ReviewInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Transport and Mobility Needs for an Ageing Society from a Policy Perspective: Review and Implications.
Review in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Personalist Bioethics as a Guide to Assessing Emerging Anti-aging Therapies.The Linacre quarterly · 2026Article
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- Screening for Osteoporosis in Nonagenarians: A Scoping Review.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025Article
- Geospatial Insights into Healthcare Accessibility in Europe: A Scoping Review of GIS Applications.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Risk Factors for Locomotive Syndrome in Brazilian Older Adults: A Nested Case-Control Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Barriers and Facilitators to Older Adults' Engagement in Social Prescribing: A Qualitative Study Using Focus Groups.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Introducing social determinants of health to the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center network: Development and implementation in the Uniform Data Set.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Challenges and Recommendations for Proxy Reporting in Aging Research: A Brief Commentary.Cureus · 2024Review
- Gender Differences in the Functional Limitations of Frail Older People Ageing in Place Alone in Italy.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Dementia-Friendly Transportation Services: A Scoping Review.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- The Subjective Experiences of Driving Cessation and Life Satisfaction.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Transport, Mobility and the Wellbeing of Older Adults: An Exploration of Private Chauffeuring and Companionship Services in Malaysia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
The world population is ageing, and many countries in the world are confronted by significant challenges in adapting their health and social systems to meet the requirements of this demographic change. It is well-accepted that mobility is often closely linked to a person's independence, wellbeing and quality of life. Interest has increased across the world with regard to how the mobility needs of an ageing society can be addressed, since an ageing population is confronting nations across the globe and poses long-term challenges on a nation's many aspects, including transport. Questions of how future policies can better respond to the mobility needs of an ageing population and how these policies can be delivered have emerged as major concerns for transport planners, operators and decision-makers. This review explores the way in which implemented policies have addressed the mobility needs of an ageing society, focusing on the provision of accessible, safe and affordable transport. More specifically, the paper reviews legislative and institutional approaches of addressing the mobility needs of an ageing population. The paper discusses the outcomes of these approaches and the remaining challenges in this policy area that relate to elderly people's mobility and provides future research directions. Based on the discussion, clear conclusions about the effectiveness of particular policies are difficult to make. Alternative approaches (e.g., technological innovations) need to be considered in addressing older people's mobility needs.
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