ADVANCED AGE AND DISABLED HEALTH TOURISM CONCEPT, PROBLEMS AND SOLUTION SUGGESTIONS

Year 2021, Volume: 6 Issue: 2, 492 - 514, 29.07.2021

Tuğçe Saygılı , Sibel Oymak Yalçın Haluk Özsarı

Abstract

Disabled health tourism, which is one of the sub-branches of health tourism, is in the development stage as a sector. The number of people with disability is a considerable amount of in the world and Turkey is substantial degree. The increase in life expectancy at birth
increases the elderly population, an increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases and disability.
With this increase, there is an increase in the demand for service procurement and the costs to
be incurred. In thisstudy, the definition of elderly and disabled tourism in the world and Turkey,
the detection of needs by presenting the current situation with demographic and other health
indicators, national and discussion of the issue in the presence of international literature and
aimed to present proposals for the improvement of elderly and disabled tourism in Turkey. As a result, disabilities that cannot be cured but lead to a decrease in self-care skills in quality of
life and physiological disability with advanced age are also beginning to create a separate
burden on health services. To alleviate this burden, the field of health tourism should be
developed to support services such as rehabilitation and care.

Keywords

disabled health tourism, disabled population, health tourism, elderly population

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