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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Early onset dementias can progressive very slowly. It varies by individual. Nobody is saying they are taking your driver's license away. Just get tested. Most people will pass. I know a doctor almost killed by a 78 year old driver and neighbor's kid was hit by an 80 year old. Both elderly people were happily driving themselves about and their families thought all was fine. In both cases the errors were egregious (driving  through a red light and not slowing down at a crosswalk despite flashing lights and people. Yes, teenagers are lousy drivers too and so are distracted drivers. The problem is these were good drivers once and they should never have been on the road. A driver's test most likely would have caught their issues.

Many, many families go into denial at the early stages and you would be surprised, even at the middle stages. Heck Dr, Oz and Maria Shriver openly admit they were in total denial with their own mothers.[/quote]

I think back to our old neighborhood and we had 70+ year old people doing their own yard work, watching grandchildren, driving themselves all over the place.  When my 80 something mom sold her home it was absolutely immaculate both inside and out.  It was very orderly, too.  The young folks who bought her home are not keeping it up the way she used to.

I don't think we give the older generation enough credit.  There are plenty of active, engaged, productive senior citizens who are quite capable of driving their car. I'm mid 50's and the idea of the DMV of all places doing some sort of dementia driving test on me in 15 years is not a pleasant thought.  I'm not sure society really wants to go there.[/quote]

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