In support of Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, AAA encourages advance planning to keep senior drivers safe and mobile as they age
Many seniors and their families will at some point struggle with a difficult decision about an older adult’s driving ability.

Is it safe for them to continue driving?
Are there tools to help them be [...]

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Denise on July 20th, 2009

Baby Boomers have a difficult time speaking to their parents about when to limit or stop driving, yet most seniors are open to talking about the increased safety risks they face on the road as they age, according to a national survey by Liberty Mutual Insurance.
A number of recent news stories about serious car accidents [...]

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Denise on February 28th, 2009

Dear Denise,
My husband’s parents still live by themselves–he is in very bad health and we believe she has Alzheimer’s. She will not go to a doctor. I have made her appointments with a neurologist and two of her doctors have made her appointments and she refuses to go. So we can only guess this is [...]

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Denise on February 8th, 2009

Dear Denise,
I have been told by my dad’s insurance that his caregiver (who is paid) has to have a commercial license from DMV to drive my dad’s car and drive my dad around. One person at insurance never mentioned it, another did.
I am getting conflicting info and they are saying that the caregiver should have [...]

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Denise on February 2nd, 2009

The Hartford Financial Services Group and the MIT AgeLab created a guide to help families worried about an aging parent’s ability to drive safely. The guide, We Need to Talk:  Family Conversations with Older Drivers, is based on a study of older drivers’ attitudes and driving habits. It offers families practical information to help them [...]

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