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Dad won't let go of driving

Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Oct 22 6:25pm | Replies (35)
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@heartyrainbow

Hi pgm, thank you for sharing your experience. I'm sorry to hear you are going through this for over 2 years! It must be tiring to have to deal with it every day.
I was actually thinking of having my dad take the driving test, but after reading your story, I'm not sure how effective that would be for our situation. I'm sure my dad's response would be similar to your husband's.

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Sue, Volunteer Mentor | @sueinmn | Oct 10 5:13pm

I did this with my Mom - the one blessing, at least in Minnesota, is if they fail the evaluation, the assessor notifies the state and the license is cancelled. It didn't stop my Mom from being mad at me for making her do the assessment. But as a life-long law abiding person once she got the cancellation notice from the state and the insurance agent, she didn't drive again.
So overall it was worthwhile.

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