Beyond Driving with Dignity

Today's guest on the "Beyond Driving with Dignity" podcast is Mrs. Jennifer Dahmer of Healthy Hearing. In this episode, Jennifer provides older drivers (and their families) with tips on remaining a safe driver even with hearing loss.

Today's guest on the "Beyond Driving with Dignity" podcast is Mr. Mark Wright, co-founder of the Storefront Safety Council. In today's show, Mr. Wright helps us gain a better understanding of just exactly what storefront crashes are, how big of a problem they are, who is causing them, and what we can do to help prevent such tragedies from occurring in the future.

Today's guest on the "Beyond Driving with Dignity" podcast show is Cameron Mott. Mr. Mott is a senior research analyst with the Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio, Texas) and will be sharing with us some of the advancements being made in technology to reduce tragedies involving wrong-way drivers.

In today's show, Jake Nelson, AAA's National Director of Traffic Safety Advocacy & Research, is going to offer some insight on a recent AAA study titled "Medication Use in Older Adult Drivers; Findings from the AAA LongROAD Study".    

Please join us as today's guests, Rich Granger (DriveOhio), and Randy Cole (Ohio Turnpike Commission), share with us how DriveOhio is driving Ohio’s preparation and leadership for the future of smart mobility. In today's podcast, Rich will explain how DriveOhio is not only working to provide the current workforce with mobility options, but also how the DriveOhio initiative is creating emerging smart mobility jobs. Randy will share with us how a 60-mile stretch of the Ohio Turnpike is being used as a testing grounds for autonomous vehicle technology.

Listen is as Dr. Andrew Whitman, Clinical Pharmacist in Oncology/Palliative Care at the University of Virginia Health System appears on the "Beyond Driving with Dignity" show and explains the dilemma posed by polypharmacy and the effects it may have on older drivers. Dr. Whitman will also introduce us to the practice of "deprescribing" as a viable solution to the issues posed by polypharmacy.

Listen is a Katie O'Toole Smith, better known as "Katie the Car Lady", appears on the "Beyond Driving with Dignity" show and shares 3 tips with us that will prove invaluable to older adults (and their families!) as they prepare to purchase or lease their next vehicle. Show notes and more information on Katie are available on the Keeping Us Safe website at https://www.keepingussafe.org/3-tips-for-seniors-buying-a-new-car/

We are most fortunate that renowned eye surgeon Dr. Alan Mendelsohn, MD, FACS, has taken time out of his very busy schedule to talk with us about cataracts and how they can adversely effect one's safe driving abilities. We hope you enjoy this episode of the "Beyond Driving with Dignity" podcast show! Please visit the Keeping Us Safe website at https://www.keepingussafe.org.

Dr. Ivan Damnjanovic, researcher at Texas A & M University, will provide us with a basic understanding of just what an autonomous vehicle is, and will address some of the challenges facing the development of this new technology, particularly as it relates to older drivers that may be experiencing a diminishment in cognitive processing abilities.

Listen in as Brent Currence, Missing Persons Unit Outreach & Education Coordinator with the Ohio Attorney General's office provides us with a basic understanding of how missing persons programs work, what the reporting requirements are and what to do if we locate one of these endangered adults.