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  1. Driving and dementia: when to stopPage

    Support · alzhub.org/caregiving/driving

    Driving and dementia Driving usually has to stop at some point after a diagnosis, and the conversation is hard. The safety guide covers how to have it; below is what the studies found about driving ability and when people stop. …

  2. Dementia safety: home, driving, medicines & wanderingPage

    Support · alzhub.org/safety

    Safety at home & driving Most of this is cheap, quick, and worth doing before you think you need it. If someone is missing right now, go straight to what to do in the first minutes . If someone is missing right now Search the …

  3. When should someone with dementia stop driving?Question

    Questions and answers · Caregiving · alzhub.org/faq#driving

    … things, it's time to stop driving.” The specific risk it names is reaction to the unexpected — someone may drive fine on a familiar route and be unable to respond to a surprise. The NIA's practical advice is to start the …

  4. Eight decisions every Alzheimer's caregiver facesPage

    Articles · alzhub.org/blog/caregiver-decision-points

    … Who to tell, and when Driving Money and legal authority Living alone Accepting help Hospital Moving into care Feeding, treatment and the end What the research says about you Before the list, one principle that applies …

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  1. The drive-wise project: driving simulator training increases real driving performance in healthy older driversResearch summary

    Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/the-drive-wise-project-driving-simulator-training-increases-real-24860497

    … associated with unsafe driving behavior. We hypothesized that 10 active training sessions in a driving simulator increase cognitive and on-road driving performance. In addition, driving simulator training should outperform …

  2. Impact of cognitive impairment on driving behaviour and route choices of older drivers: a real-world driving studyResearch summary

    Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/impact-of-cognitive-impairment-on-driving-behaviour-and-route-choices-38898026

    Abstract Maintaining driving independence is important for older adults. However, cognitive decline, a common issue in older populations, can impair older adults’ driving abilities and overall safety on the roads. This study …

  3. Effects of Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment on driving ability: a controlled clinical study by simulated driving testResearch summary

    Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/effects-of-alzheimer-s-disease-and-mild-cognitive-impairment-on-18615781

    … (MCI) on simulated car driving ability. Methods Twenty patients with a probable AD of mild severity (Clinical Dementia Rating, CDR = 1) were compared with 20 subjects with MCI (CD = 0.5), and a group of age-matched neurologically …

  4. Attention and driving performance in Alzheimer's diseaseResearch summary

    Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/attention-and-driving-performance-in-alzheimer-s-disease-9520930

    … attention measures and driving performance in healthy older adults and individuals with very mild and mild dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT). Subjects were administered an on-road driving assessment and three visual attention …

  5. GPS driving: a digital biomarker for preclinical Alzheimer diseaseResearch summary

    Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/gps-driving-a-digital-biomarker-for-preclinical-alzheimer-disease-34127064

    … complex behaviours such as driving. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the ability of in-vehicle GPS data loggers to distinguish cognitively normal older drivers with preclinical AD from those without preclinical …

  6. Mild cognitive impairment and everyday function: an investigation of driving performanceResearch summary

    Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/mild-cognitive-impairment-and-everyday-function-an-investigation-of-19196629

    … include decrements in driving skills. We compared 46 participants with MCI to 59 cognitively normal controls on a driving evaluation conducted by a driving rehabilitation specialist who was blinded to participants' MCI …

  7. Amyloid Imaging, Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers Predict Driving Performance Among Cognitively Normal IndividualsResearch summary

    Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/amyloid-imaging-cerebrospinal-fluid-biomarkers-predict-driving-27128959

    … biomarkers are related to driving performance among cognitively normal older adults. Individuals with normal cognition, aged 65+ years, and driving at least once per week, were recruited. Participants (N=129) took part in …

  8. Driving performance in persons with mild senile dementia of the Alzheimer typeResearch summary

    Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/driving-performance-in-persons-with-mild-senile-dementia-of-the-8315186

    … Alzheimer type (SDAT) on driving ability. Design Cross-sectional study with correlation analysis. Setting A university-based Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, which evaluates community-living older adult volunteers, and the …

  9. Visual disorders and driving ability in persons with dementia: A mini reviewResearch summary

    Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/visual-disorders-and-driving-ability-in-persons-with-dementia-a-mini-36523442

    There is consistent evidence that dementia affects driving ability. Patients with dementia present with a variety of visual disorders, such as visual acuity reduction, visual field defects, impaired contrast sensitivity, decline …

  10. White Matter Hyperintensities Predict Driving Behavior Changes in Preclinical Alzheimer's DiseaseResearch summary

    Research summaries · alzhub.org/study/white-matter-hyperintensities-predict-driving-behavior-changes-in-41498605

    Our study included 74,275 weeks of driving data (2015-2024, average follow-up 6.1 years). Increased WMH burden correlated with decreased trip frequency (p = 0.0005), fewer near-home trips (p = 0.0004), reduced unique destinations …

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