Changes in vision and perception are an inevitable part of the aging process. For some individuals, such changes have implications for personal mobility and roadway safety. Health and service professionals play important roles in the recognition, evaluation, and management of such changes. -- This program will review age-related changes in vision and perception, driving-related evaluation with an emphasis on vision, applicable driver-licensing regulations in Missouri, and important issues for individuals, families, and professionals to consider in the promotion of older-driver safety. Click here for resigtration information.

This third program in our Gerontology Professional Colloquium series, entitled Vision, Perception & the Aging Driver: Advising Patients & Clients to Promote Safety, is a joint offering of the University of MissouriÐSt. Louis Gerontology Program, School of Social Work, College of Optometry, College of Nursing, and Division of Continuing Education, along with the AAA Auto Club of Missouri.

To learn more about the Gerontology Professional Colloquium series, contact Dr. Tom Meuser at 314-516-5421 or meusert@umsl.edu. To learn about degree and training opportunities through any of the co-sponsors of this event, please visit the UMSL home page and follow the appropriate links.

June 19, 2008, 7:30 a.m.-Noon, UM-St. Louis, J.C. Penney Conference Center, Summit Lounge

Faculty Panel

The faculty panel brings a wealth of expertise in patient care and older-driver safety to share.

Dr. Bobbie Lee, the Hubert C. Moog Professor of Nursing at UMSL, will open the program, sharing her perspective as both a nurse and a caregiver for aging parents.

Dr. Kathleen Boland, clinical assistant professor of optometry at UMSL, will review the common ways that vision and perception change in the aging process, with an emphasis on the driving task.

Dr. David Carr, associate professor of medicine & neurology at Washington University School of Medicine, and Ms. Pat Niewoehner, OTR/L, CDRS, driver rehabilitation specialist at the St. Louis VA Medical Center, will describe their respective clinical approaches to evaluating older-driver fitness.

Dr. Tom Meuser, associate professor of Social Work, UMSL, will discuss regulation of drivers with medical conditions in Missouri and how health professionals can contribute to roadway safety.

The organizers are especially pleased to have Dr. Leanna Depue, director of the Division of Highway Safety, Missouri Department of Transportation, to finish the program as a discussant and panel moderator.

Registration Information

Fee: $50 -- Preregistration is required.

Participants will be able to receive formal education credits for Social Work, Optometry, or Nursing Home Administration.

All attendees will receive a certificate of attendance (2.25 hours), breakfast, parking, and handout materials. Tables will be available for organizations wishing to showcase their services; requests will be considered on a rolling basis until slots are filled.

You have four ways register for this workshop. Choose the one that's most convenient for you.

• ONLINE: Register online for Vision, Perception, & the Aging Driver with a MasterCard, Visa, or Discover credit card.

• BY PHONE: Call Ashley Patterson at (314) 516-5974 [TDD: (314) 516-5961].

• BY FAX: Complete a Vision, Perception, & the Aging Driver registration form, and fax it with payment information to (314) 516-6414.

• BY MAIL: Complete Vision, Perception, & the Aging Driver registration form, and mail it with your payment to the address indicated on the form.

To learn more about the Gerontology Program and to be added to the mailing list for this event, contact:

David Doran, senior secretary
UM-St. Louis Gerontology
(314) 516-5280
dorand@umsl.edu

Schedule

Sponsors
UM-St. Louis
Gerontology Program, School of Social Work
College of Nursing
College of Optometry
Division of Continuing Education
AAA Auto Club of Missouri