Mobility and transportation in the elderly
Schaie, K. Warner Ed.
Mobility and transportation in the elderly - New York Springer Publishing Company 2000 - xii,347p.
Contents
Contributors vii
Preface ix
1 Sensory and Cognitive Changes with Age 1
James L. Fozard
Commentary: The Place of Ambient Vision in 45
Understanding Problems of Mobility and Aging D. Alfred Owens
Commentary: Countering Mobility Losses Due 63
to Functional Impairments in Normally Aging Individuals: Applying Fozard's Framework to Fveryday Driving Situations
Loren Staplin
2.Effects of Exercise on Body Composition and 71
Functional Capacity of Elderly Persons
William J. Evans
Commentary: Exercise, Activity, and Aging: 91
Encouraging Words Richard A. Marottoli
3.limitations of Mass Transportation and Individual 97
Vehicle Systems for Older Persons
Jon E. Burkhardt
Commentary: Social Structures and Processes 125
in Public and Private Transportation Harvey L. Sterns and Ronni SternsCommentary: Into the Transportation Future 145
Katherine Freund
4.Characteristics of Motor Vehicle Crashes Related 157
to Aging
Thomas Bryer
Commentary: What Do Driving Accident Patterns 207
Reveal about Age-related Changes in Visual Information Processing?
Frank Schieber
5.Increasing Mobility and Reducing Accidents of Older 213
Drivers
Karlene Ball and Cynthia Owsley
Commentary: The Role of Concordance Between 251
Perceived and Real Competence for Mobility Outcomes
Allen R. Dobbs
Commentary: Driving Competence: The Person x 269
Environment Fit
Sherry L. Willis
6.Will Intelligent Transportation Systems Improve Older 279
Driver Mobility?
Richard J. Hanowski and Thomas A. Dingus
Commentary: Intelligent Transportation Systems and 299
the Older Driver: An Auto Industry Perspective
Thomas F. Swigart
Commentary: Intelligent Transportation Systems and 315
the Older Traveler: Prospects for Mobility
Enhancement Paul P. Jovanis
Author Index 323
Subject Index 335
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Mobility and transportation in the elderly - New York Springer Publishing Company 2000 - xii,347p.
Contents
Contributors vii
Preface ix
1 Sensory and Cognitive Changes with Age 1
James L. Fozard
Commentary: The Place of Ambient Vision in 45
Understanding Problems of Mobility and Aging D. Alfred Owens
Commentary: Countering Mobility Losses Due 63
to Functional Impairments in Normally Aging Individuals: Applying Fozard's Framework to Fveryday Driving Situations
Loren Staplin
2.Effects of Exercise on Body Composition and 71
Functional Capacity of Elderly Persons
William J. Evans
Commentary: Exercise, Activity, and Aging: 91
Encouraging Words Richard A. Marottoli
3.limitations of Mass Transportation and Individual 97
Vehicle Systems for Older Persons
Jon E. Burkhardt
Commentary: Social Structures and Processes 125
in Public and Private Transportation Harvey L. Sterns and Ronni SternsCommentary: Into the Transportation Future 145
Katherine Freund
4.Characteristics of Motor Vehicle Crashes Related 157
to Aging
Thomas Bryer
Commentary: What Do Driving Accident Patterns 207
Reveal about Age-related Changes in Visual Information Processing?
Frank Schieber
5.Increasing Mobility and Reducing Accidents of Older 213
Drivers
Karlene Ball and Cynthia Owsley
Commentary: The Role of Concordance Between 251
Perceived and Real Competence for Mobility Outcomes
Allen R. Dobbs
Commentary: Driving Competence: The Person x 269
Environment Fit
Sherry L. Willis
6.Will Intelligent Transportation Systems Improve Older 279
Driver Mobility?
Richard J. Hanowski and Thomas A. Dingus
Commentary: Intelligent Transportation Systems and 299
the Older Driver: An Auto Industry Perspective
Thomas F. Swigart
Commentary: Intelligent Transportation Systems and 315
the Older Traveler: Prospects for Mobility
Enhancement Paul P. Jovanis
Author Index 323
Subject Index 335
9780826113092
388.4 / ScH