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

• 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
• ISBN: 1-281-80618-8; 9786611806187; 0-8261-1676-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782462503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Societal impact on aging.