Assessing the Safety of Older Drivers: Screening and Assessment, Rehabilitation and Community Stakeholders

Moderator: Lisa J. Rosenberg, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director, Falls Management and Mobility Clinic, Touro University Nevada
This program will provide a brief review of the literature that addresses how often and how well screening for older driver safety occurs; present rehabilitation options, and correlate these options with deficits most amenable to rehabilitation, contrasted with those not likely to respond. Community resources to assist older adults in maintaining driving ability, as well as those that assist older adults when driving must cease, will be presented. Finally, the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration’s goals for and progress in addressing this critical issue will be presented.

Screening Older Drivers’ Road Safety: How Are We Doing?
Lisa J. Rosenberg, MD

Driver Rehabilitation
Teresa A. Valois, OTR/L, ATP, CDRS, Occupational Therapist, CHCServices

 Staying on the Road: Strategies and Alternatives
Gordon C. Olson, Washington State Coordinator for the AARP Driver Safety, Car Fit and We Need To Talk Programs

A National Perspective on Older Driver Safety
Essie K. Wagner, MA, Acting Chief, Safety Countermeasures Division, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration