Caregiving and Transportation: Tools, Tips and Resources
Information and resources to help close the gap between transportation and family caregiver support.
Family caregivers shoulder immense responsibility, and transportation is often the most demanding and overlooked aspect. An NADTC survey revealed that 80 percent of caregivers provide rides for loved ones, yet only 25 percent use transportation services. This gap places an unnecessary burden on caregivers and limits independence for loved ones.
The resources on this page aim to assist both transportation providers and family caregiver support professionals to start bridging the gap between transportation and family caregiver support. Learn more by exploring the webinars, publications, podcast, tools and reports below.
Photo Credit: Area Agency on Aging of South Central Connecticut, North Haven, CT
Resources for Transportation Providers
By gaining a better understanding of the unique needs of family caregivers, community transportation providers can provide a critical service to support family caregivers and help care recipients stay connected to their communities.
Amplifying Voices of Caregivers in Transportation
This recorded video describes the important role caregivers have in managing transportation, including the indirect impacts that transportation, or lack thereof, can have on caregivers and the importance of including caregiver voices in shaping community transportation options and support.
Serving Family Caregivers in Your Transportation System
This webinar explores how transportation providers can enhance their services to better support family caregivers. Learn strategies for identifying, working with and supporting family caregivers through transportation and hear about existing programs that effectively serve caregivers.
Assisting Passengers with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
This publication provides information, tips and resources for bus operators assisting passengers with Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Operators who are aware of the challenges that individuals with dementia and their caregivers face, are better able to recognize dementia symptoms and ensure a safe trip for all riders.
Resources for Caregiver Support Professionals
By learning about community transportation services, and the support programs that are often available, Caregiver Support Professionals can realize how transportation can be a valuable support for family caregivers and begin adding transportation to caregiver support plans.
Transportation: The Missing Link in Family Caregiver Support
In this resource, jointly created by NADTC and ARCH National Respite Network, caregiver support professionals will learn about typical community transportation options and associated support services that could be used to support family caregivers.
Photo Credit: Colonie Senior Services Center, Inc. – Colonie, NY
Transportation Options for Community Service Providers
This resource is intended to help professionals such as social workers, caregiver support professionals, hospital discharge planners and housing coordinators, connect with local transportation programs and information providers to learn about the transportation options available in the community that serve the needs of their clients.
Tools
My Transportation Plan Tool
Use this handy form to start building a transportation plan for a family caregiver.
Dementia, Caregiving and Transportation Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to provide resources and strategies for individual caregivers and organizations to approach the coordination of transportation for meeting everyday needs.
How to Arrange Transportation for Older Adults and People with Disabilities
This 20 minute podcast provides information on the various transportation options available for older adults and people with disabilities, encouraging caregivers to explore transportation to lighten their load and improve the quality of life for themselves and those they support.