Coordinated Non-Emergency Medical Transportation for Seniors: Lessons Learned from Women on Wheels

This paper addresses expanding transit mobility programs for the senior members of society, using faith based volunteer drivers. It discusses leadership, capacity assessment, liability, risk management, volunteer companions, community awareness, church vans, volunteer management, non-owned and hired vehicles, volunteer benefits, marketing, capacity assessment, service eligibility and service coordination, and evaluation.

• Record URL:
  • http://web1.ctaa.org/webmodules/webarticles/articlefiles/WoW_Lessons_Learned.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  United Way of Central Alabama, Incorporated

  3600 8th Avenue South, P.O. Box 320189
  Birmingham, AL  United States  35232-0189
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Appendices; References;
• Pagination: 28p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Benefits; Communities; Coordination; Leadership; Lessons learned; Liability; Marketing; Medical trips; Mobility; Paratransit services; Public transit; Risk management; Vans; Volunteers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Churches; Faith-based human services; Transit capacity
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Law; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01103356
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 24 2008 7:48AM