5 alternative transportation options for seniors who are no longer driving
Curious about transportation for seniors? These five options will help older adults who no longer drive get around safely.
Professional Association
Transportation for Seniors (Seniorliving.org)
Senior Living provided a quick guide around alternative transportation. Some examples include public transportation, paratransit programs, volunteer services, and senior shuttles.
Sidewalks
Safe, accessible, and well-maintained sidewalks are a fundamental and necessary investment for cities and have been found to enhance general public health maximizing social capital. Read more from NACTO about sidewalk safety.
Age-Friendly Walking
Age-Friendly Walking is a framework for planning and building cities and towns that are walkable for people of all ages. Walkability is key to ensuring that older adults can age in community, access goods and services and maintain health.
Cognitive Decline and Driving Evaluation in the Elderly
This activity reviews the evaluation of driving impairment in patients with dementia and highlights the interprofessional team's role in evaluating and treating patients with this condition.
Driving & Community Mobility
AOTA is here to assist in your driving programs and projects with resources, tools, frameworks, and partner connections to support your clients and the community.
MyMobility Plan
While it may not be possible to prevent all of these changes, there are actions you and your loved ones can take today, and as you age, to help keep you safe and independent tomorrow. Use this tool to help plan for the future.
Traffic Safety and Older Drivers
This article talks about age related changes and impact on driving safety, cognition and reaction times, visual impairment, injuries and prevention.
Overestimation of on-road driving performance is associated with reduced driving safety in older drivers
Overestimation of on-road driving performance is associated with reduced driving safety in older drivers.
Safety potential of crash avoidance features, improved headlights, and V2V-enhanced technologies for older drivers
These findings underscore the need to bring intersection assistance technologies to the consumer market. Everyone stands to benefit from currently available crash avoidance features and improved headlights and promoted among drivers