking her walker at the door and the two of us laughing our way through a House of Mirrors, for one — it turned out that, for us, big-city travel was in many ways easier than small-town exploration.

First, some background. My mom has leukemia and battles fatigue. Me? I can barely sit still for 15 minutes. The combination makes for an interesting travel challenge. But during the past two decades, we’ve logged jaunts to Ireland, Germany, England and France, and we didn’t want to stop.

Our trip wasn’t without hiccups. After a lively day on Mackinac Island, Mom woke up the next morning exhausted. We piled into the car for the two-hour drive to Traverse City, where she didn’t

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have much energy left. We visited a few

the destination, research the resources

shops downtown and then retreated to

available there, such as respite centers

our hotel room. The next morning, we

and in-home health care.

headed back home. I think she snored the whole way.

I took a different tack this year, when I decided a long weekend in the Windy City might work better. And it did.

Your loved one will be a happier traveler if you keep her schedule similar to what she is used to, especially if she has cognitive issues.

“Many of us who are healthy mentally

My aunt delivered my mom right to

like the spirit of adventure, a wide-open

the hotel I booked inside the Loop, the

agenda. That’s entirely wrong for some-

hub of activity in downtown Chicago.

one with a cognitive disability,” Unger

The historic old Palmer House is within

says. “They like things very structured,

a block’s walk of some wonderful ethnic

very concrete.

restaurants and has a huge, lively lobby,

If you’re visiting a place where you

where we could kick back with drinks

have friends or family, try to arrange for

and engage in some fabulous people

a morning or afternoon where your

watching.

loved one can stay in and you can take

Best of all, the hotel is just down the street from the Art Institute of Chicago,

off with some spontaneity.

Communicate your needs clearly.

where we checked out a free wheelchair

While going through security screening

so Mom didn’t have to walk with her

at the airport, Unger alerted employees

cane miles through the museum. And

that her husband had a cognitive dis-

when she needed to rest back at the ho-

ability and the process might make him

tel, I could go for a run along the

anxious. The screener took steps to

lakeshore or zip into nearby shops.

make sure he was more comfortable.

The biggest lesson I’ve learned about traveling with an elderly person? Scale back and slow down. Plan rest time.

Don’t overstuff your schedule. Be realistic about how much walking and exploring your companion can do.

I checked with some experts to get their tips, too.

Faith Unger, project coordinator for

The planning paid off for Unger, who rated her trip a success.

Tam Cummings, an Austin gerontologist, offered a few more tips.

First, check with your loved one’s doctor to make sure he thinks a trip is a good idea.

When choosing a destination, think about mobility. “Do you have an 80-

CaregiverU, an education program at

year-old grandma who can trek across

the nonprofit AGE of Central Texas, re-

the Himalayas or someone who needs a

cently traveled to Denver with her eld-

wheelchair at the airport to make the

erly husband, who has a cognitive

transfer to the next plane?” Cummings

disability.

says.

“I have three adult children, and they

Finally, be flexible. Your traditional

love us to visit. I don’t want to stop that,

yearly trip may now be too overwhelm-

but at the same time I want to make

ing. “Mom loved Broadway, so now in-

sure it’s manageable,” Unger says.

stead of New York City, maybe you go to

Among her suggestions? Whatever

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