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| Transportation needs of community-living older people in Sydney | | Author(s) | O F Dent, G A Broe, H Creasey |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 18, no 4, November 1999 |
| Pages | pp 186-190 |
| Keywords | Transport services ; Private cars ; Needs [elderly] ; Urban areas ; Over 70s ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Access to transport is important in enabling older people living in the community to maintain their independence. The aims of this study were to assess the difficulty of access to both private and public transport experienced by older people living in the community in Sydney; to identify demographic and disability-related risk factors for poor access to transport, and to gauge the extent to which transport needs were met by assistance from relatives or friends. An interview study of a random sample of 620 people aged 75 and older was conducted. Over half of the respondents said that access to private transport was difficult or impossible for them; one third said that using public transport was difficult, 29% had difficulty with both forms of transport; yet only a quarter received help from relatives or friends. Fifteen percent of all respondents were transport deprived in that they found access to both forms of transport difficult but did not receive any assistance. In general, the severely disabled were not significantly at risk of transport deprivation. Recommendations for further research are included. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000127209 A |
| Classmark | O: O3: IK: RK: BBK: 7YA |
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