A few key decisions can give your heart that extra attention and lower your odds of a heart attack or stroke.
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You and Your Heart: What You Control — National (02/12/2021)
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Heart Attack and Stroke Symptoms — National (02/12/2021)
Source: AssociationDon’t wait to get help if you experience any of these heart attack or stroke symptoms.
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ChORUS Older Driver Transportation Planning Tool — National (10/09/2020)
Source: US Department of TransportationThe ChORUS Older Driver Transportation Planning Tool guides you through the steps of developing your transportation plan. Starting early allows you to map out your needs, identify and explore your options for alternate transportation modes in your area, and plan for continuing a full and active life whether you are driving or not. Be sure to talk with your doctor to understand how changes in your medical conditions and/or medications might impact driving. Also, family members, friends, and caregivers can help you think about how to best meet all your transportation needs.
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Some Medications and Driving Don’t Mix — National (09/15/2020)
Source: AssociationThe FDA reports on its website that medications and their side effects could be harmful while driving.
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Senior Health: Seniors Need to Consider When to Give Up Driving — National (09/10/2016)
Source: NewsDo you worry about your driving? Is your family “pestering” you about your driving? Broaching the subject of driving with an older person is usually a difficult task. In our society, driving is associated with independence and freedom.
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Steering to Safety — National (08/28/2016)
Source: AssociationHome Instead Senior Care recently launched an online program that provides tips to make the conversation with an older adult about their driving ability a little easier.
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Time-to-contact estimation errors among older drivers with useful field of view impairments — National (07/01/2016)
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationThe objective of this study was to evaluate how UFOV impairments affect time-to-contact estimates in elderly drivers deciding when to make a left turn across oncoming traffic.
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Assessing Elderly Drivers: Ability Means More Than Age — National (04/08/2015)
Source: AssociationEdmunds.com gives information on its website on how to determine a senior’s driving ability.
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Senior Drivers—and All Other Drivers—9 Tips for Summer Driving — National (07/15/2014)
Source: AssociationJulie Lee, Vice President and National Director of AARP Driver Safety, discusses nine important summer driving tips on this podcast.
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Compendium of Traffic Safety Research Projects (1985-2013) — National (01/01/2014)
Source: US Department of TransportationBrief summaries of research on alcohol-involved driving, drug-involved driving, occupant protection (e.g., seat belts, and child safety seats), speed and other unsafe driving behaviors.