02974nam 2200637Ia 450 991082375650332120200520144314.01-281-80618-897866118061870-8261-1676-0(CKB)1000000000576884(EBL)423423(OCoLC)476262816(SSID)ssj0000203836(PQKBManifestationID)11181376(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203836(PQKBWorkID)10131619(PQKB)11508088(Au-PeEL)EBL423423(CaPaEBR)ebr10265417(CaONFJC)MIL180618(MiAaPQ)EBC423423(EXLCZ)99100000000057688419991020d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMobility and transportation in the elderly /K. Warner Schaie, Martin Pietrucha, editors1st ed.New York Springer Pub.c20001 online resource (360 p.)Societal impact on aging seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8261-1309-5 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Sensory and Cognitive Changes with Age; 2 Effects of Exercise on Body Composition and Functional Capacity of Elderly Persons; 3 Limitations of Mass Transportation and Individual Vehicle Systems for Older Persons; 4 Characteristics of Motor Vehicle Crashes Related to Aging; 5 Increasing Mobility and Reducing Accidents of Older Drivers; 6 Will Intelligent Transportation Systems Improve Older Driver Mobility?; Author Index; Subject IndexThis comprehensive volume examines the gradual reduction of mobility in the elderly. The authors first review the physiological and psychological changes that occur as we age, and go on to illustrate how this gradual decrease in adequate mobility can lead to an increase in automotive accidents. They also review the limitations that mass transportation systems and driving individual vehicles present for the elderly, and discuss different assistive devices that have been and should be implemented to help improve mobility. Each chapter ends with insightful commentaries by specialists in the geronSocietal impact on aging.Older peopleTransportationOlder automobile driversTraffic accidentsOlder peopleTransportation.Older automobile drivers.Traffic accidents.305.26Schaie K. Warner(Klaus Warner),1928-1090727Pietrucha Martin1703864MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823756503321Mobility and transportation in the elderly4089407UNINA