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No more Driving

Posted by johnna16 @johnna16, Jun 3, 2023

My husband’s neurologist recommended to him not to drive. I also am trying to schedule him for drivers evaluation. He doesn’t want to do this but once I have appointment I’ll get him to go. I’m hoping he decides to stop driving before the evaluation. I let him know he’s a danger to himself and others etc etc. Does anyone have any suggestions how I can convince him. Fortunately he only drives to the gym 5 minutes away but anything can happen.
Please do not lecture me about he shouldn’t be driving as I already know this. I am asking for any ideas of what can I tell him and yes I can take away the keys but I would like not to have to do it that way.
Also I haven’t been in car with him for months. He was driving fine about 3 months ago. However it’s best for him to stop. He will be 80 this August. His diagnosis is MCI but I think he is in a dementia stage. Thank you!

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Sep 9 6:33pm
In reply to @caziemer "I can relate to your situation. My husband was diagnosed via brain scan with MCI three..." + (show)
@caziemer

I can relate to your situation. My husband was diagnosed via brain scan with MCI three years ago. It showed a mild stroke but the time of when this happened is unknown. He has limited driving privileges to known places. I have noted him mixing up events, when things happened, etc. The progression of his disease has been gradual (he has been taking Donepizel (Aricept) for several years which can slow the diasease progression in some patients. I am finally accepting where we are (it took a long time) and accepting of our situation, as has my husband who has now accepted that he has memory issues… never calls it Alzheimer’s. I too track him so that I can bring him home if he gets lost… that feeling of independence is so important for them to have as long as possible. I am thankful for each day. May God be with you on your journey!

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Hi @caziemer, you're so right. Acceptance is hard and takes time. I also think that we have to continue the journey of acceptance as the disease progresses to accept each new stage. What tracking tool helps you have confidence in keeping in independence?

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