Since that time has had multiple incidents including her calling me 2 months ago lost at the mall, no idea how she got there or who she had come with. Could not find her car. Today I called her and she said something was wrong with her car. Upon inspection it was obvious she had an accident. Does not remember. Advice on how to take her car??? She lives in a continuing care community most of year, at a vacation home where someone is with her most of the time for the summer.
Car was totaled, and license revoked.
In CA, it’s quite easy to get a license revoked. I was rear-ended by a 83 year old woman and she has some apparent cognitive issues at the scene of the accident so the officer had her license evaluated by the DMV and she ended up losing it. I don’t know if maybe she had dementia or Alzheimer’s. After she hit me, she got out of the drivers seat, and sat in the back seat of her car. Later that night she called the police because her car had been wrecked and she didn’t know what to do. I called her insurance a day later and she hadn’t even called to report the accident to them!
Not sure what state you live in, but in my state for instance, it requires that physicians must submit a confidential report to the health department and DMV when an individual is thought to be a danger to themselves or others being diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease or related disorders, including dementia, severe enough to impair a person's ability to operate a motor vehicle - So, to make a long story short, if you provide the doctor with the same information you've listed here, he can make the determination and be the bad guy. But: here's the caution, just because a person has Alzheimers/dementia or impaired judgement, doesn't mean they don't know how to be crafty. Point being, if the doctor determines she should stop driving, you MUST take away all keys, and/or make the car inoperable. Chances are it won't be easy as you can already see, but it's for her own safety. Quick story - dementia dad had a spare key in the dresser drawer, found it and took off, got lost, but thankfully police brought him back home safe versus a tragic ending. Here's hoping your can get the situation resolved quickly and safely.
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Story about my late father-in-law. He had pulled up to get gas. A young man pulled up and was getting his gas, too, but spoke to my FIL, saying "Sir, do you realize that you almost killed my son and I back there on the road?" My FIL always the jokester laughed.
My honey after having his major stroke in 2005 didn't care to drive until he had recovered enough to where he was thinking like a 16 year old. He would get lost if he walked out of our driveway (had to have police find and bring him home one time), had blank spots in his vision and when I would take him somewhere would ask constantly where we were at. Right after his strokes I took him off the insurance and since he had never driven the car we have (got it in 2006) I had the only keys and he did not/does not have access to them. When he starts talking about driving, I tell him that he is not on the insurance and if anything happened they would take me to jail for allowing him to drive. Now he does not ask.
To me it is just not worth taking the risk of him hurting or killing someone else or himself. I am almost 67 and if I continue to have tia's or when I forget what I did at an intersection or start getting lost in a familiar part of town my driving days will be over as I have strong pics in my head from photos and being at the scene of severe and deadly accidents.
I go to the eye doctor tomorrow to have my eyes checked. If I am told by my doctor it is time to not drive.... I am done and will start looking for alternative transportation. Definitely would save us about 200.00 a month and I will miss the freedom but not worth the risk.
Sorry, hope this gives a little different outlook on driving.
If I remember correctly, she was very unhappy and, finally, we went to see her doctor and he told her directly, why she couldn't drive anymore. I suggested that she give her car to the young woman who shops and cleans for her. That way she could ride in her car driven by her friend. Being the gracious person she is, she thought that was a wonderful idea and accepted the decision.
DISABLE the car. Say part on order. If she keeps asking, say we discussed this and it's a special part. It's on back order.
400 sounds like a rip off. Where did you take her for this test? The DMV doesn't charge that.