Geriatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 300-301 , September 2005

Research Review: Driving Safety for Older Adults

  • Barbara Resnick, PhD, CRNP (FAAN, FAANP)

      Affiliations

    • BARBARA RESNICK, PhD, CRNP, FAAN, FAANP, is an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing and a nurse practitioner at Roland Park Place in Baltimore. She is past president of NCGNP.

References 

  1. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Traffic safety facts, research note. Motor vehicles crashes as a leading cause of death in the United States, 2000. Available at www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/2003/809-661.pdf. Cited June 2005.
  2. Dobbs A , Heller R , Schopflocher D . A comparative approach to identifying unsafe older drivers . Accid Anal Prev . 1998;30:363–370
  3. Uc EY , Rizzo M , Anderson SW , et al.   Driver landmark and traffic sign identification in early Alzheimer’s disease . J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry . 2005;76:764–768
  4. Fain M . Should older drivers have to prove that they are able to drive? . Arch Int Med . 2003;163:2126–2128
  5. Ragland DR , Satariano WA , MacLeod KE . Driving cessation and increased depressive symptoms . J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci . 2005;60:399–403

PII: S0197-4572(05)00223-5

doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2005.08.012

Geriatric Nursing
Volume 26, Issue 5 , Pages 300-301 , September 2005

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