"I don't need to know what year it is to drive."

[Anonymous]

How do you respond to that from your 78 yo old mom who has a 'strong' personlality and early dementia?

She doesn't know the year, the current preident, or her zip code.

[Anonymous]

CANNOT DRIVE

[Anonymous]

She needs to know which pedal is the brake vs. gas.

[Anonymous]

Tell her that her license is expired and she has to go to the dmv to have it renewed. If she pulls that off, well, at least you tried.

[Anonymous]

How would you feel if you hit a child?

[Anonymous]

You take away the keys. Or you disable the car in a permanent way. Or you take away the car.

Lots of options, OP. And I hope your elder is going into memory care in short order.

[Anonymous]

PP, if your parent holds a Va DL, you can submit an anonymous request for a medical review. While you wait, the license is suspended.

Let me know if you want more details or info. Did this for my late mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, if your parent holds a Va DL, you can submit an anonymous request for a medical review. While you wait, the license is suspended.

Let me know if you want more details or info. Did this for my late mom.

This doesn't seem accurate to me. That means anyone can call DMV and report someone, saying they need a "medical review" and their license is automatically suspended?

I think someone (maybe you, PP) are on drugs that impair your ability to drive. I can call up DMV and tell them to suspend your license?

[Anonymous]

I think you can say that they are right, but forgetting what year it is is a sign that they are forgetting other things, and some of those things are important for driver safety.

However, even if that logic gets through they will likely forget they agreed to it. It might be time to remove the keys and say “The car is in the shop”.

[Anonymous]

She is never going to agree with you. And even if she did, she won’t remember that she did.

Stop fighting about it. Do the kind thing and lie that it’s in the shop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She is never going to agree with you. And even if she did, she won’t remember that she did.

Stop fighting about it. Do the kind thing and lie that it’s in the shop.

+1 Do whatever it takes to get her off the road. You owe it to her and everyone else.

[Anonymous]

Reach under the hood and disconnect something.

[Anonymous]

This is when you lie and do whatever you need to do in order to keep her off the road.

Absolutely no question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you respond to that from your 78 yo old mom who has a 'strong' personlality and early dementia?

She doesn't know the year, the current preident, or her zip code.

Maybe despite her other problems, she actually can drive safely.

So what? She's demented and should not be driving. She could forget where she's going, or say something demented when she's pulled over. Get her off the road now.

You owe it to the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

My grandfather was incredibly angry when his keys were taken away. He got lost multiple times before they did it. Honestly, they waited too long.