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Caregiver decision-making and driving
— what we say versus what we do | | Author(s) | Katina Hebert, Kristin Martin-Cook, Doris A Svetlik |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 26, nos 1/2, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 17-30 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Informal care ; Attitude ; Driving capability ; Dementia ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 16 caregivers were studied to investigate their experiences regarding the issue of driving and dementia. They responded to questions about driving and driving cessation related to a fictitious scenario, and about their own experiences of coping with the issue as it affected them. There was a discrepancy between caregivers' general knowledge of the risks and considerations for dementia patients' driving and their actions when confronted with the issue of driving as it pertained to their own care recipients. Responses to questions regarding an undiagnosed, memory impaired fictitious character's driving ability were overwhelmingly in favour of immediate driving cessation (12/16) or restriction (4/16). In contrast, 14 of the 16 caregivers allowed their care recipients to continue driving after a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) had been made for an average or 28.2 months after diagnosis. While caregivers were easily able to identify a number of issues to be considered with regard to the fictitious character, fewer considerations were identified in their own personal circumstances. Similarly, discrepancies were found with regard to transport options for care recipients who had stopped driving. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030516206 A |
| Classmark | P6: DP: OPF: EA: 7T |
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