[Website] Driving & Dementia Roadmap

A person with dementia will eventually lose the brain functions necessary to make the kind of fast decisions and reactions they need to drive safely. This is because even though there are different types of dementia, all types are reflective of damage to the brain. Also, dementia is progressive so the symptoms will get worse over time. 

What is the Driving and Dementia Roadmap?

• It is a resource to help you support the person with dementia make decisions about driving so that they only continue to drive if they can drive safely.
• It will provide you with strategies on how to have conversations about driving with the person with dementia.
• It will help you manage the emotional impact that stopping to drive can have on you and the person with dementia.
• The information is from a free website for people with dementia as well as their family/friend carers and healthcare providers: www.drivinganddementia.ca
• The website was developed by a team of researchers in consultation with people with dementia and family/friend carers.

There are resources available on the website for people living with dementia, family & friend caregivers, and working professionals. Attached below are some resources, visit website to see all.