Introduction to Senior Transportation: Enhancing Community Mobility and Transportation Services

ISBN-13: 9781138959996 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 198 str.

Helen Kerschner; Nina M. Silverstein

Opis

This textbook introduces the challenges faced by older adults as they transition from driving themselves to using various transportation options, emphasizing the physical and cognitive limitations of older passengers.

Spis treści

Foreword Dale J. Marisco 1. Welcome to the Study of Senior Transportation: Getting the Most Out of Your Journey 2. An Introduction to Senior Transportation 3. Transitions to Transportation Options 4. The Transportation Family 5. Special Transportation Needs of Older Passengers 6. Strategies for Passengers and Their Caregivers in Using Transportation Options 7. Provider Strategies and Tactics 8. Senior Friendliness in America 9. Volunteer Driver Programs 10. Volunteering and Volunteer Drivers 11. Transportation Service Practices (and Their Older Adult Passengers) 12. Technology and Transportation for Older Adults: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 13. Data-Driven Senior Transportation 14. Transportation and Aging Policy: Who Should Care and Why It Matters 15. The Road Ahead