Useful Links - Health Professionals - UQDRIVE, The University of Queensland

e following links are to provide health professionals with additional

information to assist older and retiring drivers.

Medical fitness to drive related links

GP Learning: Tutorial on assessing medical fitness to drive (need to choose the assessing medical fitness to drive link on the page) http://www.gplearning.com.au/free_activities/

Austroads: http://www.austroads.com.au/aftd/index.html.

About the upcoming changes: http://www.ntc.gov.au/DocView.aspx?page=A02213505300970020

Queensland Transport links

Vicroads: Safe Drive Medical Online Learning Assessing fitness to drive tutorial (need to use internet explorer as a browser) http://www.success-zone.net.au/vr_sdm/

Occupational Therapy Driving Assessors:

http://www.otqld.org.au/docs/LIST_081024_OTAQ_OT_Driving_Assessors_SH.pdf

Alternative transport links

Transport Options and Access Guide 2004 edition of community service listings (make sure you check what is still available)

http://www.translink.com.au/qt/transLin.nsf/ReferenceLookup/about_TransportOptionsAccessGuide.pdf$file/about_TransportOptionsAccessGuide.pdf

Independent Transport Network (ITN) America: Innovative transport model providing “Dignified Transportation for Seniors” http://www.itnamerica.org/

Improving Public Transit for Older People: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_82v1b.pdf

Executive summary for workbook: http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_82exesum.pdf

Driving and Dementia

http://www.thehartford.com/alzheimers/brochure.html

Alzheimers Association:

Fact Sheets:

http://www.alzheimers.org.au/upload/HS2.7.pdf - Driving: Caring for someone with Dementia

http://www.alzheimers.org.au/upload/DrivingStop.pdf - Dementia and driving information sheet

http://www.alzheimers.org.au/upload/HS8.4.pdf - About you driving – information for people with dementia

http://www.alzheimers.org.au/content.cfm?infopageid=740&CFID=928539&CFTOKEN=97518772