anyone able to work with citations due in 4 hours with 3-4 lines of summary.

Resource APA Citation

Describe how this resource connects to your team’s assigned topic. Be specific and demonstrate thorough understanding of the resource.

Ebly, D., Molnar, Kostyniuk, L., St. Louis, R., Zanier, N. (2017). Characteristics of informal caregivers who provide transportation assistance to older adults. PLoS ONE 12(9) 1-14.

This study was to find a better understanding of the characteristics of informal caregivers who provide transportation assistance and to explore the types of this assistance. Informal transportation caregivers were most often women, on average 61 years old and generally college educated, employed full or part time, providing care to a family member, there was no burden that was actually reported between these individuals with few differences of gender help of caregivers of the age group of the care recipient.

Jones, V., Johnson, R., Rebok, G., Roth, K., Gielen, A., Molnar, L., Pitts, S., Diguiseppi, C., Hill, L., Strogatz, D., Mielenz, T., Eby, D., Li, G. (2018). Use of alternative sources of transportation among older drivers. Journal of Transport & Health. 284-289.

Summarizing the types of number of alternate transport sources of transportation used by older drivers and to explore whether the distances drive by older drivers vary by their use of alternate transport. The results suggest that most older drives have at least one alternate source of transportation which is riding passenger with a family member or a friend.

Namkee, G., DiNitto, D. (2016) Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults Who Do Not Drive: Association With Mobility Rresources and Perceived Transportation Barriers. The Gerontologist. (56) 432-443.

This study examined alternative means of mobility that nondriving older adults rely on and their impact on their wellbeing. Results state that nondrivers of older adults who relied on their informal support system and paid assistance to drive them to places. About half reported walking/using a wheelchair or scooter. A significant proportion of never drivers used public transportation and van/shuttle services. Nondrivers who sometimes walked for transport had lower depressive symptoms than those who did not walk.

Payyanadan, R., Lee, J. (2018). Understanding the ridesharing needs of older adults. Travel Behavior and Society. (13) 155-164

To be able to understand the ridesharing needs of older adults, assess data from four main challenges that adults faced: limited social network, efficient communication of trip details and needs, and establishing trip reliability and privacy. Being able to also implement these tools on current ridesharing platforms could be able to provide more accessible mobility options and prolong the overall mobility and independence of older adults.