Senior care advisor Linda Cale in Greenville, SC, at 864-513-9597 has launched the program Beyond Driving with Dignity for families of senior drivers who may have diminished driving skills because of age.
Do you worry about your parents who have reached an age where they might not drive as well when they were younger? Do you find it difficult to discuss the issue with them? Help is available.
Linda Cale’s latest senior care program Beyond Driving with Dignity is a self-assessment tool to help your senior parent and you appraise their driving ability to determine whether their skills have diminished to the point that they need to stop driving. If the assessment shows that your parent is driving safely, the program can provide them with strategies to continue driving safely as they get older.
More information is available at https://www.seniorcareauthority.com/locations/carolinas
The launch of this new program is especially important to you in the Greenville, SC, area if your parents seem to have impaired driving skills because of age. You now face the difficult task of deciding when to take the car keys away from your parents.
According to CDC statistics, over 45 million licensed drivers aged 65 or older were on the road in 2018, an increase of 60% from 2000. That number is expected to increase to over 98 million by 2060.
In addition, information from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows that drivers aged 70 or older are driving more. Their yearly mileage increased by 42% from 1996 to 2008 because almost 80% live in suburban and rural areas where they are dependent on cars for transportation.
Senior adults understandably want to continue driving so they can maintain their independence. They often find it difficult to recognize that their driving skill has diminished. They need help from you to face it, but you might be overwhelmed in addressing the issue on your own.
The Beyond Driving with Dignity program, which was originally set up by a former state police officer who had seen too many accidents resulting from senior driver mistakes, can help a senior driver make a smooth transition from being a driver to being a passenger.
This program gives you a method to evaluate an older driver’s skill and to include them in deciding whether it is time for them to stop driving. The self-assessment session is conducted in the older driver’s home with you and other family members present, and without electronics that older individuals might not be familiar with.
In this program, great care is taken to maintain the older person’s dignity and is very unique in the senior care industry. The goal is for the senior drivers themselves to understand if they pose an increased risk of a traffic accident and to decide on their own to stop driving.
If your aging parents are still driving and you are concerned about their safety, Linda Cale’s program Beyond Driving with Dignity may be able to help you evaluate your next steps.
The link at https://www.seniorcareauthority.com has more information for you.
