Related Experiment Video
Updated: Oct 19, 2025
07:21
Walk with Me Hybrid Virtual/In-Person Walking for Older Adults with Neurodegenerative Disease
Published on: June 16, 2023
1.1K
Transportation challenges for persons aging with mobility disability: Qualitative insights and policy implications
Elena T Remillard1, Margaret L Campbell2, Lyndsie M Koon3
1Center for Inclusive Design and Innovation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Disability and Health Journal
|September 24, 2021
Summary
Persons aging with mobility disability face significant transportation barriers, limiting societal participation. Federal programs aim to improve access, but challenges persist due to complex policies and implementation gaps.
Area of Science:
- Gerontology
- Transportation studies
- Disability studies
Background:
- Persons aging with mobility disability (PAwMD) encounter substantial transportation barriers, impeding societal engagement.
- Despite federal laws and programs, PAwMD remain a transportation-disadvantaged group.
Purpose of the Study:
- To detail transportation challenges faced by PAwMD.
- To examine federal initiatives enhancing transportation for older adults and people with disabilities.
- To identify policy gaps by comparing individual challenges with national data on service delivery barriers.
Main Methods:
- Conducted in-depth, structured interviews with 60 older adults with long-term mobility disabilities.
- Performed content analysis of end-user transportation challenges and agency-level coordination barriers.
Main Results:
- Participants reported difficulties with public and private transport regarding availability, accessibility, safety, planning, and societal attitudes.
- Barriers in service availability, delivery, and coordination correlate with a lack of accessible transportation options for PAwMD.
Conclusions:
- Complex federal transportation policies create implementation barriers for PAwMD.
- Integrating end-user and provider input is crucial for effective transportation policy and program development.
Related Concept Videos
01:22Pharmacokinetics in Geriatric Patients: Effect of Age on Drug Absorption
24
As individuals age, their body's physiology evolves, affecting drug pharmacokinetics. The most apparent changes occur in the gastrointestinal tract, where an increase in gastric pH, a delay in gastric emptying, and a reduction in gastrointestinal motility are observed. Remarkably, these changes do not substantially modify the absorption of orally administered drugs, particularly those absorbed via passive diffusion.Transdermal drug delivery emerges as a highly viable method for older adults due...
24
01:29Documentation in Long-Term and Home Healthcare Setting
1.2K
Documentation in long-term care facilities and home healthcare settings is crucial for ensuring continuous, coordinated, and comprehensive care for patients. Each setting has its specific documentation processes and tools:
Long-Term Care Facilities
Long-Term Care Facilities
1.2K
01:15Drug Dosing: Geriatric Patients
33
Elderly individuals encompass a diverse population with varying degrees of age-related physiological changes. Defining the elderly presents challenges, as the geriatric population is often arbitrarily categorized as individuals older than 65. However, many individuals in this group lead active and healthy lives, with an increasing number surpassing 85 years and falling into the older elderly category. Physiological changes associated with aging impact performance capacity and homeostatic...
33
01:29Intellectual Disability
215
Intellectual disability (ID) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by deficits in intellectual and adaptive functioning that manifest during the developmental period. This condition encompasses challenges in reasoning, memory, problem-solving, and learning, accompanied by impairments in everyday life skills, such as communication, self-care, and social interactions. Intellectual disability affects approximately 1% of the population in the United States, impacting an estimated 5...
215
01:27Pharmacodynamics in Geriatric Patients: Effects of Age
45
Age-related pharmacokinetic changes are extensively documented, but understanding age-related pharmacodynamic alterations is relatively limited. This knowledge gap can be partly attributed to the complexity of developing appropriate measures of drug responses compared to bioanalytical methods for determining drug concentrations.Most information regarding age-related differences in human pharmacodynamics originates from cross-sectional studies. However, these studies assume that observed mean...
45
01:26Aging
336
Aging is a complex biological phenomenon influenced by various processes that affect cellular and systemic functions. Several prominent theories attempt to explain its mechanisms, highlighting cellular limitations, oxidative damage, and hormonal changes as central factors in aging.
Cellular Clock Theory
The cellular clock theory posits that the human lifespan is closely tied to the finite capacity of cells to divide, a phenomenon governed by telomeres, which are protective caps at the ends of...
Cellular Clock Theory
The cellular clock theory posits that the human lifespan is closely tied to the finite capacity of cells to divide, a phenomenon governed by telomeres, which are protective caps at the ends of...
336