It has been decades since family members lived within a few miles of each other. Instead of getting married and moving across town, kids grow up, marry, and move across the country. When aging parents can no longer independently drive themselves to medical appointments or in emergency situations, adult kids who live far away feel helpless. Worry and stress mount as the days go by.

Whether aging parents cause concern because of issues with dementia, loss of balance and fall risk or complicating health conditions, it is good to have reliable and caring transportation available at a moments notice.

Let’s follow a week in the life of Rob and Janice, a hypothetical couple in their 70’s, living 3 hours to their closest adult child. Rob fell 2 months ago and broke his hip. He’s had surgery and is in the process of healing. Janice has been forgetting things and gets confused. She has dizzy spells and doctors are trying to figure out if it’s a health issue or a medication issue.

Weekly Transportation Needs

Rob has physical therapy for his hip twice a week across town. Janice has an appointment this week with her neurologist and one with her ophthalmologist, she is having trouble remembering which one is on what day.
The medical transport services company is informed of the appointment times and locations for the week. They will be prepared to help Rob, using his walker, get in and out of the vehicle and into the office for his appointment. They will remind Janice what appointment she is going to and will help her remember what is next.
Medical appointments, whether scheduled weeks ahead of time or on short notice, must be kept. The appointments are vital where medication refills and better health in general for senior parents are concerned.
Rob and Janice’s children can have peace of mind knowing their parents will get the medical care and the needed physical therapy.

Long Distance Transport Services

The need arises for Janice to visit a specialist in the nearest large city. Unfortunately the city and doctor are over 200 miles away. Rob is worried about his wife and feels sad that he can’t be the one to drive her to her appointment as he used to.
Medical Transportation Services from ACC Medlink are available to drive clients long distances for procedure appointments as well as consults. The staff is trained to meet the needs of clients as they travel.
Rob and Janice’s kids are grateful to know their parents can get to these appointments without worry, thanks to ACC Medlink, the leader in Long Distance Medical Transport.

There are other scenarios in which the need for medical transport services arise. Weekly dialysis or chemotherapy appointments are of life and death importance. Even if the client is able to drive himself to the appointments, these services are extremely helpful when the side affects of what the client is having done can be incapacitating.

The greatest benefit of using these services is knowing that, should a life and death situation arise during transport, the staff and vehicles are equipped to handle such emergencies and lives are saved as a result.

Rob and Janice’s children love them and feel extreme guilt when they cannot always be there to take them to their needed appointments. Knowing there are kind people working for a reliable company that can make sure their parents get to their important appointments is a matter of peace of mind for everyone in the family, including Rob and Janice.