Unique program now offered in Punta Gorda, Florida, to help concerned families of older drivers

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Aug. 31, 2013 - PRLog -- Keeping Us Safe is proud to announce that Maggie Cody, RN, has successfully completed an intensive training program and is now certified as a “Beyond Driving with Dignity” professional.

The “Beyond Driving with Dignity” professional certification program has been designed to arm Cody and other professionals throughout the United States and Canada with tools necessary to help older drivers and their families work through the complicated issue of age-related diminishing driving skills.

Having received this certification, Cody is now well-suited to provide older drivers and their families with a very specific program that will help make decisions on how to keep the older driver safe.

Certification in the Beyond Driving with Dignity program is designed to be a common-sense approach to facilitate (and often times mediate!) rational, common-sense driving-related solutions based on tangible facts and personal observations.  Cody will begin serving older drivers and their families throughout Charlotte, Lee and Desoto counties effective immediately.

“The ‘Beyond Driving with Dignity’ program provides concerned families with the missing link between their desire to bring the driving issue to a peaceful resolution, and their ability to actually do so", explains Cody.

In addition to being the owner of Associates in Aging (http://www.associatesinaging.com/default.html), a geriatric care management company, Cody is also an approved provider for the Florida Department of Elder Affairs’ “Alzheimer’s Training” program.  She can be reached at941-467-4598 or by email at maggie@associatesinaging.com.

The “Beyond Driving with Dignity” professional will receive annual in-service trainings will have to meet standards of professionalism to maintain their certification.  For more information on the program please visit www.keepingussafe.org (media inquiries are asked to call 216-904-8841).