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[quote=Anonymous]Looking for BTDT advice. 83-year-old mother had stroke last year, was completely paralysed on her right side (she is right handed) initially and has regained some but not all functioning. We all assumed she’d never drive again, she sold her car to me. She has now decided she is “so much better “ and is looking at buying a car again, assumes with a shaky right hand, partially mobile right foot and fine left foot she can drive safely. She clearly cannot. Under no circumstances should she be on the road. She lives in New Hampshire and there is no official process for drivers license review per DMV website. Maybe she’ll just be car shopping online forever and this won’t go anywhere, but if she starts taking action my sister and I don’t know what to do. My sister has said she will go no contact with her if Mom pursues this course over our objections. Id like to just make sure she never gets on the road. Call police? Ask her PCP to intervene? Beg DMV to require a new drivers test? Has anybody navigated this?[/quote]

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