Senior Driver Safety Month Instructions for Playing the Bingo Game for June 2017

SENIOR DRIVER SAFETY MONTH – INSTRUCTIONS FOR PLAYING THE BINGO GAME FOR JUNE 2017

The BINGO card has spaces that include “ACTIVITIES” and “PHOTOs” associated with senior driver safety issues.

BINGO ACTIVITIES can take place at any of the senior centers throughout the month of June 2017. Centers must provide their own prizes for a BINGO, across, diagonal, or horizontal. They must also have a prize for a drawing for those seniors who fill in the entire form.

BINGO Activity forms are posted on the tntrafficsafety.org website. Click on the link to senior driver page.

Included on the site are photo items which need to be posted throughout the senior center during the week of June 26 – June 30, 2017. Senior adults must identify what the sign is before they can claim the square. These instructions need to be posted on the senior driver website as BINGO INSTRUCTIONS AND REQUIRED FORMS - ACTIVITIES AND PHOTO ITEMS.

The section below outlines the Activities 1-8 on the BINGO Card.

BINGO ACTIVITY ITEM and For Joe Powell For Center Directors Directions for Usage for senior driver website Helpful Information 1. Complete a Self- Form – Drivers 65 Plus: Self-Rating Please post document to the website in Collect completed forms and return to Rose Rating Driving Form the section: Boyd Assessment Any age can complete BINGO ACTIVITY FORMS Need age and sex info too! 2. Sign up for the Medical Form – Senior can show the Please post the link to the Yellow Dot Contact Catherine Stuart if you want Yellow Dot (YD) or YD sticker on the back of their car to program ICON: assistance at your site to do photos of show proof of prove they are registered for the YD http://www.tn.gov/tdot/article/yellow-dot seniors for their medical form. previous registration Also post the form in BINGO ACTIVITY [email protected] FORMS Contact Sebrina Love if you are not a Yellow Dot Center and you want to become one. [email protected] 3. Sudoku Brain Game Give the form to the participating Please post both forms to the BINGO No special directions. Sudoku Solution senior for them to complete: To get ACTIVITY FORMS section of the Form the square a minimum of 3 entries website should be made to the sheet (doesn’t have to be correct) 4. Word Search Brain SAME as ABOVE for ITEM #3 Same as #3 Same as #3 Game and Solution 5. Do the 4 Driver Form: Flexibility Fitness Training for Please post this form on the senior Make sure to have the senior do these Flexibility Exercises Improving Older Driver Performance: driver website: BINGO ACTIVITY exercises in a chair, if the senior wants to Senior must demonstrate 2 of the 4 FORMS demonstrate all exercises, they can as long exercises as they can do it safely.

1 6. Traffic Sign Quiz Quiz Form: Seniors must attempt to Please post the quiz and answer forms Collect forms and send to Rose Boyd for Traffic Sign Answer answer all questions to get the on the website BINGO ACTIVITY calculation and strategic planning Sheet BINGO Square (don’t have to be FORMS correct) 7. Do 4 Exercises to Have the senior demonstrate, at a The forms for this activity are at Have senior demonstrate the exercises. The Prevent Falls minimum 2 of the exercises to get https://nihseniorhealth.gov/exerciseand senior may do more exercises as long as the BINGO square. physicalactivityexercisestotry/balanceex they are done safely. ercises/01.html Included are 4 exercises as well as video links to illustrate how the exercises can be done. Note: If you don’t think the senior can do this activity safely, go ahead and let them have the square. We don’t want anyone to get injured. 1. Standing on one foot: https://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded&v=QT5 d4tTXW6U 2. Walking heel to toe: https://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded&v=z_G KdFf3qv4 3. Balance Walk https://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded&v=4YO BIEOobCE 4. Back Leg Raises https://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded&v=B54 sRn3f8S0 8. Complete the Risk This form needs to be printed out This assessment can help your facility The form serves as a method to collect data for falls assessment and the assessment must be plan initiatives for the future to address for the senior center. Please forward to your completed by the senior to get the and help seniors regarding this issue center director for planning purposes. BINGO Square https://www.cdc.gov/steadi/pdf/Stay_Ind ependent-custom.pdf

The content below pertains to the “PHOTOS” portion (alphabet items A-P) OF THE BINGO CARD AND HOW EACH SQUARE CAN BE CLAIMED BY THE SENIOR PARTICIPATING IN THE BINGO GAME.

Directions for Use: Print ITEMS A-P and post throughout your facility during the last week of June, 2017 (June 26-30).

2 Note: While “Activities” take place all month; Photo items are featured only during the last week of the month, June 26- 30, 2017.

BINGO PHOTOS ITEM and For Joe Powell For Center Directors Directions for Usage for senior driver website Helpful Information A. Star of Life: Emergency Medical Services Senior must Post on website as Someone at the center B. STOP Sign identify what a single icon on a will need to check off C. Hospital sign, indicates that one is off the exit the picture sheet of paper correct identification for D. Roy Rogers – Song means (included) the senior to get the E. Yellow Dot Program F. Basically a Freebie BINGO spot G. Be Safe – Another Freebie H. DO NOT ENTER sign I. YIELD – You must yield when you see this sign. Stop and look to see what is coming J. Occupational Therapists who are Rehabilitation Driving Specialists can help you drive safely longer K. Rail Road Sign – Be aware L. Men Working – Slow Down M. Danger – stay out of this area; it is a construction site N. Road Work Ahead, Slow down to avoid hitting a worker O. NO U Turns – The area is not safe to make a U turn. P. Slow Down – Children are playing.