Resources to help
retiring drivers

Healthcare professionals seeking the best way to help older drivers with this difficult transition can gain insights from these resources.

• Babulal, G. M., & Dickerson, A. E. (In press). Driving and Transportation: Aging Drivers. In K. F. Barney, M. A. Perkinson, & D. L. Rudman (Eds.), Occupational Therapy with Aging Adults. (Vol. 2). FA Davis.
• Irick, M., Dickerson, A.E., DuCharme, A., Wu Q., Murphy, L., & Houston, H. (2025) Examining visual processing reaction time as a predictor for driving fitness. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 79 (4)
• Dickerson, A., Gartz Taylor, R., Register, J., & Miller, M. (2024). The Impact of Age, Sex, and Position on Visual-Motor Processing Speed and Reaction Time as Measured by the Vision Coach(TM). Occup Ther Health Care, 38(1), 26–41.
• Dickerson, A. E., Stapleton, T., Bloss, J., Géinas, I., Harries, P., Choi, M., Margot-Cattin, I., Mazer, B., Patomella, A. H., Swanepoel, L., Van Niekerk, L., Unsworth, C A., & Vrkljan, B. (2024). A Systematic Review of Effective Interventions and Strategies to Support the Transition of Older Adults From Driving to Driving Retirement/Cessation. Innovation in Aging, 8(6).
• Naglie, G., Stasiulis, E., Sandhu, H., Gallucci, C. E., & Rapoport, M. J. (2023). Using the Driving and Dementia Roadmap (DDR) to address the emotional impact of driving cessation and dementia. Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 19(S5), e063454.
• Peterson, C. M., Birkeland, R. W., Louwagie, K. W., Ingvalson, S. N., Mitchell, L. L., Scott, T. L., Liddle, J., Pachana, N. A., Gustafsson, L., & Gaugler, J. E. (2023). Refining a Driving Retirement Program for Persons With Dementia and Their Care Partners: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of CarFreeMe™-Dementia. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci, 78(3), 506–519.
• Dickerson, A. E. (2021). Plan for the Road Ahead: Driving and dementia. Generations Today, 42(4). https://doi.org/https://generations.asaging.org/plan-road-ahead-driving-and-dementia
• Unsworth, C., Dickerson, A., Gélinas, I., Harries, P., Margot-Cattin, I., Mazer, B., Stapleton, T., Swanepoel, L., Timmer, A., Niekerk, L. V., & Vrkljan, B. (2021). Linking people and activities through community mobility: an international comparison of the mobility patterns of older drivers and non-drivers. Ageing and Society, 1–26.
• Dickerson, A. E., & Schold Davis, E. (2020). Checklist of Community Mobility Skills: Connecting Clients to Transportation Options. OT Practice, 25(10), 13–16.
• Dickerson, A. E., Molnar, L., Bedard, M., Eby, D. W., Classen, S., & Polgar, J. (2019). Transportation and Aging: An Updated Research Agenda for Advancing Safe Mobility. Journal of Applied Gerontology, 38(12), 1643–1660.
• Dickerson, A. E., Molnar, L. J., Bédard, M., Eby, D. W., Berg-Weger, M., Choi, M., Grigg, J., Horowitz, A., Meuser, T., Myers, A., O’Connor, M., & Silverstein, N. M. (2019). Transportation and Aging: An Updated Research Agenda to Advance Safe Mobility among Older Adults Transitioning From Driving to Non-driving. Gerontologist.
• Babulal, G. M., Stout, S. H., Benzinger, T. L. S., Ott, B. R., Carr, D. B., Webb, M., Traub, C. M., Addison, A., Morris, J. C., Warren, D. K., & Roe, C. M. (2019). A Naturalistic Study of Driving Behavior in Older Adults and Preclinical Alzheimer Disease: A Pilot Study.38(2), 277–289.
• Dickerson, A. E., Schold Davis, E., & Carr, D. B. (2018). Driving Decisions: Distinguishing Evaluations, Providers and Outcomes. Geriatrics, 3(2).
• Rapoport, M. J., Cameron, D. H., Sanford, S., & Naglie, G. (2017). A systematic review of intervention approaches for driving cessation in older adults. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 32(5), 484–491.
• Silverstein, N. M., Dickerson, A. E., & Schold Davis, E. (2016). Community mobility and dementia:  The role for health care professionals [Book chapter]. Dementia Care: An Evidence-Based Approach.
• Betz, M. E., Jones, J., & Carr, D. B. (2015). System facilitators and barriers to discussing older driver safety in primary care settings. Injury Prevention, 21(4), 231.