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GOMO Travel:


The Future of Assisted Travel


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By Kerri Johnson, RN, EMBA


I “We are helping


normalize assisted travel so that


seniors or anyone who needs


assistance can


travel, whether it’s to visit family, for


necessary medical appointments


and treatments, for relocation purposes, or


simply because they want to.”


—Kerri Johnson, Founder and CEO


did not grow up thinking I would start an as- sisted travel business. My childhood dream was


to become a nurse, which stemmed from the fact that my dad had a serious heart condition. At that time, I unconsciously committed to devote my life to helping others. After years in clinical nursing, I pursued a medical sales career which led to work- ing for global medical products companies and requiring extensive corporate travel. It was during these busy travel years that I encountered seniors traveling alone, and I remember always feeling worried for them that they may not make their connecting flights due to their mobility or general health issues and, more significantly, because they were traveling alone. I know now what I could not have realized then: the pieces of the puzzle for my life’s purpose were coming together. Fast forward to 2017, when I found my biolog-


ical father and realized that this life-altering dis- covery would provide the final piece of my puzzle. While so happy to be given the chance to meet him, finding out he had dementia was heartbreaking. I would never know the full story of how I came to be, rather only see my reflection when I looked in his face. I was unaware of how I was about to shift the way I would help others—until I learned from his immediate family of the dreadful ordeal they experienced trying to get my father from Arizona


to Minnesota for treatment after he had suffered a falling accident. While the complications surround- ing his interstate travel—dementia, age, mobility, physical state, luggage, who would/could accom- pany him, and so on—were insurmountable to his family, it gave me an epiphany that would soon come to fruition as GOMO Travel. Founded in 2019 on the belief that no obstacle should prevent a person from traveling, GOMO Trav- el provides compassionate, concierge-style, assisted travel services, both domestically and internation- ally, to people of all ages. Our experience has shown there are three main pillars in the delivery of assist- ed travel services—safety, comfort, and dignity.


Safety Our #1 priority is our travelers’ safety and well-be- ing. We utilize wheelchairs and walkers to help with mobility, stability, and prevent falls. Since COVID, precautions are taken to clean, disinfect, and sanitize common areas of contact to prevent germ spread and contamination. GOMO Companion Nurses are medically trained (not certified nursing assistants, CNAs) to provide the first line of assistance if an emergency occurs with our travelers. For travelers with dementia, GOMO has significant experience with care facility relocations, employing Companions who are certified dementia practitioners (CDPs).


SUMMER 2021


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