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By 2030, 20 percent of the world's drivers, 60 million in all, will
be over the age of 65. Consequently, safe and efficient mobility
for older adults is a complex and pressing issue. Maintaining Safe
Mobility in an Aging Society addresses the complexities surrounding
the booming number of aging drivers and practical solutions for
sustaining safe transportation for this growing group. This
plainspoken resource informs safe mobility discussions on a variety
of areas, including: Necessary skills for safe driving and how age
affects them Current evidence on how medical conditions and
medication hinder driving skills Comprehensive screening
description and assessment practices, issues, and tools Sensitive
ways to help older drivers transition into driving cessation Impact
of advanced vehicle technology on aging drivers Approaches to
strengthening safety-conscious licensing policies Draws the
Significant Link Between Mobility and Well Being In addition to
discussing how age impacts both the risk and severity of accidents
and the link between mobility and well-being, this authoritative
work discusses means to achieve safer mobility, including roadway
design and community transportation options. Authored by driver
safety and awareness experts, it covers psychological and physical
changes associated with age (both normal and pathological),
including an important but rarely explored aspect of dementia known
as wandering behavior. It also addresses the role of emerging
technology. Maintaining Safe Mobility in an Aging Society is a
concise reference that encompasses an impressive breadth of
ready-to-access information. Thorough and systematically organized,
it is a groundbreaking and indispensable resource for those prov
By 2030, 20 percent of the world's drivers, 60 million in all, will
be over the age of 65. Consequently, safe and efficient mobility
for older adults is a complex and pressing issue. Maintaining Safe
Mobility in an Aging Society addresses the complexities surrounding
the booming number of aging drivers and practical solutions for
sustaining safe transportation for this growing group. This
plainspoken resource informs safe mobility discussions on a variety
of areas, including: Necessary skills for safe driving and how age
affects them Current evidence on how medical conditions and
medication hinder driving skills Comprehensive screening
description and assessment practices, issues, and tools Sensitive
ways to help older drivers transition into driving cessation Impact
of advanced vehicle technology on aging drivers Approaches to
strengthening safety-conscious licensing policies Draws the
Significant Link Between Mobility and Well Being In addition to
discussing how age impacts both the risk and severity of accidents
and the link between mobility and well-being, this authoritative
work discusses means to achieve safer mobility, including roadway
design and community transportation options. Authored by driver
safety and awareness experts, it covers psychological and physical
changes associated with age (both normal and pathological),
including an important but rarely explored aspect of dementia known
as wandering behavior. It also addresses the role of emerging
technology. Maintaining Safe Mobility in an Aging Society is a
concise reference that encompasses an impressive breadth of
ready-to-access information. Thorough and systematically organized,
it is a groundbreaking and indispensable resource for those prov
Promoting Safe Transportation among Older Adults: Perspectives and
Strategies provides a concise, comprehensive, and up-to-date
resource on safe mobility for an aging population. The book offers
an interdisciplinary perspective for understanding and influencing
the behavior of older adults with regard to their safe
transportation. It is organized around the professions and
disciplines that have a stake in the safe transportation of older
adults and the role they play at each stage of their mobility
needs. The book also addresses the various strategies that have
been used to help keep older adults safe and mobile. Readers will
find great insights on key issues related to aging and mobility,
giving them an overarching framework for how to maintain safe
mobility into older adulthood. The book enables readers to
understand the perspectives of the critical groups of people
involved in keeping older people safe and explores existing
strategies by which an aging individual can maintain safe mobility.
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