As the Care recipient (cr) gets older driving habits and abilities can change for the cr’s safety it is important to pay attention to any…

Try: As the Care recipient (cr) gets older driving habits and abilities can change for the cr’s safety it is important to pay attention to any warning signs that age is interfering with driving safety and make appropriate adjustments remind the cr that even if he eventually needs to reduce driving or eventually give up the keys it doesn’t mean he is giving up independence as people age factors such as decreased vision impaired hearing or slowed motor reflexes may become a problem aging tends to result in a reduction of strength coordination and flexibility which can have a major impact on the ability to safely control a car for example pain or stiffness in the neck can make it harder to look over the shoulder to change lanes or look left and right at intersections to check for other traffic or pedestrians leg pain can make it difficult to move a foot from the gas to the brake pedal diminished arm strength can make it hard to turn the steering wheel as reaction times also slow down with age the cr may be slower to spot vehicles emerging from side streets and driveways keeping track of so many road signs signals and markings as well as all the other traffic and pedestrians can also become more difficult as the cr loses the ability to effectively divide his attention attention between multiple activities information references helpguide org

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