For many seniors driving; conditions, cars and roads have changed.  Seniors can adapt better to these changes by finding their perfect fit.  One program to assist with that is CarFit.  This national program educates seniors in order to keep them safe and mobile and it’s absolutely free!  Pat Colvin with the Area Health Education Center in Northeast Florida takes us on a tour of CarFit.  Listed below are other helpful links and resources where you can get more information and find the nearest CarFit program available to you.
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• AARP Driver Safety Program

• CarFit Official Site

• Keeping Seniors Safe and Mobile

Other professional assistance in the Jacksonville Florida area:

For a classroom driver refresher course contact: Bertha Richardson, AARP 904 356-9306

Driver Rehabilitation Specialists and Occupational Therapists contact:
Peggy Gannon with Brooks Rehabilitation
904 858-7242
Peggy.gannon@brookshealth.org

Click here to download a free document on driving wellness for seniors!
6 Tips For Driving Wellness

The Informed Eldercare Podcast is produced by Bold City Media, your expert podcasting company in Jacksonville, Florida and sponsored in part by Eldersource.

Here is a preview of our new show which features the CarFit program. This free educational program offered by Eldersource and the Area on Health Education Center in Jacksonville Florida helps seniors to discover how fitting in their car can help them maintain and improve their driving. Using a 12 point checklist, CarFit helps them stay safe and mobile. Be watching for the new video!

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If your 50 and beyond your now facing a whole new set of decisions, and many times the best way to make those decisions come by way of an expert.  Fruit Cove Baptist Church will be hosting an Information Expo for adults 50 and beyond. There will be experts from the local community offering seminars on many important issues.  The event starts with a dinner on Friday night with the various sessions to follow.

Seminars on the following topics:

• Care Giving
• Fraud Protection
• Legal Issues for the 2nd Half of Life
• End of Life Issues
• Insurance

Cost: $25/ person or $40/couple

Includes: All seminars and dinner on Friday, breakfast and lunch on Saturday.

Tickets can be purchased online at:

Click here to register

In today’s tough economy many who are looking to save money on home improvements or repair, often fall prey to home fraud. When someone looks for a contractor to provide these services an unlicensed contractor in question may offer them at a fraction of the cost. While the thought of saving money is alluring, the costs in the long run can add up to delayed, unfinished or substandard work. If the contractor is not licensed or insured the homeowner may be liable for any damage or injury to the contractor. Unfortunately there are those stories of homeowners that paid the contractor in question before any work was performed never to see either of them again.

These are just a few examples of what to be aware of when having work done at a residence. Fortunately the information in this podcast can help you make the right decisions to protect yourself.

In this show Sandra Rentfrow with the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation provides expert advice on how to protect yourself or your elder against these practices.

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Here are a few helpful links:
My Florida License
Northeast Florida Better Business Bureau

Contact Numbers:

• Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation 850 487-1395
• To file a complaint or report you can call them toll free at 866 487-1395
• In the Northeast Florida area 904 721-2288

The Informed Eldercare Podcast is produced by Bold City Media, your expert podcasting company in Jacksonville, Florida.

If someone you know who is a veteran who served during wartime, they may be eligible for pension or compensation benefits. If they served but not during wartime they too may be eligible for benefits as a result of diseases or injury during active duty. In addition the spouse or dependents of a veteran may also be eligible for benefits as well.

In this episode of The Informed Eldercare Podcast Herschel Allen with the Department of Veteran Affairs Service Office describes how our elderly veteran’s and their dependents can receive benefits but are not limited to health care, in home assistance for care, nursing care, and much more.

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The Informed Eldercare Podcast is produced by Bold City Media, your expert podcasting company in Jacksonville, Florida and sponsored in part by Eldersource.

Here are few helpful links for more information from The Department of Veteran Affairs

Toll Free Numbers for contacting the VA
Find a VA facility here.