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Testing Elder Drivers: A Necessity

Testing Elder Drivers: A Necessity

Today I read an article in the AARP Bulletin Today entitled “Can Training With Computer Games Keep You Driving Safer and Longer?”  by Julie Halpert( http://tinyurl.com/yz9snxf ) which made me very concerned for the safety of all drivers.  Below is the beginning of that article…
“Recently, I needed a ride to the airport and my 78-year-old father [...]

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When You Want to Say No, Say No !

When You Want to Say No, Say No !

Today I posted a quote on my Facebook Fan page by Anna Quindlen that said “When you want to say no, say no. You can’t do everything – at least not well.”
Ironically, later in the day, I was reading a story about MSNBC anchorwoman, Mika Brzezinski and her forthcoming book “All Things at Once” where [...]

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Is it time to take away the keys?

Is it time to take away the keys?

My father wasn’t living with me when I received the call to come pick him up because he had just totalled his car on the freeway by merging into a semi.  Luckily no one was hurt …and he TOLD me that the semi had merged into him.  It wasn’t until later did I learn the [...]

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I'm Asking for Your Advice

I’m Asking for Your Advice

My father has dementia that has progressed to a point between the 2nd and 3rd stages. As such I have been granted conservator/guardianship over him and his affairs. (Conservator/guardianship means that I have control of all his medical, financial, life decisions).
As you know, with dementia, there are periods of seemingly complete lucidity ….and then there [...]