Giving-up driving
I was involved in a project that looked at the role of (re)learning to use alternative transport following giving-up of the car in later life, to help facilitate positive behaviour change to other modes of transport. I took part in an ESRC workshop on learning in later life with Professor John Benyon and Jim Soulsby at the University of Leicester discussing the role of education and learning and transport and travel behaviour in later life. I was awarded a competitive internal bid in 2010 to look at drivers who were contemplating giving-up driving, which involved following a group of drivers over a period of 18 months to document the process of giving-up driving and subsequent effects on health and wellbeing, examining adaptability and resilience. I have been involved with a project addressing issues surrounding temporarily giving-up driving when people break their arms and how this affects their travel behaviour, road user safety and health and wellbeing. In 2011, I was invited to write a thinkpiece for the International Longevity Centre on how older people can give-up driving successfully which was launched at the House of Lords.
See my list of recommendations for how to encourage successful giving-up driving for older people.
Research Projects
- Successfully giving-up driving: Exploring how older people contemplate and experience giving-up driving with Ian Shergold, 2010-12, Internal UWE starter grant
- Driving Hands: Transport behaviour and road safety of driving in plaster following broken wrist, British Association of Hand Therapists, 2010-current
Outputs
Journal Articles
Musselwhite, C.B.A., Calcraft, M. J., Roberts, M., Fox, R., Swinkels, A., Turton, P. and Young, S. (2016). Breaking the habit: Does fracturing your wrist change your travel and driver behaviour? Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 38, 83-93
Musselwhite, C.B.A. and Shergold, I. (2013). Examining the process of driving cessation in later life. European Journal of Ageing. 10(2), 89-100
Musselwhite, C. (2011). The importance of driving for older people and how the pain of driving cessation can be reduced. Journal of Dementia and Mental Health, 15(3), 22-26.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2010). The role of education and training in helping older people to travel after the cessation of driving International Journal of Education and Ageing 1(2) , 197-212
Book chapters
Musselwhite, C.B.A. and Haddad, H. (2017) The Travel Needs of Older People and What Happens When People Give-Up Driving, in Charles Musselwhite (ed.) Transport, Travel and Later Life (Transport and Sustainability, Volume 10) Bingley,. UK: Emerald Publishing Ltd. pp 93-115
Reports/Monographs
Calcraft, M. J., Fox, R., Musselwhite, C., Swinkels, A., Young, S and Turton, P. (2014). An investigation of factors influencing the resumption of driving by patients with one forearm immobilised in a below-elbow cast. A report for the British Association of Hand Therapists. University of the West of England and North Bristol NHS Trust.
Musselwhite, C. (2011) Successfully giving up driving for older people. Discussion Paper. International Longevity Centre - UK.
Conference presentations
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2016). Auto-mobility, community connections and independence in later life. Invited speaker to British Psychology Society seminar series Beyond Boundaries: Exploring Psychologies of Ageing. Research Seminar 3 - Ageing in Place: Independence and communities. Keele Hall - Keele University, 10 February.
Musselwhite, C.B.A., Calcraft, M. J., Roberts, M., Fox, R., Swinkels, A., Turton, P. and Young, S. (2016). Breaking the habit: Breaking your wrist to break travel behaviour Proceedings of the 48th Annual Conference of the Universities' Transport Study Group (UTSG), co-hosted by the University of the West of England, Bristol, and Bristol University 7 January
Musselwhite, C.B.A., Calcraft, M. J., Roberts, M., Fox, R., Swinkels, A., Turton, P. and Young, S. (2015).Can breaking your wrist break your driving habit? 1st Conference on Transport & Health, University College London, UK. 7 July.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2014). Setting the Scene - where are we now, where do we want to go? Community Matters: are our communities ready for ageing: Getting out and about Future of Age,Quality of Life,Transport, AGE UK, London, 11th March.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2013).Virtual and imaginative travel in later life presented at OPAN CYMRU workshop on Prolonging safe mobility in later life for independence and well being, SURF Room, Swansea University, 11th December.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2013). Is the car really necessary in later life? at the Ageing, Transport and Mobility: New approaches from researchers and providers MICRA (Manchester Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Research on Ageing) workshop, University of Manchester, 29th October.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. and Shergold, I. (2013). Missed journeys: The importance of discretionary and social travel, Symposium on Travel, transport and mobility at the British Society of Gerontology, Keeble College, Oxford University, 13th September.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2013). Successfully giving-up driving: Positive experiences beyond the car OPAN Cymru Conference 2013, Environments and Communities: Supporting the next generation of ageing research, Village Hotel, Swansea, 23rd July.
Musselwhite, C.B.A., Edge, S., Shergold, S. and Parkhurst, G. (2012). The role of mobility in maintaining independence, health and wellbeing in later life Symposium at the British Gerontology Society Conference, Keele University, 12th July.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2011). We Need to Talk - the role of family, friends and social networks. Invited presentation at Parliamentary Advisory Committee on Transport Safety (PACTS) Conference Older, Wiser, Safer: the Challenge of an Ageing Population. October 13th, Royal Society of Medicine, London.Research Projects
See my list of recommendations for how to encourage successful giving-up driving for older people.
Research Projects
- Successfully giving-up driving: Exploring how older people contemplate and experience giving-up driving with Ian Shergold, 2010-12, Internal UWE starter grant
- Driving Hands: Transport behaviour and road safety of driving in plaster following broken wrist, British Association of Hand Therapists, 2010-current
Outputs
Journal Articles
Musselwhite, C.B.A., Calcraft, M. J., Roberts, M., Fox, R., Swinkels, A., Turton, P. and Young, S. (2016). Breaking the habit: Does fracturing your wrist change your travel and driver behaviour? Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 38, 83-93
Musselwhite, C.B.A. and Shergold, I. (2013). Examining the process of driving cessation in later life. European Journal of Ageing. 10(2), 89-100
Musselwhite, C. (2011). The importance of driving for older people and how the pain of driving cessation can be reduced. Journal of Dementia and Mental Health, 15(3), 22-26.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2010). The role of education and training in helping older people to travel after the cessation of driving International Journal of Education and Ageing 1(2) , 197-212
Book chapters
Musselwhite, C.B.A. and Haddad, H. (2017) The Travel Needs of Older People and What Happens When People Give-Up Driving, in Charles Musselwhite (ed.) Transport, Travel and Later Life (Transport and Sustainability, Volume 10) Bingley,. UK: Emerald Publishing Ltd. pp 93-115
Reports/Monographs
Calcraft, M. J., Fox, R., Musselwhite, C., Swinkels, A., Young, S and Turton, P. (2014). An investigation of factors influencing the resumption of driving by patients with one forearm immobilised in a below-elbow cast. A report for the British Association of Hand Therapists. University of the West of England and North Bristol NHS Trust.
Musselwhite, C. (2011) Successfully giving up driving for older people. Discussion Paper. International Longevity Centre - UK.
Conference presentations
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2016). Auto-mobility, community connections and independence in later life. Invited speaker to British Psychology Society seminar series Beyond Boundaries: Exploring Psychologies of Ageing. Research Seminar 3 - Ageing in Place: Independence and communities. Keele Hall - Keele University, 10 February.
Musselwhite, C.B.A., Calcraft, M. J., Roberts, M., Fox, R., Swinkels, A., Turton, P. and Young, S. (2016). Breaking the habit: Breaking your wrist to break travel behaviour Proceedings of the 48th Annual Conference of the Universities' Transport Study Group (UTSG), co-hosted by the University of the West of England, Bristol, and Bristol University 7 January
Musselwhite, C.B.A., Calcraft, M. J., Roberts, M., Fox, R., Swinkels, A., Turton, P. and Young, S. (2015).Can breaking your wrist break your driving habit? 1st Conference on Transport & Health, University College London, UK. 7 July.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2014). Setting the Scene - where are we now, where do we want to go? Community Matters: are our communities ready for ageing: Getting out and about Future of Age,Quality of Life,Transport, AGE UK, London, 11th March.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2013).Virtual and imaginative travel in later life presented at OPAN CYMRU workshop on Prolonging safe mobility in later life for independence and well being, SURF Room, Swansea University, 11th December.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2013). Is the car really necessary in later life? at the Ageing, Transport and Mobility: New approaches from researchers and providers MICRA (Manchester Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Research on Ageing) workshop, University of Manchester, 29th October.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. and Shergold, I. (2013). Missed journeys: The importance of discretionary and social travel, Symposium on Travel, transport and mobility at the British Society of Gerontology, Keeble College, Oxford University, 13th September.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2013). Successfully giving-up driving: Positive experiences beyond the car OPAN Cymru Conference 2013, Environments and Communities: Supporting the next generation of ageing research, Village Hotel, Swansea, 23rd July.
Musselwhite, C.B.A., Edge, S., Shergold, S. and Parkhurst, G. (2012). The role of mobility in maintaining independence, health and wellbeing in later life Symposium at the British Gerontology Society Conference, Keele University, 12th July.
Musselwhite, C.B.A. (2011). We Need to Talk - the role of family, friends and social networks. Invited presentation at Parliamentary Advisory Committee on Transport Safety (PACTS) Conference Older, Wiser, Safer: the Challenge of an Ageing Population. October 13th, Royal Society of Medicine, London.Research Projects