One of the most common concerns I discuss with family caregivers of older adults has to do with driving safety.
Visual deficiencies, slower response time, reduced range of motion in the neck and shoulders and cognitive declines caused by medications, medical conditions and/or various stages of dementia are some of the significant risk factors for senior drivers.
Statistics show us that inexperienced, younger drivers (16-24) are the most prone to be involved in auto collisions and accidents. But, did you know that their experienced older counterparts 75 years old or older rival them in risk?*
Families are struggling with many demands on their time and energy. The rigors of work, maintaining a household, raising children and realizing personal relationships must be kept real beyond a virtual-based existence are already challenging. When we factor in the time needed to take an older family member to medical appointments, trips to a store or social outings to meet friends, we can watch the precious minutes and hours of our day quickly vanish.
Wouldn’t it be amazing to know that the same senior could easily get into a self-driving car and perform those activities on their own or meet someone at a scheduled destination for added assistance?
And, I say “easily” because self-driving cars like some being developed by Google are designed for ease of getting into and out of the car. That freedom would be experienced be everyone involved in that senior’s life.
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Old time friends could stay in touch without waiting outside in the rain for a transport service or having to have a paid caregiver drive them to gather. Instead of scheduling ways around difficult transportation logistics, senior and family members alike can schedule more things to do on their own or together.
*The Hartford: Family Conversations With Older Drivers
© Anthony Antoville 2014
Anthony Antoville, CMC is a geriatric case manager with Champion Advocates LLC in Portland, Oregon. Since 1991, he has been helping seniors and their families address transportation concerns among other eldercare issues.
