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Mobility and transportation in the elderly [[electronic resource] /] / K. Warner Schaie, Martin Pietrucha, editors



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Titolo: Mobility and transportation in the elderly [[electronic resource] /] / K. Warner Schaie, Martin Pietrucha, editors Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : Springer Pub., c2000
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (360 p.)
Disciplina: 305.26
Soggetto topico: Older people - Transportation
Older automobile drivers
Traffic accidents
Altri autori: SchaieK. Warner <1928-> (Klaus Warner)  
PietruchaMartin  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: 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 Index
Sommario/riassunto: This 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 geron
Titolo autorizzato: Mobility and transportation in the elderly  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-80618-8
9786611806187
0-8261-1676-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910782462503321
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Serie: Societal impact on aging.