Over 14 million people are expected to check into airports nationwide for Labor Day weekend.
nationwide for Labor Day weekend and, inevitably, some will be travelers with dementia or another cognitive impairment. Nearly a dozen airports — from Phoenix to Kansas City, Missouri — in the last few years have modified their facilities and operations to be more dementia-friendly, advocates say. They’ve added amenities like quiet rooms and a simulation center where travelers with dementia can learn about flying or get a refresher.
Part of the reason she suspects there aren’t more quiet rooms or family restrooms with adult changing tables is because that doesn’t generate revenue, she said."I don’t know what their constraints are in terms of economics. I know what the impact is and the impact is that there’s less for people who need quiet spaces," said Barsel, who is based in Roseville, Minnesota.
Candice Kirkwood, of Indianapolis, experienced what she said was her worst nightmare in 2001 when her parents were flying through the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. Her mother, Marjorie "Margie" Dabney was wearing a badge to signal she needed extra help because she had Alzheimer’s, and the couple was being helped by an airline attendant.
Dabney’s now late husband, Joe, settled a lawsuit with American Airlines for an undisclosed sum in 2003."I don’t want anybody to ever have to go through what I went through," she said. "It’s like once my mother faded away, nobody seemed like they ever cared to talk about it."
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