Thursday, September 27, 2012
Mom refused to give up her car keys even as her memory continued to be erased. Our family really struggled to determine how we were going to get her to stop driving. One problem was that she lived out in West Texas with my father and their relationship was increasingly under duress due to Mom’s...
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Thanks for the update, Dorian. Convincing an elder to stop driving is one of the hardest things many of us have to do. When that elder has dementia, it's generally even harder, since their reality can be so skewed.
My dad gave up driving willingly when his eyes were preventing him from driving safely. However, later, after his brain surgery put him in dementia, he insisted he could start driving and fought to get back to doing so. It was so disheartening, since we thought we'd passed this milestone!
You offered good tips about when to intervene. Thanks again.
Carol