Try: Try talking about friends family’s concerns with cr ask cr’s doctor to tell cr to stop driving the doctor can write do not drive on a prescription pad and care giver cg can show this to cr some state departments of motor vehicles require doctors to tell them if a cr should no longer drive

Materials: n/a

Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: n/a

References: caring for a person with alzheimer’s disease your easy-to-use guide from the national institute on aging by national institute on aging 2011 available at www nia nih gov

Keywords: Driving memory loss poor eye sight vision impairment cognitive impairment

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

Try: Ask family or friends to drive cr take cr to get a driving test

Materials: n/a

Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: n/a

References: caring for a person with alzheimer’s disease your easy-to-use guide from the national institute on aging by national institute on aging 2011 available at www nia nih gov

Keywords: Driving memory loss poor eye sight vision impairment cognitive impairment

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

Try: Have a mechanic install a kill switch or alarm system that disengages the fuel line to prevent the car from starting

Materials: n/a

Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: And instruction

References: home safety for people with alzheimer alzheimer’s disease by u s department of health and human services 2010 available at

Keywords: Driving car mechanic car keys unsafe to drive unsafe driver driver drive

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

Try: Ask cr’s doctor to write on a prescription pad do not drive ask the doctor to write to the department of motor vehicles or department of public safety saying cr should no longer drive show the letter to cr as evidence

Materials: n/a

Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, Hearing, So-So Hearing, Poor Hearing, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: And instruction

References: home safety for people with alzheimer alzheimer’s disease by u s department of health and human services 2010 available at

Keywords: Driving unsafe driving decision making communication transportation

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

Try: Offer to drive or ask a friend or family member to drive walk when possible and make these outings special events

Materials: n/a

Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, Hearing, So-So Hearing, Poor Hearing, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: And instruction

References: home safety for people with alzheimer alzheimer’s disease by u s department of health and human services 2010 available at

Keywords: Driving unsafe driving transportation getting around walk

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

Try: Use public transportation or any special transportation provided by community organizations ask about senior discounts or transportation coupons if cr has a severe memory problem make sure someone is with him on bus taxi outings

Materials: n/a

Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: And instruction

References: home safety for people with alzheimer alzheimer’s disease by u s department of health and human services 2010 available at

Keywords: Driving unsafe driving transportation getting around public transportation

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

Try: Park the car at a friend friend’s home hide the car keys exchange car keys with a set of unusable keys if cr is in the habit of carrying keys

Materials: Set of unusable keys

Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: And instruction

References: home safety for people with alzheimer alzheimer’s disease by u s department of health and human services 2010 available at

Keywords: Driving drive car car keys

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

Try: Place a large note under the car hood requesting that any mechanic call the care giver cg before doing work requested by cr

Materials: Paper pen duck tape

Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: And instruction

References: home safety for people with alzheimer alzheimer’s disease by u s department of health and human services 2010 available at

Keywords: Driving mechanic car car accident

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

Try: Work as a team with family friends and professionals and use a single simple explanation for the loss of driving ability such as you have a memory problem and it is no longer safe to drive you cannot drive because you are on medication or the doctor has prescribed that you no longer drive

Materials: n/a

Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Vision, So-So Vision, Poor Vision, Hearing, So-So Hearing, Poor Hearing, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: And instruction

References: home safety for people with alzheimer alzheimer’s disease by u s department of health and human services 2010 available at

Keywords: Driving unsafe driving decision making communication family discussions

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed

Try: Install safety knobs and an automatic shut-off switch on the stove

Materials: Safety knobs for stove automatic shut-off switch on stove

Categories: Sage, Topic, Maintenance, Medical Physical, Independence, Some Supervision, Smelling, So-So Smelling, Poor Smelling, Touch, So-So Touch, Poor Touch, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

Information: n/a

References: home safety for people with alzheimer alzheimer’s disease by u s department of health and human services 2010 available at

Keywords: Stove kitchen fire home safety

*This information is listed as a Tip and is not explicitly medically licensed