Planning for a Nondriving Future: Behaviors and Beliefs Among Middle-Aged and Older Drivers.

ABSTRACT: Despite the reality of older adults living many years after driving cessation, few prepare for the eventuality; empirically, planning for a nondriving future has not been directly quantified or explored. The following study quantifies 1) the extent of current drivers' planning, 2) specific planning behaviors, 3) beliefs about benefits of planning, 4) drivers' intention to plan more for future transportation needs, and 5) group differences associated with planning. In a predominantly female, black, urban sample of current drivers ages 53-92, fewer than half (42.1%) had planned at all for a nondriving future, with correspondingly low levels of planning behaviors reported. However, over 80% believed planning would help them meet their needs post-cessation and transition emotionally to being a

SUBMITTER: Harmon AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5914519 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature