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Originally Posted by senior citizen
It is very sad when elders with early dementia still have their car keys.
I remember back in the 1960's when my father and mother were taking my brother to his Navy training center (from N.J.) and my dad was going around the "circles" (what you guys call roundabouts) the WRONG WAY.
When they returned home..........God only knows he must have had a guardian angel.........the doctor made sure his car keys were taken away.
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When my father was in an early stage of dememtia (undiagnosed) he would occasionally drive on the wrong side of a divided 4 lane highway. I wasn't there when he did it but my mother told me about it. She would tell him he was on the wrong side and wondered why he did it.
In early dememtia, a person might only do something like that once a month and the rest of the time they are fine. So no one even knows that the keys should be taken away.
I'm happy to say the first time I suggested he give up his license he agreed to it right away with no argument. He just agreed to it and we mailed his license to the Florida Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. To our surprise, we got a really nice letter back thanking us for doing what we did.