SENIOR TRAVELLER RESOURCES
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Resources specifically relating to the senior traveller
- NaTHNaC factsheet on the older travellers published on TravelHealthPro
- National Institute for Aging: talking with your older patient
- IAMAT – the Older Traveller
- IAMAT – Healthy Travel: a pocket guide for seniors
- Suh KN, Flaherty GT. The Older Traveller in: Travel Medicine 4th Edition, Eds. Keystone et al. Elsevier 2019
Topics related to the senior traveller but not specific to this group alone
- WHO Factsheet on Falls
- IATA medical manual – see pages 54 – 59 for fitness to fly guidance
- FCO – Coping with Death Abroad information and the FCO travelaware campaign resources
- British Airways disability assistance
- DVT prevention for travellers – Clinical Knowledge Summary from National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents – Home page and ‘Safe at home, tips for the over 65s’ booklet
- Fitfortravel advice on general accident prevention
- Travellers’ diarrhoea factsheet from NaTHNaC
- Medic Alert information
- Provision of medical services abroad e.g. International SOS; the Bloodcare Foundation; IAMAT; ISTM travel clinics
Interesting article from the Terrence Higgins Trust – Still got it: Sexual health of the over 50s