The Needs of Health and Safety for Seniors Traveling Overseas

• Main Authors: Lin Hsueh-Lan, 林雪蘭
• Other Authors: Chen Chienho
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/61288729124647778836

碩士 === 國立臺北護理健康大學 === 旅遊健康研究所 === 102 === With the coming acceleration of global population ageing, seniors are traveling overseas in an ever-increasing numbers. According to the statistics release of survey report of Tourism Bureau, M.O.T,C., Republic of China, the number of senior visitors have increased recently and also have become the promising customers of traveling agency. In this study, we explore the need of the safety for senior traveling overseas. The subject of the study focuses on seniors aged over 65 and the total sample size is 90 persons with free-listing by questionnaire and narration. Then, the use of ANTHROPAC software to analyze the data and calculate the salience index which indicate the need of safety. The result of the study concluded that the most important needs on health are ranked as follow:（1）emergency（2）Chronic Diseases（3）ageing（4）food-making（5）food freshness（6）temperature/humidity（7）overseas medical treatment（8）eating habits（9）food taste（10）room environmental health. The most important needs on safety are ranked as follow:（1）vehicle breakdown （2）public security（3）road traffic condition（4）ageing（5）Violation of Automobile Drivers（6）lost（7）flight safety（8）room safety（9）accident（10）fire-fighting equipment. The result will be advised to the future senior overseas travelers.