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Easy Riders: Driving serice helps seniors get around easier
Since January, hundreds of trips have been made easier for local people 60 and older and adults with visual impairments through a new service.
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Dean Wern, Nonprofit Executive of the Year
June 29, 2009.
Allied President and CEO Dean Wern presented the keys of a 2003 Buick to Margaret Smith-Hale, executive director of the Independent Transportation Network North Central Connecticut in 2008.
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Should seniors re-take driver's test?
June 24, 2009. By Paul Briand, Baby Boomer Examiner
Liberty Mutual is getting involved in the discussion by offering an online driving test, meant to simulate some of the challenges that elderly drivers face when they're out on the road.
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Suited Up As A Senior
June 23, 2009. By Daniel D'Ambrosio, Fairfield County Weekly
Is there anything that gets better at the age of 85? Well, maybe, but I can tell you from experience it isn't driving a car. Not that I'm that old — yet — but in a clever event staged by Boston-based Liberty Mutual insurance company last week at Rentschler Field, I got a taste of what it's like to drive a car at an advanced age.
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Too Old To Drive? When It’s Time To Surrender The Keys
June 23, 2009. By SACHA PFEIFFER. 90.9 WBUR
A handful of recent high-profile car accidents involving elderly drivers has state lawmakers considering legislation that would require extra testing for older drivers.
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A difficult drive in a suit designed to mimic effects of aging
June 18, 2009. By Vivian Nereim, Boston Globe
Globe Correspondent Vivian Nereim took part in a driving course while wearing a restrictive suit during a Liberty Mutual event on Wednesday marking the release of their "Driver Seat Game," an online video game designed to simulate the physical and cognitive limitations experienced by many elderly drivers.
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Senior Drivers, the Video Game
June 18, 2009. By Brad Drazen, WVIT-TV (Hartford NBC)
The Driver Seat Game, is a flash-based video game that makes you feel like you have physical and cognitive limitations that older drivers might experience while they’re behind the wheel of a car. Liberty Mutual and ITNAmerica are behind the video game experience.
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Never get old
June 17, 2009. By Susan Campbell, Hartford Courant
Susan Campbell's blog talks about Liberty Mutual launching an online "Driver Seat Game" that gives baby-boomers (and others) a taste of what driving is like for their parents.
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Behind the wheel as an elderly driver
June 17, 2009. By Erin Cox, WTNH-TV (New Haven ABC)
A new program is designed to put people in the driver's seat of an elderly person to see how age impacts driving.
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Senior Driving Challenges
June 17, 2009. By Jim Cline, WGGB-TV (Springfield ABC)
Retesting older drivers is gaining more interest.
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What it's like to be an elderly driver
June 17, 2009. By Veronica Cintron, WWLP-TV (Springfield NBC)
Liberty Mutual is raising awareness with a senior safety driving event at Rentschler Field in East Hartford. A company official took 22News for a ride to show the effects old age has on driving.
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Game Tests Effects Of Aging On Drivers
June 17, 2009. By Miko Kopelman, WFSB-TV (Hartford CBS)
Liberty Mutual holds demonstration about older drivers.
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ITNNorthCentralCT holds walk; ridership continues to grow
June 9, 2009. By Jennifer Coe, Reminder News
Forty caring community members came together to walk in support of older adults in the Greater Enfield area in the first annual "Walk for Rides" on May 31.
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Mobile Mission
May, 2009, AARP, My Generation
Katherine Freund is a driving force, helping older adults keep their independence.
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In Your Community: Transportation Services
Spring, 2009, NCAAA Newsletter
ITNNorthCentralConnecticut™ is now offering rides 24/7 to seniors and adults with visual impairments in Bloomfield, East Granby, East Windsor, Enfield, Granby, Somers, South Windsor, Suffield, Windsor and Windsor Locks.
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Harris Behind the Wheel for First Ride of ITNNorthCentralConnecticut
April 27, 2009, Bloomfield
Monday April 27th was the official start of ITNNorthCentralCT which is now offering rides 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. State Senator Jonathan A. Harris (D-West Hartford), inaugurated ITN by taking Jean Paterwic on a ceremonial first ride at the Marilyn Michaelson Senior Center in Bloomfield.
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2009 Inspire Awards
January/February, 2009. By Joe Treen, AARP The Magazine.
Ten Who Inspire: These go-getters are putting their passion into action to make the world a better place.
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Car Service Helps Older Adults Stay Independent
January 1, 2009, by Joseph Shapiro, National Public Radio, Morning Edition.
Two years ago, Dick Bowman's children approached him to say it was time for him to quit driving. The then-89-year-old had caused a couple of fender benders, including scraping another car while driving his Volvo in the parking lot at his tennis club.
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Giving back some independence
By Stacey A. Silliman, October 15, 2008
"It's a nice outlet because I can do what I feel in the moment — it's like having my own set of wheels," she says. "I can do fun things, not just go to the doctor."
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Network Offers Enfield Area Seniors Another Transportation Choice
By Shawn R. Beals, Courant Staff Writer, August 25, 2008
Senior citizens in the north central part of the state who can no longer drive will have another option this fall for getting around on their own.
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ITNNorthCentralConnecticut to Serve Enfield and Bloomfield
Hartford Courant, August 17, 2008
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Sen. Kissel Praises Independent Transportation Network®
State Senator John A. Kissel (R-Enfield) today is praising the Independent Transportation Network® (ITN) of North Central Connecticut for their work in bringing to his attention legislative matters that were delaying the launch of the transportation service. Sen. Kissel, along with Sen. Donald J. DeFronzo (D-New Britain) and Sen. Jonathan Harris (D-West Hartford) were commended by the group for their efforts to clear up some critical legal issues concerning volunteer drivers.