Re: Elderly drivers and suppending there licence

Posted by wisbaker on January 16, 2017 at 09:36:15 from (173.30.119.179):

In Reply to: Elderly drivers and suppending there licence posted by jocco on January 15, 2017 at 09:42:58:

I've seen many different responses, from the nephew who was taking care of my wife's aunt who convinced her that when she moved to the retirement community that she didn't want to leave her car outside so they'd sell her car and put her name on a waiting list for a garage and she could by a new car when she got here garage (never happened and she adjusted to life without a car and using the facilities for the home) to the other aunt and uncle on that side of the family who struck a deal with their kids, they could keep the car but they didn't leave Mountain Lake with it, if they needed to go farther they got someone to drive them. We weren't able to manage my Dad's stopping driving very well, he totaled a pick up truck replaced it with a Honda Civic and eventually stopped driving more because it was hard for him to get in and out of the Civic and the manual transmission wasn't comfortable for him, this from a man that drove truck for a living for 50 years. Another family friend turned in his license on his 65th birthday, but then he lived above a grocery store an had an extended family with him so if he needed to go somewhere his son or a store employee would take him. Another friend (in my generation)happened to work for an insurance company, one his dad had been an agent for and his family had used for several generations. He flagged his grandmother's policy and was informed of any claims, when the claims started happening the kids met with their mother, confronted her got her to surrender the license, sell the car and made arrangements for her to have her mobility needs met including regular trips for shopping (which usually involved taking her to lunch or dinner). So yes she lost her wheels but the kids made sure her physical and social needs where going to be met, she lived for almost 10 years after the "grounding".

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