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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also,[b] there’s a concept in dementia caregiving called therapeutic fibbing. It’s basically lying to get someone needed care or to ensure that they’re safe.[/b] But 100%, people do this all the time to keep their parents and all bystanders safe.

Ways my support group has done so:

Remove the spark plugs or otherwise disable the car
Hide the keys
Call the insurer and take them off their insurance 
Ask the doctor to tell them to stop
Have the doctor prescribe “stopping driving”
Flagging for dmv to have their license suspended, and telling them that if they can schedule an appointment, take a written test, or take a driving test and pass on their own they can continue to drive
Lie that the dmv will require periodic re testing to issue licenses past a certain age, and the testing isn’t for 6 months (by which time people forget they were driving) [/quote]

They know they hit someone/something, but they keep going (hit and run) and/or deny it, so that they can keep driving.  Unbelievably dangerous. [/quote]

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