Transportation for Seniors

We realize how hard it is for many of our senior clients to give up their driving habits. Indeed, transportation is vital for many older clients, especially those living independently, in order to run their daily and weekly errands conveniently.

But continuing to drive yourself puts you, your passengers, and other road users at risk. Fortunately, Irish Help At Home understands your need to visit your family and friends, make medical your medical appointments, and take care of errands, and will help you reach your destination and come back home safely and conveniently without necessarily being behind the wheel.

Time to Stop Driving

For some seniors, it is definitely time to stop driving if you're too visually impaired. Here're a few vision and driving facts to consider the next time you're driving yourself:

  • Vision provides 85% of the information you need to make safe decisions on the road
  • A 55-year-old takes 8 times longer than a 16-year-old to recover from glare
  • A 60-year-old requires 10 times more light to drive comfortably as a 19-year-old
  • Older drivers take nearly twice as long as younger drivers to respond to the flash of brake lights

If you're driving yourself because you're unaware of, or don't believe that you have an alternative means of transportation available to you, please contact Irish Help At Home to view the transportation services that we offer our clients.

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“Our most sincere compliments to Irish Help at Home. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the care you and your staff provided for our mother. We will be in touch again in future should she need any more care.”

Sincerely, Joan and Elaine Dressler

Escorted Transportation Services

We provide escorted transportation services and tailored ride share programs that will help you make the trips that are important to you for:

  • Social activities - the trips made for recreational or social purposes or for volunteer work
  • Personal business - trips to pay your bills, Social Services, the bank, HEAP, legal assistance, HIICAP (Health Insurance, Information, Counseling & Assistance Program), and so on
  • Food and nutrition - trips to grocery stores or outdoor dining
  • Health related - trips to the physician, physical therapy, counseling, clinic, hospital, pharmacy, etc.

We are happy that you're spending a healthy amount of time outdoors, visiting and engaging with family, friends, and members of your community. Researchers have found that people who're exposed to the outside world are less moody and generally happier.

To find out more about our transportation services for seniors, please contact us online or don’t hesitate to call us at 415-759-0520.