Driving Retirement
What is Your Mobility Plan?
What is Your Mobility Plan? One of the reasons talking about driving retirement, or ‘giving up the keys’ is so difficult, is because, for most of us, this is a ‘new’ conversation. Think about it… Before now, before the past few decades, our parents & grandparents pretty much drove until their last days. Most of…
Read More3 Easy Tips to Support Your Love Ones When It is Time for Them to Stop Driving
3 Easy Driving Retirement Tips Not driving and driving retirement can be a big change. Families often ask me, “How can we make the transition from driver to passenger easier? How can I help my mom/dad with not driving?” Here are three tips to turn to time and time again: Click Here! I hope they…
Read MorePositive Driving Conversations
Celebrate Older Driver Safety Awareness Week 2018 with positive conversations about driving! Conversations about driving do not and should not always be about ‘taking the keys away,’ but rather should be about choices for the future. Here are some tips: Start conversations about driving retirement early! We will all outlive our ability to drive, so…
Read MoreOT Strategies: Tips for Discussing Driving Retirement
What is Driving Retirement? Driving retirement is the transition from being an active driver to becoming an active passenger. Driving is a significant and very meaningful occupation. Many of us identify driving as the link to independence, to our identity and to supporting other key occupations. Losing driving as an occupation can feel devastating to…
Read MoreOT Strategies: Driving Retirement Strategies for Dementia
When working with a client with dementia and caregivers, remember that the conversation about driving retirement is most likely more for the benefit of the family, as opposed to the person with dementia. The person with dementia will most likely not be able to abide by driving retirement independently and will require the support from…
Read MoreFamilies & Caregivers: When Should We Approach the Topic of Driving Retirement?
Regardless of age, many people consider driving to be a freedom or right. When it comes to older adults, however, driving conversations have focused on ‘taking the keys’ and other messages of driving cessation, also known as driving retirement. Stories of older adults involved in crashes have been sensationalized in the media. No wonder drivers,…
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