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Does anyone have any experience with Adult Day Care facilities?
Caregivers: Dementia | Last Active: Jun 9 6:53am | Replies (20)Comment receiving replies
This is very helpful. I have the same approach with my husband. He knows his familiar routes very well and is, as far as I know, careful. I drive longer distances and we both try not to drive at night. I keep being told to stop hubs from driving but, as you say, it's one of the things he still seems to do okay.
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Likewise. Our family doctor told us hubby needed to stop driving last summer. Hubby was not and still is not at a point. He only drives in familiar areas and I do all distance or night travel. He is a very careful driver, always has been. When I asked his neurologist what we should do he basically said that when my hubby got to the point that I felt like he needed to stop then he should. He said I am the one who knows him best and when I feel he is starting to lose that ability that would be the time to stop. A year later he is still a very careful and safe driver. Everyone affected by this horrible disease progresses differently.
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My wife is the same. I have taped a "cheat sheet" next to the Nav screen in our car. If she feels lost she just needs to follow the instructions to get home from anywhere. She has used it and has thanked me for it. I also have a tracker on her cellphone so I know where she is at all times, unless she forgets her phone. Our car also has a tracker and my Ford App shows me where the car is at all times.