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I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy.

- Stephen Wright

Transportation And Mobility

Safe Senior Drivers

Driving Assessment Checklist Is your aging loved one a safe driver? Use this assessment to find out.

Enhancing senior driving. How can we enhance the driving experience for our seniors? This report is full of helpful suggestions.

Driving Adaptations A look at some types of adaptive equipment that may make it easier for your loved one to drive.

How Do I Ask Mom To Stop Driving? Some tips to consider if you believe that it’s no longer safe for your loved one to drive.

When Your Loved One No Longer Drives

An Introduction To Transportation Making sure that your loved one has reliable transportation to the doctor’s office and other important appointments can be one of a caregiver’s most difficult tasks.

Transportation And The Elderly Some of the issues facing older adults who may be losing their ability to drive.

Transportation Action Plan. What actions are helpful to address caregiving and transportation?

Transportation Ministry Model

How your church/organization begin a ministry to get care recipients to church, doctor appointments, the grocery store, etc.

Mobility Equipment A look at some basic types of equipment used to facilitate mobility.

Mobility Tips An introduction to helping a loved one with mobility problems.

Airline Travel

Airline Travel And Disabilities A look at some of the regulations governing airline access to persons with disabilities.

Air Travel If your loved one uses a wheelchair or scooter to help with mobility, here are some tips to make air travel more comfortable.

Lord, I am really tired of driving and the trouble of keeping an automobile. When I think of how wonderful it is to call for a car to within the neighborhood, I realize how truly blessed I am.

Perhaps it was just a matter of ego that made it so tough to give up driving. There! I said it. Quite frankly, that's all it really was.

I am relieving myself of one more encumbrance. Thank you, Lord, for giving me the good sense to give up driving and leave it to those who love it. ~Amen~

Adapted and reprinted with permission from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Calvin College, 1855 Knollcrest Circle SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4402