Presentation Date
10-31-2024
Document Type
Proceeding (Published)
Abstract
The Nassau County Office for the Aging (NCOFA) is an agency dedicated to serving the county’s population of adults over the age of 60. Nassau County, New York is working towards becoming an Age-Friendly Community as defined by defined by AARP and the World Health Organization (WHO). One of the eight domains that must be addressed to be considered an Age-Friendly Community is transportation accessibility. Molloy University MBA Capstone students were assigned the consulting project of developing a strategy to increase awareness of existing transportation services as well as develop more programs. Nassau County is a New York City suburb with little public transit intra-county. As seniors mature, their ability and desire to drive to destinations fades, which in turn limits their capacity to age in their own homes and care for themselves. Increasing awareness of existing transportation, combining information to use transportation into one guide, building out training for more van drivers and finding grants to expand travel resources should allow NCOFA to boost intra county travel and achieve their goal of making the region more age friendly.
Conference Title
Northeast Business & Economics Association (NBEA) 2024
Sponsorship or Institution
Molloy University
Location
Danbury, Connecticut
Recommended Citation
Kent, Steven, "Transport for Seniors Within a Community -There Is a Need But Is There a Way?" (2024). Faculty Presentations: Business. 21.
https://digitalcommons.molloy.edu/bus_facpre/21
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