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Transportation Escorts for Seniors

Maintaining community mobility can be particularly challenging for many older adults and people with disabilities. When an individual can no longer meet his or her mobility needs independently, he or she becomes reliant on others to meet those needs. Even when alternative transportation options are available, however, older adults who are especially frail, have physical disabilities or cognitive impairments may still require additional personal assistance to make use of these options. In many cases, it is the additional assistance that an escort provides that allows access to transportation, connectivity to the community, and in some instances, enables older adults to remain living independently in the community.

A transportation escort -- often referred to as a companion or attendant -- is an individual, usually someone in addition to the driver, who is arranged for by the transportation provider to support the physical, cognitive or social needs of the older adults whom they are transporting. As an addendum to the Solutions Package for Volunteer Transportation Programs, this guide targets transportation and aging service providers and takes a closer look at the role of the supportive transportation “escort” within the spectrum of transportation services.

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Transportation Escorts for Seniors

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Transportation Escorts for Seniors