FAMILY AND FRIENDS CONCERNED ABOUT AN OLDER DRIVER

To provide families, friends, healthcare providers, law enforcement personnel, and community and social services with information to assist older adults whose capabilities make them potentially unsafe to drive, a series of research tasks were conducted, including a literature review of public information materials on family and friends' involvement with the driving decisions of older adults, identification of current state and provincial requirements and practices regarding identification of high risk older drivers, and identification of information resource needs among professionals. Researchers also conducted a series of focus groups to determine the feasibility of involving family and friends in identifying and helping at-risk older drivers limit or stop unsafe driving. The final result of these efforts was the development of guidelines and materials on what concerned families need to do to help at-risk older drivers.

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• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1739
• Corporate Authors:

  Creative Action, Incorporated

  680 N Portage Path
  Akron, OH  United States  44303

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Sterns, H L
  • Sterns, R
  • Aizenberg, R
  • Anapole, J
• Publication Date: 2001-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 48 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Decision making; Families; Focus groups; Guidelines; High risk drivers; Legal responsibility; Literature reviews; Mobility
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00921501
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-809 307,, Final Report
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-95-C-05162
• Files: HSL, NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 12 2002 12:00AM