Is this book for you?

If any of these sounds like you, yes.

“I’m not ready to stop driving, but I want to be honest with myself about it.”
“Cane, walker, or scooter? I don’t know what’s right for me.”
“I’d go out more if getting there were easier.”

An older woman with a backpack and walking poles enjoys a mountain landscape.

Why we’re writing this book

Most conversations about older adults and mobility start with what to give up. This one starts with what to keep.

It begins with your own body: the leg strength and balance that keep you walking, and the aids, a cane, a walker, a wheelchair, that let you keep going with extra support when you want it. It shows you how to choose the right one and use it well. Then it turns to transport. An honest, no-judgment self-check of your own driving. How to have the family conversation without it turning into a fight, whichever side of it you’re on. And every real alternative: community transport, public transit, rideshare, accessible options, and how to combine them into a plan that fits your week. The goal isn’t to take anything away. It’s to make sure you always have a way to get there.

It starts with what to keep, not what to give up.

What’s inside

The book is being written now. These are the planned chapters.

Choosing and using the right mobility aid: cane, walker, wheelchair, or scooter, fitted to you
Building and keeping the leg strength and balance that keep you moving on your own
A five-minute, no-judgment self-check of your own driving
The family driving conversation, with care, from either side of it
Choosing, maintaining, and driving your car in bad weather
A breakdown kit and exactly what to do if you’re stranded
Paid transport options compared honestly, from rideshare to medical transport services
Free and low-cost community transport most people never hear about
Accessible travel: paratransit, wheelchair-accessible vehicles, and traveling with oxygen or other equipment, plus guidance for vision and hearing loss
Traveling with a grandchild in your care, and with service animals and pets
Building a personal mobility plan that combines options instead of an all-or-nothing switch

Talk with your doctor before starting a new exercise routine.

What you’ll walk away with

An honest picture of your own driving

And a plan either way: keep going with confidence, or move to other options on your terms.

A family conversation about driving

That doesn’t turn into a fight.

A personal mobility plan

That combines walking, aids, your car, and other transport, instead of an all-or-nothing switch.

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Sources we’re working from

This book is being written now, so its numbered Fact References chapter isn’t final yet. These are among the sources we’re building from, checked the same way as every figure in the series: against a credible, named source you can look up yourself.

Selected sources

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety (2018). Discussions with Older Family Members About Safe Driving: Findings from the AAA LongROAD Study. Research brief. Reports that 82.7% of drivers aged 65 to 79 in the study had not spoken with a family member or physician about driving safety. aaafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/18-0453_AAAFTS-Discussions-with-Older-Family-Members-About-Safe-Driving-Brief_CX.pdf
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety (2025). Summary of LongROAD Research on Older Drivers. A long-term study of American drivers aged 65 to 79 at enrollment, followed for up to five years between 2015 and 2022. aaafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/202510-AAAFTS-LongROAD-Summary.pdf

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Questions people ask

When will Stay Safe Stay Mobile launch?

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Is this only a book about driving?

No. Driving is one part of it. The book starts with your own mobility, exercise, and aids such as canes, walkers, and wheelchairs, which are useful whether or not driving is on your mind. Only then does it turn to driving and other transport.

My spouse or parent uses a wheelchair or has vision loss. Is this book for us?

Yes. A full chapter covers accessible transport, wheelchair-accessible vehicles, and specific guidance for vision and hearing loss, not as an afterthought.

Does it help with the family conversation about driving?

Yes, from both sides, whether you’re the one raising the concern or the one being asked to think about stopping.

Does it cover traveling with a grandchild or a pet?

Yes. Both have their own chapter: traveling safely with young children in your care, and traveling with service animals and pets on every kind of transport in the book.

This book shares general safety information. It isn’t medical, legal, or financial advice. For advice about your own situation, talk with a qualified professional.