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 if people are concerned about the cr’s driving keep an eye out for warning signs conflicting medications certain medications or combinations of medications can affect senses and reflexes check the label on medications and speak with a doctor if the cr’s medication may be affecting him eyesight problems some eye conditions or medications can interfere with the ability to focus peripheral vision or cause the cr to experience extra sensitivity to light trouble seeing in the dark or blurred vision hearing problems if the cr’s hearing becomes impaired he may not realize his diminished ability to hear other cars problems with reflexes and range of motion the cr may begin to have problems turning to check a blind spot or turning to back up the car close calls and increased citations look for red flags in the cr these may include frequent dents and scrapes on the car or on fences mailboxes garage doors and curbs an increase in traffic tickets or close calls may be other signs information references helpguide org

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