Facing double jeopardy: Experiences of driving cessation in older adults during COVID-19 pandemic

Exploring Psychosocial Dynamics Underpinning Driver Identity in an Older Adult Sample

“…With the spread of COVID-19, car use has been reduced across the world and this means people may be less able to fulfill family obligations as they normally would [ 41 , 42 ]. The present findings in this cross-sectional survey assessment must be considered in light of this context.…”

“…The present findings in this cross-sectional survey assessment must be considered in light of this context. Indeed, Abootalebi and colleagues [ 41 ] have suggested that while driving retirement is typically painful in and of itself, with the negative health messaging and stay-at-home restrictions, etc., due to the pandemic, the emotional discomforts surrounding driving cessation are likely to be exacerbated.…”

A systematic review of older adults’ travel behaviour and mobility during COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned for sustainable transport provision and healthy aging

“…•53 FULL TEXT read •21 articles met the full inclusion criteria age, four studies (Abootalebi et al, 2021;Giebel et al, 2020;Shaer & Haghshenas, 2021a, 2021b used 60, six studies (Carney et al, 2022;Dinhobl et al, 2022;Liu et al, 2021;Park & Cho, 2021;Roe et al, 2021;Saunders et al, 2023) The varied demarcations of older adult are likely to have a small impact on comparative results, however sample size is another methodological factor to account for when analysing and comparing articles.…”

“…Thus reduced mobility is linked to adverse outcomes such as social isolation, reduced well-being, and negative health consequences (De Vos, 2020;Rogers & Musselwhite, 2023;Schwanen & Ziegler, 2011). Policies that potentially saved lives may have also caused harm in other ways through physical limitations and setbacks e.g., (Leppä et al, 2021;Zingmark et al, 2022) social isolation (Abootalebi et al, 2021) and mental health and well-being issues (Giebel et al, 2020;Liu et al, 2021) . It is therefore important to examine the circumstances and impacts of COVID-19 responses and policies on older people's out of home mobility, in order to understand any negative consequences that these policies may have on older people across different regions globally.…”

“…Access to transport could also be dependent on mode, and ability to choose a mode (Leppä et al, 2021;Shaer & Haghshenas, 2021a, 2021bZingmark et al, 2022). Safeguarding measures were investigated in various parts of the globe to understand the repercussions of reducing mobility for older people and findings highlight inequalities in access to transportation options across and within countries, whereby the already vulnerable tended to become even more vulnerable (Abootalebi et al, 2021;Carney et al, 2022;Giebel et al, 2020;Krauss et al, 2022;Liu et al, 2021). Access to transport and ability to choose mode was impacted not only by lockdown policies which varied greatly (for example Japan declared a State of Emergency not a lockdown (Hino & Asami, 2021)), but also because the countries included were of low, middle and high income which in turn has implications for level of infrastructure and range of transport available to support transport and services for older people.…”