Association of Michigan's Older Adult Crashes with Roadway Features
Association of Michigan's Older Adult Crashes with Roadway Features

Author: Valerian Kwigizile

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 133

ISBN-13:

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Studies have shown that older drivers (65 yrs-and-older) are prone to an increased risk of crash involvement per vehicle mile traveled and are more likely to be severely injured or killed as a result of a crash. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) 2014 Handbook for Designing Roadways for the Aging Population presents a list of roadway features and their associated design elements that need to be considered when designing with the aging adults in mind. While the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has placed an increased focus on implementing engineering countermeasures making driving safe for older drivers since 2004, there are additional opportunities to improve design guidance in accordance with the FHWA Handbook, as well as other published best practice resources. The main objective of this study was to analyze the association of older adult crashes with roadway features and provide guidance in roadway design to MDOT. With analysis results, a detailed review of the FHWA Handbook and understanding of MDOT's road design guidance, opportunities for potential enhancements to MDOT's design guidance were identified and are documented in this report.

Maintaining Safe Mobility in an Aging Society
Maintaining Safe Mobility in an Aging Society

Author: David W. Eby

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2008-12-22

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1420064541

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By 2030, 20 percent of the world's drivers, 60 million in all, will be over the age of 65. Consequently, safe and efficient mobility for older adults is a complex and pressing issue. Maintaining Safe Mobility in an Aging Society addresses the complexities surrounding the booming number of aging drivers and practical solutions for sustaining safe tr

HIT Lab Report
HIT Lab Report

Author: University of Michigan. Highway Safety Research Institute

Publisher:

Published: 1970-11

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13:

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Perspectives and Strategies for Promoting Safe Transportation Among Older Adults
Perspectives and Strategies for Promoting Safe Transportation Among Older Adults

Author: David W. Eby

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2018-11-27

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0128123265

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Promoting Safe Transportation among Older Adults: Perspectives and Strategies provides a concise, comprehensive, and up-to-date resource on safe mobility for an aging population. The book offers an interdisciplinary perspective for understanding and influencing the behavior of older adults with regard to their safe transportation. It is organized around the professions and disciplines that have a stake in the safe transportation of older adults and the role they play at each stage of their mobility needs. The book also addresses the various strategies that have been used to help keep older adults safe and mobile. Readers will find great insights on key issues related to aging and mobility, giving them an overarching framework for how to maintain safe mobility into older adulthood. The book enables readers to understand the perspectives of the critical groups of people involved in keeping older people safe and explores existing strategies by which an aging individual can maintain safe mobility. Utilizes a multidisciplinary, evidence-based approach for examining the complexities of transportation for older adults Offers an integrated, overarching narrative for understanding the key issues of safety and mobility in our aging society Written by leading transportation and health scholars Offers insights into the perspectives of all the stakeholders, such as hands-on transportation and health practitioners, students of varying levels, researchers and policymakers

Geriatric Neurology
Geriatric Neurology

Author: Anil K. Nair

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2014-03-06

Total Pages: 760

ISBN-13: 111873064X

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Aging affects neurological function leading to neurological disease As society grows older, so do the neurological problems associated with aging. These can be new neurological deficits due to the aging process itself, or the effect of aging on already existing neurological conditions. Neurologists will spend increasing amounts of time managing patients with age-related neurological complications. Geriatric Neurology brings together the wisdom of world-leading experts. They have crafted a new textbook to define this emerging subspecialty from basic science through clinical assessment and medical management to social aspects of patient care. Geriatric Neurology covers: The aging brain in neurology Assessment of the geriatric neurology patient Neurological conditions in the elderly Therapeutics for the geriatric neurology patient Management issues beyond therapeutics Comprehensive in scope but with practical focus for effective patient care, Geriatric Neurology provides top-of-class guidance for the management of elderly patients with neurological disorders.

GERIATRIC FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY
GERIATRIC FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY

Author: Dr Jacob Holzer

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017-11-30

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 019937466X

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Geriatric Forensic Psychiatry: Principles and Practice is one of the first texts to provide a comprehensive review of important topics in the intersection of geriatric psychiatry, medicine, clinical neuroscience, forensic psychiatry, and law. It will speak to a broad audience among varied fields, including clinical and forensic psychiatry and mental health professionals, geriatricians and internists, attorneys and courts, regulators, and other professionals working with the older population. Topics addressed in this text, applied to the geriatric population, include clinical forensic evaluation, regulations and laws, civil commitment, different forms of capacity, guardianship, patient rights, medical-legal issues related to treatment, long term care and telemedicine, risk management, patient safety and error reduction, elder driving, sociopathy and aggression, offenders and the adjudication process, criminal evaluations, corrections, ethics, culture, cognitive impairment, substance abuse, trauma, older professionals, high risk behavior, and forensic mental health training and research. Understanding the relationship between clinical issues, laws and regulations, and managing risk and improving safety, will help to serve the growing older population.

Traffic Engineering Handbook
Traffic Engineering Handbook

Author: ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-01-26

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 1118762304

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Get a complete look into modern traffic engineering solutions Traffic Engineering Handbook, Seventh Edition is a newly revised text that builds upon the reputation as the go-to source of essential traffic engineering solutions that this book has maintained for the past 70 years. The updated content reflects changes in key industry standards, and shines a spotlight on the needs of all users, the design of context-sensitive roadways, and the development of more sustainable transportation solutions. Additionally, this resource features a new organizational structure that promotes a more functionally-driven, multimodal approach to planning, designing, and implementing transportation solutions. A branch of civil engineering, traffic engineering concerns the safe and efficient movement of people and goods along roadways. Traffic flow, road geometry, sidewalks, crosswalks, cycle facilities, shared lane markings, traffic signs, traffic lights, and more—all of these elements must be considered when designing public and private sector transportation solutions. Explore the fundamental concepts of traffic engineering as they relate to operation, design, and management Access updated content that reflects changes in key industry-leading resources, such as the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM), Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), AASSHTO Policy on Geometric Design, Highway Safety Manual (HSM), and Americans with Disabilities Act Understand the current state of the traffic engineering field Leverage revised information that homes in on the key topics most relevant to traffic engineering in today's world, such as context-sensitive roadways and sustainable transportation solutions Traffic Engineering Handbook, Seventh Edition is an essential text for public and private sector transportation practitioners, transportation decision makers, public officials, and even upper-level undergraduate and graduate students who are studying transportation engineering.