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Dealing with a Spouse with a “Mild Cognitive Impairment”
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Hi, my mother had alzheimer’s too but she wouldn’t stop driving and i didn’t want her to kill anyone. We found out DMV has an anonymous turn in a person online. They watched for her to drive then pulled her over and said she needs to go to DMV to clear it up. We took her there and they asked to meet with us in a room and they did a cognitive test to see if she was able to drive. They told us not to help her with the answers and she flunked. needless to say they took the rap for not letting her drive instead of us taking the bad rap. It was a wonderful thing and very nice of them to provide. Hope my experience helps. Dellie
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Thank you for this suggestion. It's a good one. I managed to talk to my husband last night, told him he could no longer drive, and he took it surprisingly well. I feel so fortunate that my husband isn't prone to anger or insults. He's really quite affable, considering. We had an awful time getting my dad to stop driving. In the end, his license was taken away by the court after complaints were lodged against him. He loved driving almost more than anything and parked his beloved car in the parking lot across from the assisted living facility where he was living so he could look at it out the window.