Getting There: A Personal Perspective from Two Coasts

This article discusses strategies for increasing mobility and independence for older people including walking, public transit, computers, delivery services, trip-making alternatives, and supportive roles for friends and family. Areas highlighted include a checklist of activities to help an older person identify mobility options in their community such as dial-a-ride, local bus routes, and routine destinations they can reach without having to drive a car.

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• Authors:
  • Alexander, Karen J
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 63-69
• Serial:
  • Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Haworth Press
  • ISSN: 0270-3181
  • EISSN: 1541-3152

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Aged; Mobility; Mode choice; Paratransit services; Travel behavior
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01051968
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 2007 1:01AM