2012
DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x12000116
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Grey Nomads travelling in Queensland, Australia: social and health needs

Abstract: ABSTRACTAt any time of the year, and particularly in the colder months of the southern part of the Australian continent, many caravans and mobile homes can be seen on the roads of northern Australia, and Queensland, in particular. Mainly during June, July, August and September, Grey Nomads frequent the northern half of Australia, to escape the colder climate of southern Australia. The term Grey Nomad is applied to the section of the older Australian population who use their ret… Show more

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“…Academic research about grey nomads has consisted primarily of qualitative studies (e.g . with potentially limited generalisability.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Academic research about grey nomads has consisted primarily of qualitative studies (e.g . with potentially limited generalisability.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It is not to say this segment of the RV market is deliberately thumbing their nose at civilized behaviour or civilisation per se, but they are certainly looking to discard the shackles, perceived or real, of societal norms that older Australians in particular have often endured through many years of working life, industrialized labour practices and family raising (Caldicott 2011;Patterson, Pegg, and Litster 2011). Notably, for a growing segment, the self-contained RV that some freedom campers occupy for many months of the year literally becomes their home away from home, (Hardy and Gretzel 2011;Hillman 2013;Woodman 2012), their mobile residence. They are motivated and behave, socially and economically, as mobile residents as opposed to tourists (Counts and Counts 2004;Holloway and Holloway 2011;Radel and Hillman 2013), a concept little understood and often overlooked by destination marketers, community planners and policy-makers (Caldicott 2011).…”
Section: Characteristics and Motivations Of Caravanners And Freedom Cmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Complex medicine regimens might discourage travel for those whose conditions are severely limiting and involve medicine regimens that require precise monitoring, [21] although participants who had highly complex regimens, such as alternating doses, medicines with severe side effects and home haemodialysis, travelled despite these added burdens. Furthermore, many older Australians prefer to travel to new and unfamiliar locations far away from home, [5] perhaps for an undetermined period of time, [4] and this was certainly true of some participants in this study.…”
Section: The Inherent Risk Of Travelling With Multiple Medicinesmentioning
confidence: 79%
“…Travel and tourism research indicates that, among the older population, chronic conditions are not preventing travel [3]. Their travel may be seasonal, spending several winter months in the warmer north areas of Australia, or for an indefinite period of a number of years [4]. Retiree travellers in Australia travel greater distances than their US counterparts and are more likely to move around than remain in the one location [5]…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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