Transportation and aging: A research agenda for advancing safe mobility

AE Dickerson, LJ Molnar, DW Eby, G Adler… - The …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Purpose: We review what we currently know about older driver safety and mobility, and we
highlight important research needs in a number of key areas that hold promise for achieving …

Driving and dementia: a review of the literature

LB Brown, BR Ott - Journal of geriatric Psychiatry and …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this article is to review the literature on the ability of individuals with
dementia to drive an automobile. Based on a review of the literature, several factors were …

Dementia and caregiver burden: a three‐year longitudinal study

MH Connors, K Seeher, A Teixeira‐Pinto… - … journal of geriatric …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Dementia, with its progressive cognitive and functional decline and associated
neuropsychiatric symptoms, places a large burden on caregivers. While frequently studied …

Driving status and risk of entry into long-term care in older adults

EE Freeman, SJ Gange… - American journal of …, 2006 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. Given the importance of driving in American society, older non-drivers may be
unable to meet basic needs while living independently. We assessed whether not driving is …

The older adult driver with cognitive impairment:“It's a very frustrating life”

DB Carr, BR Ott - Jama, 2010 - jamanetwork.com
Although automobiles remain the transportation of choice for many older adults, late-life
cognitive impairment and dementia often impair the ability to drive safely. However, there is …

Examining the process of driving cessation in later life

CBA Musselwhite, I Shergold - European Journal of Ageing, 2013 - Springer
Driving cessation for many older people is associated with a poorer quality of life and can
lead to health problems such as depression. This paper aims to reveal the process of giving …

Social participation in older women and men: Differences in community activities and barriers according to region and population size in Canada

D Naud, M Généreux, JF Bruneau, A Alauzet… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background Social participation is a modifiable health determinant influenced by physical
and social aspects of the environment. Little is known about aging women's and men's …

Household accessibility to heat refuges: Residential air conditioning, public cooled space, and walkability

AM Fraser, MV Chester, D Eisenman… - … and Planning B …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Access to air conditioned space is critical for protecting urban populations from the adverse
effects of heat exposure. Yet there remains fairly limited knowledge of the penetration of …

Prediction of on‐road driving performance in patients with early Alzheimer's disease

LB Brown, BR Ott, GD Papandonatos… - Journal of the …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: Physicians and family members frequently are asked to provide information
about driving ability in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet there has been little …

Driving assessment for maintaining mobility and safety in drivers with dementia

AJ Martin, R Marottoli, D O'neill - Cochrane database of …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Demographic changes are leading to an increase in the number of older
drivers: as dementia is an age‐related disease, there is also an increase in the numbers of …