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The Gerontologist 45:824-827 (2005)
© 2005 The Gerontological Society of America

Driving Cessation in Older Adults With Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type

David B. Carr, MD1, Veronica Shead, BS2 and Martha Storandt, PhD2

Correspondence: Address correspondence to David B. Carr, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurology, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Washington University at St. Louis, 4488 Forest Park Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108. E-mail: dcarr{at}im.wustl.edu

The psychometric profile of 143 drivers with dementia who stopped driving did not differ from that of 58 individuals with dementia of similar severity who still drove. The reasons given for driving cessation by drivers with dementia as reported by a collateral source are reported.

Key Words: Alzheimer's disease • Cognition • Neuropsychology • Older drivers




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