Remediation from the Occupational Therapist's Perspective
The need for access to intervention services is increasing. As individuals and professionals use self-assessments and professional screening tools that associate impairments with driving risk, passenger safety intervention will be required to minimize the functional impact of these risk factors on driving safety. The intervention sought from driving rehabilitation specialists is expanding from evaluating for driving potential for persons with disabilities to an ever-increasing emphasis on addressing the question of “when a person should stop”. Decisions about driving are exceedingly complex. Therapists are typically committed to considering all options of remediation and adaptation/compensation before concluding that driving cessation is the necessary recommendation and the focus turns to alternative means for continued mobility and community involvement. The difficulty is determining when that point occurs. As researchers in aging continue to develop evidence clarifying the cut-points for decisions and compensation techniques, this information needs to be shared to ensure incorporation into occupational therapy professional development. There is also a need to increase the capacity for occupational therapy programs to provide evaluation and intervention services. Working at the level of the client, the occupational therapist can be the key link between research and practice of assessment and rehabilitation and the researchers and practitioners addressing alternative transportation issues.
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Corporate Authors:
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
607 14th Street, NW, Suite 201
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Authors:
- Schold-Davis, Elin
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Conference:
- AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Conference
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2007-12-6 to 2007-12-7
- Publication Date: 2008-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 129-132
- Monograph Title: 2008 North American License Policies Workshop Proceedings
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Aging (Biology); Decision making; Driving cessation; Evaluation and assessment; Fitness to drive; Highway safety; Traffic safety
- Uncontrolled Terms: Occupational therapists
- Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01105121
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 24 2008 1:34PM