Introduction to Senior Transportation

Helen K. Kerschner has more than thirty-five years of experience in health, aging, transportation, and international development. Her career has included positions in university settings, corporate America, the federal government, and nonprofits. She is Director of the National Volunteer Transportation Center of the Community Transportation Association of America, Washington, DC. Formerly, she was President and CEO of the Beverly Foundation, which conducted research, demonstration, and education to foster new ideas and options for enhancing mobility and transportation for today’s and tomorrow’s older population. Nina M. Silverstein is Professor of Gerontology, University of Massachusetts Boston. She is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and has held leadership roles in that organization, the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, and the Alzheimer’s Association. She has published on the impact of dementia on home, community, institutional and acute care settings and on a broad range of issues in gerontology. Her primary research interests relate to transportation and aging with a special focus on dementia.

Foreword Dale J. Marisco 1. Welcome to the Study of Senior Transportation: Getting the Most Out of Your Journey 2. An Introduction to Senior Transportation 3. Transitions to Transportation Options 4. The Transportation Family 5. Special Transportation Needs of Older Passengers 6. Strategies for Passengers and Their Caregivers in Using Transportation Options 7. Provider Strategies and Tactics 8. Senior Friendliness in America 9. Volunteer Driver Programs 10. Volunteering and Volunteer Drivers 11. Transportation Service Practices (and Their Older Adult Passengers) 12. Technology and Transportation for Older Adults: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 13. Data-Driven Senior Transportation 14. Transportation and Aging Policy: Who Should Care and Why It Matters 15. The Road Ahead