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Webinar

Serving Family Caregivers in Your Transportation System

This webinar explored how transportation providers can enhance their services to better support family caregivers. Strategies for identifying, working with and supporting family caregivers through transportation will be shared along with examples of existing programs that effectively serve caregivers.

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My Transportation Plan Tool

In May 2024, the My Transportation Plan Tool was presented at the National Lifespan Respite conference as a way to assist caregivers and others in creating a transportation support plan. The tool provides a framework for creating a transportation inventory of local transportation options and organizing recurring and personal trips.

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Amplifying Voices of Caregivers in Transportation

This video is part of the 2022 Online Caregiving and Transportation Course that focused on 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. In addition to speaker presentations…

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2021 Trends Report Spotlight: Public Transit and Passengers with Alzheimer’s or Dementia

It is important to understand the characteristics of all users being served, especially those who might be faced with memory loss, related to Alzheimer’s or dementia. This Trends Report highlights common barriers or challenges persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia might have when riding the bus and presents strategies for communicating with these riders.

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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.

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Webinar

Brown Bag Webinar: Creating Access to Nutrition

Click to listen and view the webinar recording Click to download a copy of the presentation slides We are excited to host our first Brown Bag Webinar on Thursday, April 23rd from 12:30 to 1:00 pm Eastern. Join NADTC and our featured 2019 Innovations in Accessible Mobility grantee, INCOG Area Agency on Aging as they…

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Mobile and Socially Connected: engAGEment Fostered by Transportation Access

Click to listen and view the webinar recording Webinar description: Connecting older adults to available transportation options in their communities provides an opportunity to foster and maintain social connections. Without the vital connections made through transportation, individuals may feel a loss of independence and reduce involvement in social activities and/or personal hobbies. This engAGED webinar…

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Expanding Access to Transportation for Older Adults and People with Disabilities Webinar

NADTC hosted the Expanding Access to Transportation for Older Adults and People with Disabilities Webinar on November 21, 2019. View and listen to the webinar. Download a copy of the webinar transcript in Word. Webinar description: Transportation is often needed to engage in community life, jobs, education and to access health care.   The U.S. Department of…

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Every Ride Counts: NADTC’s Information and Education Campaign Webinar

NADTC hosted the Every Ride Counts: NADTC’s Information and Education Campaign Webinar on February 20, 2019.   View and listen to the webinar. Download a copy of the webinar transcript in Word. The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center’s Every Ride Counts campaign is designed to support local communities’ efforts to promote the availability and accessibility…

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NADTC National Poll Webinar: Transportation Needs and Assessment

NADTC hosted the Transportation Needs and Assessment: Survey of Older Adults, People with Disabilities, and Caregivers webinar on February 14, 2019. View and listen to the webinar. Download a copy of the webinar transcript in Word. The National Aging and Disability Transportation Center’s recent national poll found that older adults and people with disabilities are facing…

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