Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Senior Mobility
National Press Foundation
Driving and Behavior
• Social Activities
• Daily Responsibilities
• Vacations
• Medical Appointments
States with Medical Review Boards
(D.C.)
(D.C.)
Goal:
To help seniors stay mobile for as long as
safely possible
3 Elements of Traffic Safety
Driver
(training, screening, supplemental transportation)
Vehicle Road
(better crash protection, (senior-friendly
seat belt design, “fit” of vehicle) road design)
The ROAD
Senior-Friendly Road Design
• Safety-oriented road design has the potential
to greatly reduce death and injury to our aging
population
– intersection improvements; better signage,
lighting, and road markings; and protected
left-turn lanes
Impaired vision
Hearing Loss
Impaired joint mobility
Neurologic impairment
Barbara J. Messinger-Rapport, How to assess and counsel the older driver: Cleveland
Clinic Journal of Medicine. March 2002. Slide courtesy of Gisele Wolf-Klein, MD, FACP.
Effects of Eye Diseases on Vision
Normal
New England College of Optometry: Implication of online renewal without vision screening: May,2003
Useful Field of View ®
Cognitive Skills Critical for Driving
• Memory
• Visual perception, visual
processing, and visuospatial skills
• Selective and divided attention
• Executive skills
Trail-Making
Screening Measures - Validity & Reliability
• Visual Acuity – high contrast
• Visual Acuity – low contrast
• Useful Field of View ®
• Working Memory
• Visual Search
• Visualization of Missing Information
• Lower Limb Strength and Mobility
• Head-Neck Flexibility
• CD-ROM
• Screens 8 factors
important for driving
• Developed with
TransAnalytics
INTRODUCTION
LOW CONTRAST VISUAL ACUITY
RESULTS PAGE
RESULTS
Supplemental Transportation
Program Pilot in Pasadena
DOCUMENTATION
4 indicates location of
“STAR” Search winners
What’s good for
Seniors
is good for ALL of us!
A Few Resources
AAA: www.aaapublicaffairs.com
AARP: www.aarp.org/drive