Resources
Useful Resources
Seniors vs. Crime: – www.seniorsvscrime.com
Alzheimer’s Association – www.alz.org/cnfl/index.asp
Doggie Styles: Mobile Pet Grooming – www.doggiestyles.org
Elder Affairs – www.elderaffairs.state.fl.us/index.php
Elder Helpline – 1-800-963-5337, options@agingresources.org
Elder Options – Savvy Caregiver Classes – www.agingresources.org
Florida Silver Alert – www.floridasilveralert.com
SHINE (Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders) – www.floridashine.org
Driving – www.independencedrive.phhp.ufl.edu
Medicare – www.medicare.org
State of Florida – www.myflorida.com
National Institute on Aging (free publications) – www.nia.nih.gov
United Way – Alachua, Bradford & Putnam counties – www.unitedwayncfl.org
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Management – www.caremanager.org
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs – www.va.gov
Additional Driving Resources
Publications
Older Drivers- Age Page- National Institute on Aging – www.nia.nih.gov
The Effects of Aging on Driving Skills-USAA Educational Foundation
www.usaaedfoundation.org
We Need To Talk and At the Crossroads-Family Conversations about Alzheimer’s Disease,
Dementia and Driving-The Hartford – www.thehartford.com/lifetime
Your Road Ahead- a guide to comprehensive Driving Evaluations
Referrals
AARP- Driver Safety Classroom Course- 352-333-3036
www.aarp.org/families/driver safety
UF Health- Adaptive Driving program: Shands Rehab Center at Magnolia Park 265- 5200
State of Florida Departmenet of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
Phone- 1-850-617-3944-
HSMV Form 72190 – rev 12/12
Websites
www.helpguide.org/elder/senior
Florida Senior Safety resource Center/UF – www.fssrc.phhp.ufl.edu
National Highway Traffic Safety – www.nhtsa.dot.gov.
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Senior Driver – www.seniordrivers.org
Helpful tips on how to combat the limitations that aging can put on drivers – www.buyautoinsurance.com/senior-safe-driving/
Transportation Assistance
Center for Independent Living- 378-7474
Eldercare of Alachua County-265-9040
MV Transportation- 378-7474