Driving retirement in older adults: a qualitative exploration into their plans, feelings, and support needs
Jade Carpenter, Sjaan Koppel, Oscar Modesto, Thomas B McGuckian, Benjamin Weir, Joanne M Bennett, Jennifer Baumbusch · 2026
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Jade Carpenter and co-authors ask older adults how they feel about giving up driving. Their 2026 study sits with eight adults aged sixty-five and up in group talks. Stopping driving is a major life shift, tied in past work to worse mood and health. The talks probed plans, feelings, and support needs. Adults were sorted into three stances from past work: planners, reluctant accepters, and resisters.
Health, safety, and license hurdles each sparked first thoughts of stopping across all groups. Feelings ran mostly bleak, save for acceptance in some. Planners spoke of feelings in the past tense, resisters in the present. All called for stronger support from kin, towns, and policy, the authors say.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jade Carpenter, Sjaan Koppel, Oscar Modesto, Thomas B McGuckian, Benjamin Weir, Joanne M Bennett, Jennifer Baumbusch |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 83 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |