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My mom has Alzheimer’s dementia, moderate. She stills drives short distances. My dad is no help at all and is even enabling as she often can’t find her car in the parking lot. I haven’t heard of independent drivers tests. How would I go about getting one for my mother?
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The state where I live, you can contact Motor Vehicles and they will notify her she has to take a driving test. It sort of leaves you out of the line of fire. Good luck. Cheryl
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Check with your doctor's office, or your state council on aging. I got one through the local rehabilitation center in Minnesota that deals with post-stroke, TBI and trauma patients.
The beauty was that she couldn't blame the doctor or the government. Of course, she did blame me, but I'm the oldest of 6 kids and pretty tough! As soon as the evaluation letter went to her doctor and the state DMV, we found a distant relative who "needed" to buy her car. This would not have worked if one of us or our kids bought, because she would have always seen it to and been reminded of her loss. And we could always remind her that someone who really neede it got a reliable car.