title: Australian senior adventure travellers to Peru: Maximising older tourists' travel health experience.
abstract: Financially comfortable, with ample spare time and much better health, older people travel more than ever and to more adventurous destinations. Taking Australian senior adventure travellers to Peru as an example, travel health preparations need to take into account the phenomenon 'senior traveller', the destination with its attractions and challenges, and age-related changes and restrictions. The need for routine travel health advice, vaccinations and prophylaxis remains unchanged. However, more emphasis should be placed on locality-specific issues so that age-appropriate advice and preparations maximize the chances for a safe and memorable travel experience.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia. Irmgard.Bauer@jcu.edu.au
authors.forename: Irmgard
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001315:Australia; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology; D010568:Peru; D011998:Recreation; D012307:Risk Factors; D014195:Travel / Q000523:psychology*; D057236:Travel Medicine; D014611:Vaccination / Q000379:methods*