Seniors and Driving
What to do if you are worried about the diving safety of your senior loved one.
Senior Citizens and Driving: Dementia – What if My Parent Forgets They Can’t Drive?
Dementia and driving are a dangerous mix, and it becomes even more complicated if your elderly parent forgets they can’t drive.
Senior Citizens and Driving: Life After Driving
Losing the ability to drive can be a major turning point in a person’s life and can threaten their independent living and plans for aging in place. It means he must depend on other people or professional services for transportation, and he is subject to their schedules, routes, and destinations. There is the risk that after an older person loses the ability to drive, they will stop doing the things that keep them healthy and engaged.
Senior Citizens and Driving: The Process of Reporting an Unsafe Elderly Driver
The DMV has a process for evaluating the skills of elderly drivers that have been reported to them for review. This article describes the procedures and possible outcomes.
Senior Citizens and Driving: How to Talk to Your Elderly Parents About Driving
When speaking to your loved one, remember that driving is a powerful symbol of and facilitator of freedom and independence. It also forces older people to consider that they may no longer be capable of performing a task that they’ve been doing since they were a teenager! So it is important to discuss the subject with respect and consideration.
Senior Citizens and Driving: Can My Loved One Improve Their Driving Skills and-or Regain their Driver’s License?
Sometimes driving skills are impaired by reversible changes in health. In those cases, driving assessment centers can help your loved ones regain lost skills that will allow them to drive safely and legally.
Senior Citizens and Driving: How Driving Skills are are Assessed for the Elderly
How Driving Skills are are Assessed for the Elderly Are you worried that your elderly parent can no longer drive safely? This series of articles tells you what you can do, including: What the law says about elderly drivers. The process and implications of reporting an unsafe elderly driver. How driving skills are assessed for [...]
Senior Citizens and Driving: What To Do When Your Elderly Parent Needs to Stop Driving
For your elderly parent, losing the ability to drive can seem like the first sign that they are losing their freedom and independence and they may feel it will threaten their ability to age in place. But if your loved one has become unsafe behind the wheel they are a risk not only to themselves but to other people’s loved ones that are sharing the road with them.
