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Family Practice Vol. 18, No. 3, 339-342
© Oxford University Press 2001

Selections from Current Literature

Selections from Current Literature Assessment of older drivers

Jeffrey S Trilling

Department of Family Medicine, Health Sciences Center L-4, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.

Trilling JS. Assessment of older drivers. Family Practice 2001; 18: 339–342.

The ability to travel hither and yon whenever and without dependence on others has become synonymous with independence, autonomy, dignity, self-esteem and the automobile. Losing the ability to drive in today's modern societies may have serious psychosocial ramifications with potential subsequent adverse biomedical consequences for individuals already facing many losses on the one hand, while sustained driving by the driving impaired increases the likelihood of injuries, hospitalizations and death, on the other. The number of older drivers has and will increase dramatically as populations worldwide continue to age. Family physicians are often approached by family regarding concerns of hazards posed by continued and often insistent driving of older loved ones who are felt to be too functionally impaired to drive. We have been ill equipped and trained to offer counsel, and frequently wonder as to whether this is indeed a problem that is ours to solve. While most governmental agencies . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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