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Driving Safety with Brain Fitness Program

While some elder care experts and families of seniors living in Phoenix believe it’s better to keep older adults off the road; many in the senior care industry are now focusing upon allowing them to remain safely behind the wheel.

A few basic tips to allow seniors to maintain this form of independence include choosing a senior-safe car, using assistive devices and changing driving habits with the help of training and assessment programs.

However, seniors looking to further improve their driving skills can try a new brain fitness software program called InSight. The software has been involved in over a dozen National Institute of Health studies, which have demonstrated that it reduces dangerous driving maneuvers by up to 80% and decreases stopping distance by 22 feet on average, when traveling 55mph.

Major insurance carrier, Allstate is currently conducting their own research with the software by testing its impact on individuals over the age of 50 in Pennsylvania. Their plan is to encourage safe driving practices in seniors by offering discounts on care insurance to people who have completed the brain fitness program.

Regardless of age, consider your driving habits and the impact they may have on your safety; could you benefit from implementing any of the above methods in your life?

Sources: http://www.positscience.com/news/view.php?contentid=511
http://www.otworks.ca/otworks_page.asp?pageid=784