
Helpful Tips: Driving with Dementia and Knowing When to Stop
When should someone with dementia stop driving? My 83-year-old father has some dementia issues but still drives himself around town pretty well.
When should someone with dementia stop driving? My 83-year-old father has some dementia issues but still drives himself around town pretty well.
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“Her big thing was, ‘I’m fine, I’m strong,’ recalls her daughter Margaret Robbibaro. “She was going to motor on.” Yet over the next few months, the Sewickley resident started to notice things weren’t quite right with her 84-year-old mother.
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