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Mobility Options in the Lehigh Valley
We have heard that people want to know more about finding transportation to goods/services, and about finding organizations that bring goods/services to your home.
Please click on the links below to see the beginning of our efforts. Don't forget to stop by for updates and other advances that we are working on in the area of mobility!
ˇFind transportation to goods and/or services
ˇ Get goods and/or services delivered to my home
The forecast for the future challenges us to seek ways to keep our older adults as included and mobile as possible.
Eigthy-three percent (83%) of older adults want to age in place with age-diverse communities, and 52% of them wanting to live near green space.
This presents difficulties in our community that has limited public transportation outside of urban areas. Not being mobile restricts access to economic, social, and health care services and reduces the ability for self-care.
The economic impact associated with lack of mobility includes lost income, reduced employment opportunities, increased costs of deliverying goods and services, increased costs of transport for medical care, and macro-economic losses due to decreased discretionary spending (shopping, cultural events, restaurants, and recreation). |
