Getting You Back in the Driver’s Seat
Driving is an integral part of our daily lives. It fosters the independence and freedom needed to get to the activities that we enjoy. But physical and mental challenges can affect your driving skills. Driver rehabilitation is for people who are showing signs of aging that affect driving or for individuals whose lives have been changed by serious medical conditions.
The St. Joseph’s Health Driver Rehabilitation Program offers comprehensive clinical evaluation, assessment, and education of the underlying skills needed for driving. Our program is led by licensed occupational therapists, who are certified and trained as driver rehabilitation specialists, and have experience working with people of all ages, abilities, and limitations. We address your individual challenges and help you gain the skills needed to return to safe and independent driving. However, if driving is no longer recommended, the therapist will provide alternative transportation options that are available near where you live. This will allow the individual to maintain the freedom, independence and control needed for community mobility.
Comprehensive Services
- Clinical Evaluation: An assessment of your physical and cognitive driving capabilities needed for safe driving. This includes visual and physical assessments, reaction time tests and cognitive perceptual assessments.
- Behind the Wheel Evaluation: A full evaluation of driving performance elements, including getting in/out of the car, adjusting equipment, starting the car, positioning the vehicle on the road, adjusting speed, and changing lanes.
- Driver Training: Off- and on-road training with a certified driver rehabilitation specialist.
- Vehicle Modification and Adaptive Driving: Identification of vehicle modifications or equipment needed to enable safe driving, such as hand controls, steering devices, control extensions, etc.
Contact Us
A healthcare provider referral/prescription is required to participate in the driving and community mobility program. To get started in the Driver Rehabilitation Program, call 973-956-3360 and press 4 for an appointment or for more information.
St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center
234 Hamburg Turnpike, Suite 301
Wayne, NJ 07470
973-956-3360