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Department of Senior Services
Older Driver Family
Assistance Help Network
For families, friends, and caregivers concerned about an aging loved one who is driving "at risk"
(716) 858-8526
Information on Driving and Aging
- Help Network Members
Willing to field general information requests. - References
The following is a list of references the Help Network has found useful for formulating and developing evidence-based interventions and/or viable alternative solutions for the families, friends and caregivers and when responding to community requests for information."When You Are Concerned - A handbook for families concerned about the safety of an older driver", by P.R. LePore, Albany: New York State Office for the Aging
An award-winning publication that provides an excellent overview of issues and experience-based ideas for addressing family and caregiver concerns about an aging driver
"The Woman Who Drew The Line", by Zig Ziglar, Messages from the Masters, Newsletter from DailyInbox.com, January 30, 2001. Type "The Woman Who Drew the Line" into a search engine with the quotation marks to find the document on-line.
A brief article about Dr. June McCarroll, who came up with the idea to draw a line down the center of the road and pursued the idea
- "Some Caution Signals for Older Drivers", by Jane E. Brody, New York Times, February 20, 2001
- "Determining Driver Safety, Researchers Target Risk Factors for Car Crashes," Abstract includes information from an interview of Gerald McGwin, Center for Aging Geriatric Education, Insight on Aging, Vol 8 No 1, Winter 2001, p. 3
- "Paving the Way for Older Drivers," Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council, GBNRTC, Winter 2001, pp. 4-10
- "Study: Older Driver Fatalities On The Rise," Senior Beacon, April 2001, p.25
"A Practical Guide to Alzheimer's, Dementia and Driving," Web page of The Hartford, 2000
Check out the "Agreement with My Family about Driving"
- "Older drivers up close, they aren't dangerous except maybe to themselves," Status Report, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Vol. 36, No. 8, September 8, 2001, pp. 1-7.
- "Vision Changes and the Aging Driver: A Range of Issues" by Cynthia Stuen, DSW, Aging & Vision, Lighthouse International, Volume 13, Number 1, Summer/Fall 2001, (also including "Vision Impairment and the Older Driver" by Kent Higgins, PhD, "Optical Devices and the Low Vision Driver" by Lori L. Grover, OD, FAAO, "Vision, Aging and Road Safety" by D. Alfred Owens, PhD, "Driving Self-Regulation and Cessation" by Amy Horowitz, DSW, and "When Driving Isn't Safe: Some Ethical Dilemmas" by Bruce Rosenthal, OD, FAAO)
- "Driver Distraction", slide presentation by AAA of Western New York, The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, Washington, D.C., Published reports available at: http://www.aaafoundation.org
"Staying On the Road, Techniques and technology to help older people drive more safely", by Amy Dickinson, Time.com, April 16, 2002
Available for purchase at www.time.com; search the archive
- "Statistics for New York State Drivers", "Senior Drivers, two different stories," presented by Phil LePore, New York State Office for Aging
- "For Older Drivers, a Choice Between Freedom and Safety", by Catherine Collins, The New York Times, October 21,1998, Late Edition – Final, Section G., Page 16, Column 1
- Driver Medical Conditions and Accident Re-examination, New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
- "At the Crossroads, A Guide to Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia & Driving", The Hartford, Hartford, CT 06115, 2000
- "Many doctors don't spot dementia in older drivers", by Charnicia E. Huggins, as cited by Reuters Health, 2002-08-08, interview with Dr. Victor G. Valcour about a study: Valcour V, Masaki K, Blanchette PL, Curb JD. The prevalence of undiagnosed dementia in primary care. Annual American Geriatrics Society Meeting, Philadelphia, May 1999
- "Questions Arise As More Older Americans Outlive Driving Privilege", NIH News Release, July 29, 2002, contact: Doug Dollemore
- "Driving Life Expectancy of Persons Aged 70 Years and Older in the United States, by Daniel J. Foley, MS, Harley K. Heimovitz, PhD, Jack M. Gurainik, MD, PhD, and Dwight B. Brock, PhD, Research and Practice, American Journal of Public Health, August 2002, Vol. 92, No. 8, pp. 1284-1289
- The American Medical Association recognizes the increasing risk of aging drivers, and counsels their physicians across the nation about steps to take in addressing issues. In 2003 they developed the Physician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers
- Aging Americans: Stranded Without Options, by Linda Bailey, Surface Transportation Policy Project, April 2004
- American Society on Aging, Road Map to Driving Wellness An excellent resource for those interested in delivering programming on the topic of driving wellness. The handouts section is a wonderful resource for those wishing to integrate key information into existing health promotion/disease prevention programming.
- "Family conversations with older drivers" The Hartford, Southington, CT 06489, 2005
- "Is Driving Your Best Choice? Practical Information about Driving for People with Memory Problems" and "Is it Time to Stop Driving? Plain Talk about Driving and Memory Problems", brochures prepared by Ruth M. Tappen, EdD, RN, FAAN, Kathleen Jett, PhD, ARNP and Monica Rosselli, PhD, Florida Atlantic University.
- NHTSA's Older Driver Traffic Safety Program Includes links to important information including Publications, Research and Reports, and Resource Guides
- Information in Spanish
From the National Institute on Aging: Conductores de la tercera edad
From The Hartford: En la Encrucijada - National Center on Senior Transportation
Drive Well Curriculum, recently revised is available on the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) website. Go to www.nhtsa.dot.gov, click on Traffic Safety, click on Older Drivers, then scroll down to Drive Well at the bottom of the page. The curriculum offers resources a community can use to address issues of older driver safety. A companion video is available from NHTSA and can be ordered on-line. Information on free sessions and schedules for professionals willing to offer Drive Well training to others, visit the ASA (American Society on Aging) website, www.asaging.org. - Subscribe to the Older Driver Safety Newsletter, offered by N4A (National Association of Area Agencies on Aging), by writing to: Mary Brugger Murphy, mbruggermurphy@n4a.org.
- "Safer Driving: The Enhanced Driving Decisions Workbook" The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute and The UM Drive-Ability Program offer a free online workbook evaluation for older adults to use to test their own driving safety.
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