Driving Fitness, Health, & Aging: Considerations for Safe Mobility In-Person
For older adults and those who worry about them, this program strives to inform about how aging-related changes in health and function may impact driving safety, how the Maine BMV addresses medical-fitness-to-drive concerns, and how older drivers may self-regulate to remain safely behind the wheel or make a smooth transition into diving retirement.
- Date:
- Monday, March 9, 2026
- Time:
- 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Meeting Room
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Health & Wellness
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.
