How to Prevent Accidents Like the One in Santa Monica on July 16:
AARP '55 Alive' Driver Safety Program at Marianjoy in Wheaton in Late July
When: Tues., July 29 and Wed., July 30, 2003; 8:30 AM -
12:30 PM on both days
Where: Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital, 26W171 Roosevelt
Rd., Wheaton, IL
Board Room - 2nd Floor
What: The "55 ALIVE" Mature Driving course is an 8-hour
refresher class especially designed by the American
Association of Retired Persons (AARP) to meet the
needs of older drivers. Participants learn how to
adjust their driving to age-related changes in
vision, hearing, and reaction time. They also
explore defensive driving techniques, local driving
problems and rules of the road. The classes are
highly interactive, involving video presentations and
group discussion.
Volunteer instructors, Pam Bartle and Anne Hegberg,
have extensive experience as instructors in
Marianjoy's Driver Rehabilitation Program, which
provides evaluation and education for people with
disabilities. Bartle and Hegberg recognized the need
to offer driving classes for seniors in good health
and undertook AARP training to teach this class.
Many seniors have never taken drivers education
classes and find the class to be very beneficial. In
addition, people who complete the class in Illinois
may be eligible to receive a 5% discount on their
insurance fees, depending on their provider.
Who: Open to the community
Pam Bartle and Anne Hegberg, volunteer "55 Alive"
instructors
Fee: $10.00 -- Pre-pay by check to AARP or at first class.
To Register: Call Nadine at 630-462-4280
Source/ Background: Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital is a 120-bed
hospital in Wheaton, Ill., that is dedicated to the
delivery of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
For more information on Marianjoy's Driver
Rehabilitation Program, please visit
www.marianjoy.org and click on Specialty Services
followed by Driver Rehabilitation. Interviews with
Ann Hegberg, Driver Rehabilitation Program Director,
PRNewswire -- July 17