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Anyone Can Travel: The Essential Guide for Seniors, People with Disabilities, Health Problems and All Travellers

by Health Ideas

300 pages; Black coil; catalogue #00-0050; ISBN 1-55212-386-3; US$28.00, C$32.50, EUR23.00, £16.50

Anyone Can Travel is a step-by-step guide for Special Needs travellers including seniors and people with health problems and/or disabilities. This book takes them through a trip from the planning stage to returning home, ensuring that difficulties are minimized and special needs met.

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About the Book Anyone Can Travel is an excellent guide for seniors and people with health problems and/or disabilities. It takes these Special Needs travellers through every aspect of taking a trip including planning, booking, travelling and the return home. The book is full of practical tips, essential questions to ask and useful checklists. It is easy to read, use and handle. Special Needs travellers will learn how to request the special services that will meet their needs and ensure that these are provided during the trip. As well, all the information necessary for a safe, enjoyable and healthy trip is included. The book covers the major forms of travel including hotels, cruising, flying, buses, cars and trains with emphasis on the services available to meet special needs. It also has practical information on travel insurance, packing, customs, passports, visas, currency, travelling with medications and death away from home. These sections are essential for every traveller. Reader Reviews "Nothing short of remarkable" -CAA Going Places April/May 1998 "An excellent guide" -Good Times Magazine April 1998 "Makes travel easy" -CARP News Annual Guide May 1998 "This guide is excellent" -Ontario March of Dimes - South Region February 1998 "A boon to senior travellers" -Winnipeg Free Press September 1997 "Helps the elderly and disabled make vacation planning easy" -Winnipeg Metro January 1998 "Anyone Can Travel was a great help to me when I went to Australia and New Zealand last spring. I knew my rights as a person with a disability and refused to sign a waiver of liability when asked to do so for a cruise. The book helped me with packing, seating requests, insurance, etc." -Edith Parker RN, has multiple sclerosis, walks with a cane. "Very informative; very useful to many people with different needs; the simple point form makes it quite easy to read and understand." -MD, Nephrologist "I don't have any special needs and have travelled a lot but found the book very helpful. I was surprised how much I learned." -Mrs. Terry Mathieson, Senior "I have been overseas several times. I did not know I needed to have travel insurance until I heard your presentation." -Comment at Health Ideas Safe and Healthy Travel talk to hearing impaired individuals

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About the Authors

Melba M. Rous RN BA is a graduate from the Philippines and has a BA in Sociology from Loyola University in Montreal. She has extensive experience in Pediatric Nursing; Nursing Administration and Management and Community Care. She subscribes to family approach nursing and is the owner of Caring Hands that specializes in client health education and advocacy. She is a partner in Health Ideas.

Eileen B. Ward RN BA was born and educated in England. She is a gradute of St. Boniface General Hospital School of Nursing in Winnipeg. She has extensive experience in Nursing Education, Intensive Care, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Health Care Facility Planning and Geriatrics. Her primary interests are travel, opera, cooking and Basset Hounds. Ms. Ward is the owner of VacationCare Inc., a medical travel escort service. She is a partner in Health Ideas

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Table of Contents

Preface - ix
Introduction - xi

Planning a Trip - 3

Choosing a Destination - 3
Choosing a Travel Agent - 7
Using the Internet - 9
Travel Insurance - 10

Health - 11
Cancellation - 16
Luggage - 17
Life - 18

Travelling with Special Needs - 21

Minimum Canadian Standards - Basic Principles - 21
Service Guarantees - 22
What to Expect from Employees - 22
Available Services - 23
Extraordinary Care - 24
Handling Problems - 25
Air Travel Regulations for the Disabled Passenger - 25

International - 26
Canadian - 26
Handling Problems - 30

Canadian Intercity us Code of Practice - 31
Canadian Ferry Accessibility Code for Passengers with Disabilities - 34
Planning the Trip - 35
Handicapped Transit Services - 38
The Traveller with a Visual Impairment - 38
The Hearing Impaired Traveller - 42
The Invisibly Disabled - 45
The Deaf-Blind Traveller - 46
Travelling Companions - 47
Service Animals - 51
Travel Tips for Seniors - 53
Travelling with Children - 59
Travelling while Pregnant - 69

Travelling with a Wheelchair - 73

Preparing the Wheelchair - 75
Lost or Damaged Wheelchairs - 77
Flying - 77
Sightseeing - 82
Cruising - 83
Hotels - 87
Car Rental - 91
Trains - 92
Buses - 94

Travelling with Health Problems - 99

Visit the Doctor - 100
Travelling with a Specific Problem - 101

Allergies - 101
Alzheimer's Disease - 102
Arthritis - 105
Asthma - 106
Common Cold, Sinusitis, Ear Infections - 107
Deep Vein Thrombosis - 108
Diabetes - 108
Epilepsy - 113
Heart Disease - 115
HIV/AIDS - 117
Infectious Diseases - 119
Kidney Disease and Dialysis - 120
Mentally Challenged Travellers - 124
Multiple Sclerosis - 125
Parkinson's Disease - 126
Stroke - 126

Travelling with Medical Devices - 128

Casts - 128
Catheters - 129
Colostomies/Ileostomies - 130
Pacemakers - 131
Stretchers - 132
Ventilator and Tracheotomy - 133
Oxygen - 134

Travel Options - 139

Flying - 139

Air Ambulance - 164

Cruising - 169
Ferries - 175
Hotels - 175
Bed and Breakfasts - 181
Trains - 181
Cars - 187

Buses - 194

Bus Tours - 195
Snowbirds - 197
Travelling with Pets - 199

Staying Healthy away from Home - 205

Low, Moderate and High Risk Areas - 205
Travelling with Medications - 206
Travel Related Health Problems - 209

Animal Hazards - 210
Amoebic Dysentery - 210
Dengue Fever - 211
Environmental Effects - 212
E.Coli - 212
Giardiasis - 213
High Altitude Sickness - 214
Hyperthermia - 215
Hypothermia - 216
Jelly Fish Stings - 217
Motion Sickness - 217
Overexposure to the Sun - 218

Finding a Doctor - 220

Getting Ready for the Trip - 223

Booking the Trip - 223
Vaccinations (Immunizations) - 224
Travel Vaccinations - 225

Cholera - 225
Hepatitis A - 226
Hepatitis B - 227
Hepatitis C - 227
Japanese Encephalitis - 228
Malaria - 228
Meningococcal Meningitis - 229
Rabies - 230
Tetanus - 230
Tuberculosis - 231
Typhoid Fever - 231
Yellow Fever - 232
HIV Testing - 233

Passports and Visas - 233

Passports - 233
Visas - 235
Tourist Cards - 236
Dual Nationality - 236

Currency,Travellers Cheques and Credit Cards - 236

Currency - 236
ATM Machines - 237
Travellers Cheques - 237
Credit Cards - 238
Hotel and Ship Charge Accounts - 239

Luggage - 239

Restrictions - 241
Liability - 241
Lost, Missing and Damaged - 242

Packing - 243

Documents - 244
Miscellaneous - 245
For Women - 246
For Men - 246
First Aid Kit - 247

Home Preparation - 248
Pre-Trip Check List - 250

Taking the Trip - 255

Before Leaving Home - 255
Duty Free Shopping - 255
Passport Control and Customs - 255
Tips for On The Trip - 258
Government Assistance when Travelling Abroad - 259
Travel Safety - 259

Food and Drink - 260
Personal - 261
Money and Documents - 261
Luggage - 261
Flying - 262
Car Travel - 262
Cruising - 263
Sightseeing - 264
Hotels - 264
Public Transportation - 265
Belongings - 266

Tips on:
Tipping - 266

Cabs - 267
Phoning Home - 267
Returning Home - 268

Illness after the Trip - 269
Death Away from Home - 269
Travel Resources - 272
Bibliography - 277
Index - 279

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