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Traveling in Retirement: Take Care of Health on the Road

Last winter, after David John, 64, had knee replacement surgery, the emergency room physician from Stafford Springs, Conn., decided to recuperate in Florida. He invited his then 84-year-old mother to join him. John hobbled around the airport with a cane, while his mother was in a wheelchair. When they landed, he counted 16 wheelchairs lined up at the gate.

Aging isn't stopping older adults from being on. What if you are abroad, or across the U.S., and have an accident? What if a chronic illness flares up?

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