Elderly Mobility

Main Category: Seniors / Aging
Article Date: 16 Jan 2005 - 9:00 PDT

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Three University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers helped the Bush administration formulate important policy decisions on mobility and transportation issues for the elderly by participating in the 2005 White House Conference on Aging, held in Washington, D.C., Jan. 8.

"This conference is held every 10 years and is an important tool for policy makers, particularly as the first of the baby boom generation prepare for retirement," said UAB professor of ophthalmology Cynthia Owsley, Ph.D., co-moderator of the conference session on transportation issues.

Owsley and colleagues Gerald McGwin, Ph.D., and Karlene Ball, Ph.D., are leading researchers in the areas of vehicle safety for the elderly, cognitive competency in driving skill and the role of illness and vision loss in older driver safety.

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