TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES FOR
OLDER ADULTS
The following website links are for alternate senior ride resources, and are not associated with the Outreach Senior Rides Program. Please contact Outreach directly, to inquire about our services.
Avenidas Transportation
Program (650) 326-5362, ext 25.
http://avenidas.org/site.php?page=transportation
Door-to-door
transportation in a lift-equipped van to grocery shopping in the Palo
Alto/Stanford area, Senior Health Day Program in south Palo Alto and La Comida’s weekday
lunch program at the downtown Senior Center.
Transportation to La Comida and grocery shopping is limited to residents
of Palo Alto and Stanford. The service
area covered for participants attending the Senior Day Health Center includes
Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Stanford, and parts of Los Altos and Mountain
View. No fee for transportation to La Comida lunch program. Fees for transportation to Avenidas Senior
Day Health Program and grocery shopping vary.
Road Runners Avenidas
(650) 326-5362, ext. 25
http://avenidas.org/site.php?page=transportation
Volunteer
drivers provide rides to ambulatory seniors anywhere they want to go during
working hours on weekdays. Fees for
this service vary depending on the distance traveled.
Catholic Charities Daybreak
Respite & Caregiver Support Program (408) 238-7252
http://www.ccsj.org/main/services.htm
Volunteer-based, escorted
transportation to medical appointments and grocery shopping. Requires an initial assessment by a nurse to
determine eligibility for program services.
Service area is Santa Clara County, from Mountain View to Gilroy. Fee:
$150.00 per year.
Heart of the Valley – Escorted Transportation (408) 241-1571
http://www.servicesforseniors.org/home.html
Heart of the Valley will take
seniors to medical appointments, shopping, errands, to hospitals to visit
friends and family, and will escort seniors on outings. Serves residents of the cities of Campbell,
Cupertino, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, Santa Clara, Saratoga and Sunnyvale. Suggested Donation:
$2.50 plus mileage at $0.25 a mile
Mexican American Community
Services Agency (MACSA) (408)
928-1155
http://www.macsa.org/body_frame.html
Limited transportation services
for program participants living in MACSA’s service area.
Yu-Ai Kai, Japanese-American
Senior Center (408) 294-2505
Limited transportation services
to and from Yu-Ai Kai’s center.
MEDI-CAL TRANSPORTATION
PROVIDERS
Private Providers of
Medi-Cal Transportation
Non-emergency medical trips for
Medi-Cal recipients.
MV Transportation (408)
292-3600
B + V Transportation (408)
937-6135
CITY/COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
RESOURCES
City of Cupertino
Cupertino residents may use Heart
of the Valley to supplement their transportation needs
Heart of the Valley (408) 241-1571
Town of Los Gatos
The Alan Aert Foundation Senior
Care Program provides round-trip transportation to medical appointments and
grocery shopping at no charge.
Alan Aert Foundation (408) 395-6636
City of Monte Sereno
Heart of the Valley provides escorted transportation services for seniors
age 59 and older who are Monte Sereno residents.
Heart of the Valley (408) 241-1571
City of Santa Clara
Subsidizes rides for
ADA/Paratransit Program eligible seniors and disabled adults through OUTREACH’s
paratransit program to attend the senior nutrition program. Additionally, City of Santa Clara provides
funding to OUTREACH to cover a portion of the client fare for eligible City of
Santa Clara residents enrolled in the ADA Paratransit Program.
Santa Clara Senior Citizens
Center (408) 615-3170
City of San Jose and County
of Santa Clara
Provides subsidized rides for
ADA/Paratransit Program eligible seniors and disabled adults through OUTREACH’s
paratransit program to attend various Senior Nutrition Program sites in
Campbell, Gilroy, Los Gatos, Morgan Hill and San Jose. Additionally, city-owned vans provide free
transportation from senior’s homes to the following Senior Centers: Alma, Cypress, Gardener, Hank Lopez, Iola
Williams, Southside, St. James and the Willows.
For more information, contact
your local Senior Center.
OLDER DRIVER EDUCATION
RESOURCES
American Society on Aging: Webseminars: Senior Transportation
Options: Problems and Solutions, Medications
and the Older Driver: A Prescription
for Disaster, Dementia and Driving: Issues & Resources, When
Driving is a Problem: Talking About
Difficult Decisions, Aging and Driver Wellness: Medical Conditions That Can Affect Driving, Assessment of Driving Capacity.
http://www.asaging.org/webseminars
American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety: Older but Wiser? Drivers 55-Plus Self Rating Quiz
http://www.aaafoundation.org/home/
American
Association of Retired Persons – AARP: Driver Safety (http://www.aarp.org/life/drive/)
AARP
Driver Safety Program Classes
https://wpp.aarp.org/vmis/programs/dsp/course_locator.jsp
Hartford
Insurance Company: Family Conversations with Older Adults –
Safe Driving for a Lifetime
http://www.thehartford.com/talkwitholderdrivers/
New York
State Office for the Aging: When You Are Concerned: A Handbook For Families, Friends And
Caregivers Worried About The Safety Of An Aging Driver
http://aging.state.ny.us/caring/concerned/index.htm
Department
of Motor Vehicles
Senior
Driver Information (http://www.dmv.ca.gov/about/senior/senior_top.htm)
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