{"id":264800,"date":"2021-06-02T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/seniors-who-no-longer-drive-should-try-these-options-for-getting-around\/"},"modified":"2021-06-02T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T14:26:00","slug":"seniors-who-no-longer-drive-should-try-these-options-for-getting-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seniors-who-no-longer-drive-should-try-these-options-for-getting-around\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Seniors who no longer drive should try these options for getting around"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cc6cee28d7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3cc6cee28d7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seniors-who-no-longer-drive-should-try-these-options-for-getting-around\/#Many_Americans_outlive_their_ability_to_drive_safely\" >Many Americans outlive their ability to drive safely<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/seniors-who-no-longer-drive-should-try-these-options-for-getting-around\/#Harriet_Edleson\" >Harriet Edleson<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Seniors who no longer drive should try these options for getting around<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Many_Americans_outlive_their_ability_to_drive_safely\"><\/span>\n  Many Americans outlive their ability to drive safely<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\">\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000290687\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       When Emily Leonard moved from Manhattan to West Hartford, Conn., to live near her sister, she felt isolated. <\/p>\n<p> Living in a retirement community, she wanted more in her life. \u201cI needed something,\u201d says Leonard, now 92. \u201cI didn\u2019t have an objective.\u201d So, she decided to get a master\u2019s degree in American studies soon after moving to The McAuley in 2012.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       Yet, the tricky part of living in West Hartford was figuring out how to get around, especially at night.<\/p>\n<p>Read: 9 birthdays that matter most to your retirement<\/p>\n<p>Leonard had hired a car and driver when she visited her sister. She continued to use the service for long-distance rides along with a daytime driver for three-hour shopping excursions at $20 an hour and rides for doctor\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointments provided by The McAuley.<\/p>\n<p>Then she heard about ITN Central Connecticut, a volunteer driving service that charges less than taxis. The service requires passengers to pay in advance through individual accounts so that no money changes hands during rides.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer drivers would pick Leonard up at 5:30 in the afternoon for her class once a week scheduled from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and bring her home from the Trinity College campus by 9:30 at night. The cost was $13 round<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> compared with $22 for a cab. \u201cAnd you can\u2019t count on the cab.\u201d Leonard says. ITN Central Connecticut \u201ctook a real interest in what I was doing,\u201d she says. They \u201cadded so much to the experience.\u201d Over time, Leonard became friends with her driver, retired lawyer John Lemega and his wife, Jill.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Is frugality the new normal? How the pandemic has changed our habits<\/p>\n<p>ITN Central Connecticut, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.itnamerica.org\/\" class=\"icon none\">part of ITN America<\/a>, Independent Transportation Network of America, also charges a membership fee of $40 per year for an individual person and $65 for a family. <\/p>\n<p>Living in Manhattan for much of her life, Leonard \u201cwas used to getting around without a car.\u201d When she did drive it was for her work in public relations, yet her driving days came to an end in 1993 when she developed a vision issue.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>Leonard is far from alone. In fact, according to findings published in the American Journal of Public Health, Americans outlive their ability to drive safely \u2014 for women by 10 years on average, and for men by seven years.<\/p>\n<p>For Leonard, not driving hasn\u2019t stopped her from living life in a meaningful way. Yet, others who lose the ability to drive, grieve the loss, says psychiatric nurse and licensed <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> worker Leslie Eckford, co-author of <em>Choose Your Place; Rethinking Home as You Age,<\/em> among other books.<\/p>\n<p>Retirees cannot necessarily rely on family members to drive them; either relatives live too far away to help or may be unable to give rides because they are working full time.<\/p>\n<p>Eckford has led workshops on aging issues that include a session on preparing for a time when you can no longer drive.<\/p>\n<p>Read: If you want great healthcare, retire to these states<\/p>\n<p>The ease in finding and employing drivers, whether to drive your vehicle or their own, depends on your location. The cost \u201cvaries so widely from state to state, city to city,\u201d Eckford says.<\/p>\n<p>When Joni McIlvain of Bethesda, Md., stopped driving after an illness in 2017, she needed another way to get around. \u201cI had lost most of my vision,\u201d she says. McIlvain, who worked at the White House as a volunteer for 34 years until 2016, used to rely on taxis to take her from her house to nearby doctor\u2019s appointments. \u201cThe drivers would give me their cellphone numbers so I could call them directly,\u201d she says. \u201cIf I called the they would charge $15 to $25 one way to get home\u201d for a fare that would normally be $11. \u201cFour to five years ago I quit doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A member of Little Falls Village in Bethesda, McIlvain, 83, decided it was time to utilize rides by volunteer drivers, among the range of services villages \u2014 approximately 300 nationally \u2014 typically provide. The annual cost of being a member of a village varies; for example, full membership in Little Falls Village, a 501 c (3) tax-exempt organization, costs $350 a year. The Village to Village Network has 250 members, and the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vtvnetwork.org\/\" class=\"icon none\">website provides a map<\/a> of villages in the U.S. by ZIP Code.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation to medical appointments, grocery shopping and routine errands is the most requested service. Village members are those who prefer to stay in their own homes rather than move to an active adult community, continuing care retirement community or independent living.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Owen, the volunteer who has regularly driven McIlvain, says \u201cWe are an organization that is helping seniors. You can\u2019t lean on the child (who doesn\u2019t live nearby) but you can lean on us.\u201d Owen is a member of the board of directors of Little Falls Village. Retirees who need help getting around want help from \u201csomeone with affiliation,\u201d Owen says. Drivers often develop friendships with their drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Not sure where you want to live in retirement? This tool can help you narrow down your options<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI consider her a close friend,\u201d says McIlvain.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, major American cities have public transportation including subways and buses. Yet, in the U.S., three-quarters of those 65 and older live in rural or suburban communities, according to a National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago and ITN America white paper, \u201cEnvironmental Scan of Ride Share Services Available for Older Adults.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Getting around when you can\u2019t drive can come as a surprise. A family member may suggest you stop driving or a physician may tell you must turn in your car keys. The need for transportation extends to people in many different situations. \u201cThere\u2019s a tendency to think that the only people who need services are poor, older people,\u201d says Katherine Freund, founder of ITN America. That\u2019s not so, she says. Transportation needs to be available to every socioeconomic group.<\/p>\n<p>Other resources include <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ridesinsight.org\/\" class=\"icon none\">Rides in Sight<\/a>, the National Volunteer Transportation Center (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ctaa.org\/national-volunteer-transportation-center\/\" class=\"icon none\">Community Transportation (ctaa.org)<\/a>) and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.walkscore.com\/\" class=\"icon none\">Walkscore<\/a>.  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Harriet Edleson\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Harriet_Edleson\"><\/span>Harriet Edleson<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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