A gerontologia como princípio básico na condução da pessoa idosa em viagens turísticas: projeto de intervenção

Abstract

Currently, the elderly have been more concerned with filling out routines and changing habits to redefine life. In this scenario, travel has become an important ally for the development of physical and psychological well-being. This work is an Intervention Project whose general objective is to promote, along with the travel agents, the basic principles of gerontology in driving the elderly person on tourist trips. Specific objectives include: (1) Adapting tourist travel itineraries for the elderly; (2) Providing / stimulating / triggering a prudent and humane relationship between travel agencies and the elderly; (3) Promote knowledge about aging for travel agents. The need for physiological, emotional and social care for the elderly is ratified, in addition to the evidence of the emergence of a humanized relationship between travel agencies to enhance the said public. It concludes by highlighting the importance of continuing education for travel agents, with an emphasis on knowledge about human aging.