South Coast Senior College

Health and Aging considerations for Safe Mobility

How do aging-related changes in health and function impact on driving safety?  

 How does Maine address medical concerns in driver licensing? 

 How can older adults remain safely mobile behind the wheel. 

Learn answers to these questions & more!

 Friday Jan 9 1-3  In person and on ZOOM

About the Presenter:

Tom Meuser is a clinical psychologist, applied gerontologist, and social scientist based in Portland, Maine. He moved here in 2018 from Missouri to serve as the Founding Director for the University of New England Center for Excellence in Aging & Health. He retired from this role in 2024 and is now self-employed as a geriatric neuropsychologist (hƩps://geropsychmaine.com/) and a researcher-educator for both the Maine Bureaus of Motor Vehicles and Highway Safety. Tom led the team which developed Missouri’s approach to the medical evaluation of at-risk drivers in

2009. He was also the program evaluator for the AMA’s Older Drivers Project (which continues now through AGS). His 2025 speaking tour in Maine focuses on informing and empowering older adults, as well as the clinical providers who serve them, to make reasoned decisions on driving mobility. Maine’s regulations are an important focus too. He can be reached at tom.meuser@maine.gov.