Moving Ahead and Keeping it Safe
Location
North Shore of Massachusetts
Abstract
Our poster will demonstrate the innovative ways in which The Kiosk for Living Well is a place where people explore opportunities around maintaining mobility and making wise choices around safe driving.
The Kiosks for Living Well will be our focal point. Since 2012, the Kiosks have engaged more than 6,000 people on the North Shore. Consumers are invited to assess driving skills by testing spatial awareness, coordination, and memory. We will highlight those Kiosk activities and ways people can modify their environments to create a safe road experience -- whether it means a car seat pillow to see better or an appointment with a CarFit specialist.
We’ll demonstrate the development of our Driver Discernment program which, through listening sessions and education addresses some of the most delicate and difficult challenges related to Driver Cessation.
The poster will highlight Falls Prevention with our MoveSafe counselor. Sylvia focuses on environmental factors that often create unsafe conditions for pedestrians and drivers, including car mats that interfere with brake and accelerator pedals or uneven curbs and slippery surfaces.
The poster will also emphasize the ways a driver’s journey is made unsafe if psychological changes emerge, or if a person develops hearing or visual impairments.
Our Travel Counseling and Travel Training programs will be included. Counselors and trainers provide information ranging from names of transportation companies to businesses that install ramps. Our Travel Trainer offers instruction on how to safely take a bus from one’s home to a new doctor’s office, for example.
Our poster will be bright and inviting and will reflect the best practices around driver safety currently implemented at the Kiosks for Living Well.
Poster Question 1
Our poster seeks to demonstrate the range of factors that contribute to ensuring older drivers make informed and realistic decisions around their mobility and driving abilities. While it emphasizes the ultimate goal of driver safety, it will highlight the importance of considering all aspects of a person's life toward achieving success.
Poster Question 2
The Kiosks for Living Well were developed by Greater Lynn Senior Services and are offered in partnership by lead members of the Aging and Disability Resource Consortium of the Greater North Shore, Inc. (ADRCGNS, Inc.) They include: Greater Lynn Senior Services, North Shore Elder Services, SeniorCare, Inc, and the Independent Living Center of the North Shore and Cape Ann. The Kiosks are located at the following sites: Beverly Council on Aging Danvers Council on Aging Lynn Council on Aging McPherson Park Housing Site, Gloucester Peabody Council on Aging Wall Plaza Housing Site, Lynn • Bond Street Tower • Tremont Street Tower
Poster Question 3
More than 6,000 older adults have visited at least one of the The Kiosks for Living Well since 2012.
Moving Ahead and Keeping it Safe
North Shore of Massachusetts
Our poster will demonstrate the innovative ways in which The Kiosk for Living Well is a place where people explore opportunities around maintaining mobility and making wise choices around safe driving.
The Kiosks for Living Well will be our focal point. Since 2012, the Kiosks have engaged more than 6,000 people on the North Shore. Consumers are invited to assess driving skills by testing spatial awareness, coordination, and memory. We will highlight those Kiosk activities and ways people can modify their environments to create a safe road experience -- whether it means a car seat pillow to see better or an appointment with a CarFit specialist.
We’ll demonstrate the development of our Driver Discernment program which, through listening sessions and education addresses some of the most delicate and difficult challenges related to Driver Cessation.
The poster will highlight Falls Prevention with our MoveSafe counselor. Sylvia focuses on environmental factors that often create unsafe conditions for pedestrians and drivers, including car mats that interfere with brake and accelerator pedals or uneven curbs and slippery surfaces.
The poster will also emphasize the ways a driver’s journey is made unsafe if psychological changes emerge, or if a person develops hearing or visual impairments.
Our Travel Counseling and Travel Training programs will be included. Counselors and trainers provide information ranging from names of transportation companies to businesses that install ramps. Our Travel Trainer offers instruction on how to safely take a bus from one’s home to a new doctor’s office, for example.
Our poster will be bright and inviting and will reflect the best practices around driver safety currently implemented at the Kiosks for Living Well.
