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to them may not be affordable to you. I do not know if they will stand by while you are at your appointment, their website doesn’t provide much information.
Home health care here doesn’t include transportation. IHSS caregivers will drive you around in your own car though. Personal care-which is bathing, grooming, meal prep and laundry does include transportation to doctors appointments but I don’t know if you have to have your own car or if they take you in the agency’s vehicle.
Keep your car as your abilities to drive decline, and hire a caregiver or neighbor to drive you.
A neighbor is more willing if they can take your car.
Many caregivers are not allowed to drive you in their own car.
The overall expense vs. NO RIDES! has not been calculated. But a paid for, good running older vehicle with low insurance premiums could work out.
Keep trying. Transportation is always going to be a challenge. Even in assisted living, promises of a transportation bus services were drastically reduced, and they would just drop you off.
Apply an unusual perspective to having the benefit of someone to drive for you.
Keeping the ability to be independent with a good driver is worth a whole lot, so reward a good driver accordingly. Expect changes to happen. People now hire limousine drivers for events, and it is more expensive. Call around, maybe a one time ride could be worth it.
Please do not shoot the messenger.
https://www.agingcare.com/search?term=transporttion+for+elders
Public transportation in my experience is more reliable, whether contracted directly or used through Senior Centers. I used Lyft one and would not use it again. I think the driver was either an ex-race driver or was practicing to be one. I wasn't sure I would make it to the appointment w/o her causing an accident.
Public transportation agencies require their employees to meet certain standards. Allegedly Lyft and Uber do, but I certainly didn't see it.
Me, I looked at Moms dr visits. Some just follow ups. One was for bladder cancer she hadn't had come back in over 5 yrs. But her doctor was still having her come in for a scope every year at the age of 87/88. Since she had Dementia and was declining monthly, I saw no reason to put her thru that anymore. If she had gotten cancer again, there is no way would she be able to understand what she needed to do thru chemo.
I am a volunteer for a Hospice and they often have requests for a volunteer to drive someone to the store or to a doctor appointment, even to a vet or groomer.
If you are a member of a church or other religious group they may have a volunteer group that will do this.
There are medical transports that will also provide transportation.
I can understand why some people may not want to do this just because of liability, an unpleasant passenger is one thing the thought of an accident or someone getting hurt is another.
I cared for my in-laws for years and transportation was a challenge. The in-laws had so many appointments and I took them to almost all of them (30+ a year). When I complained about how much time it took, others would suggest having their friends take them or use Dial-a-Ride.
Of course, they weren't thinking that their friends are elderly also and couldn't handle getting the wheelchair in and out of the car. They had one male friend who could handle it but, understandably, my MIL wasn't comfortable with him helping her in the bathroom. He did take my FIL occasionally which was wonderful.
They also weren't aware that Dial-a-Ride can't accommodate a scooter and only drops the passenger at the curb. With lung cancer and emphysema, my FIL couldn't handle moving the wheelchair on his own.
Then, we also needed a family member at the appointment to know what the doctor said or, with some, to interpret his heavy accent. My MIL was terrible about only telling us what she wanted us to know. She had diabetes for 10 years before she told her family!
We did get to the point that my MIL qualified to have home health care come to the house to draw blood. That saved some time and effort for us.
The only suggestion I have is to post a flyer on the community board at local coffee houses, libraries, etc. Maybe post one at colleges, especially one that does health care classes. Perhaps, someone studying for a CNA certification would be interested in some side jobs. Of course, social media could be another resource.
I hope others have some better suggestions. Good luck!