Cycling is a great endurance exercise called aerobic exercise. It increases your heart rate and improves your breathing. This helps keep you healthy and gives you better staying power so that you can do the things you need to do every day.
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Tips to Cycling When You’re Older — National (02/27/2024)
Source: ExpertKeeping Your Mobility With CarFit — National (02/11/2021)
Source: For Profit OrganizationCarfit is an educational program that provides information explaining a range of vehicle safety features and offers guidance on how to adjust those features to optimize the benefit of individual body size and stature.
Driving and Dementia: A Review of the Literature — National (12/01/2014)
Source: ExpertThis article reviews literature on seniors with dementia and their ability to drive.
Driving Simulators Help Older Adults Improve Their Road Skills — National (01/14/2011)
Source: NewsOlder drivers could benefit from training programs that put them behind the wheel -- in a driving simulator, with an observer who helps them develop their skills, according to a new article.
State Highway Safety Offices / Countermeasures that Work — National
Source: US Department of TransportationCountermeasures That Work is intended to be reference guide for State Highway Safety Offices to help select effective, science based traffic safety countermeasures to address highway safety problems.
Spectrum of Driver Services — National
Source: ExpertDefine the common language and different program models used in a wide range of driving programs, covering everything from driving school for healthy drivers to driving rehabilitation programs.
Older Adults Perceptions of Self- Driving Ride Hailing Services PDF — National
Source: Nonprofit OrganizationThis research is of interest to older adults, their families, and those who provide health and social services because older adults outlive their decision to stop driving by about 10 years.
People with Disabilities and Access to Health Care — National
Source: Expert1 in 4 adults in the United States, or 61 million people, have at least one of these disabilities: hearing, vision, cognition, mobility, self-care, and independent living. Anyone can have a disability at any point in their life.
Hand Controls for Cars, Trucks, SUVs and Vans — National
Source: For Profit OrganizationMobilityWorks offers a wide selection of adaptive equipment for the most ever type of vehicle to regain independence and to be in control of your own transportation.
ADA Training — National
Source: ExpertADA National Network offers a variety of training opportunities to increase your knowledge of the ADA. They provide in-person, webcast, or online training on all ADA topics.