Publications

Modern Ideas, Modern Living: Taking the Next Step in Home Design and Planning for the Lifestyle You Want

This guidebook encourages you to think about the next step in your lifestyle and how to ensure that your home will fit you, and provides information to help you think through the options and talk with people who are important to you about these decisions.

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Simple Solutions: Practical Ideas and Products to Enhance Independent Living

This guidebook features more than 200 simple design ideas and household products that can make your home more comfortable, convenient and safe.

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It Could Happen to Me: Family Conversations about Disaster Planning

Natural disasters don't happen every day but, when they hit, the repercussions can be severe. Having a disaster plan can help to: prevent loss of life and reduce property damage, lessen your stress around recovery and rebuilding; and decrease the time it takes to get your life back in order.

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The Calm Before the Storm: Family Conversations about Disaster Planning, Caregiving, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia

This publication helps caregivers better plan for natural disasters by talking to – and planning with – family, friends and others. It includes a variety of worksheets, checklists and helpful resources.

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Fire Sense: A Smart Way to Prevent, Detect and Escape Home Fires.

Fire safety is not a one-time project. You must continually be on guard against the fire hazards in your home. This valuable booklet can help you and your family prevent, detect and escape home fires.

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You and Your Car: A Guide to Driving Wellness

This guidebook describes how drivers can stay safely on the road for a lifetime.

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Your Road Ahead: A Guide to Comprehensive Driving Evaluations

This guidebook describes the benefits of having a comprehensive driving evaluation from an occupational therapist with specialized driver evaluation training.

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At the Crossroads: Family Conversations about Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia & Driving

This guidebook helps families determine when it’s time for loved ones with dementia to stop driving and helps them cope with driving cessation.

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This guidebook is now available in Spanish. En la encrucijada: conversaciones familiares sobre la enfermedad de Alzheimer,demencia y conducción de automóviles.

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At the Crossroads: The Support Group Leaders Kit on Alzheimer's Disease, Dementia and Driving

This kit is a four-session educational workshop for delivery by support group leaders to caregivers on dementia and driving. The course, designed for practical application and based on solid evaluation research, is organized into three two-hour sessions with a total of nine lessons. Available only for group leaders.

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We Need to Talk: Family Conversations with Older Drivers

This guidebook provides families with easy-to-use, practical information to help them plan ahead and initiate productive and caring conversations with older adults about driving safely.

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This guidebook is now available in Spanish: Tenemos que hablar: conversaciones familiares con conductores de edad avanzada.

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Your Road to Confidence: A Widow’s Guide to Buying, Selling and Maintaining a Car

This guidebook empowers widows to take control of their driving future and confidently buy, sell and maintain a car.

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Shopping for a Safer Car (From Our Partner in Driving Safety)

This brochure from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) can help you select a safe car for you and your family. Safety involves a number of factors, so there's not one perfect formula that fits everyone, although it's clear that some vehicles are safer than others. You can find safer vehicles in various price and style groups — and you can use this publication to help identify the best choices.

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