Screening & Assessments

It's important to help older drivers make informed decisions about their driving behavior and suggestions on how to begin conversations with an older driver about safety concerns. 

Getting older does not necessarily mean persons driving days are over. but it's important to plan ahead and take steps to ensure the safety of yourself and your loved ones. 

AOTA created a presentation about the themes of the Clinicians Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers. 

This tool merges individual functional mobility with demands required transportation type to assist in identifying transportation options that support and/ or increase safe and effective community mobility. 

If you are an older driver or a caregiver, NHTSA encourages you to talk about driving safety. They offer materials to help you understand the effects of aging and driving. 

Presentation from the Alzheimer's Association about demonstrating awareness of the risk associated with wandering behavior, signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's, list of techniques for effectively interacting with a person with Alzheimer's.

Pocket Cards for Law Enforcement to help determine if a person is lost or confused

The purpose of this investigation was to determine what older adults find most concerning about driving as they age and how these concerns are related to driving skills, behaviors, and experiences.