This video provides law enforcement professionals with tips to help identify potential cognitive impairment and actions to take when there is a concern.
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This video provides law enforcement professionals with tips to help identify potential cognitive impairment and actions to take when there is a concern.
The Alzheimer’s Society produced a podcast to discuss the affects of dementia on a senior’s ability to drive.
The National Sheriffs’ Association website has several links for those interested in older driver safety.
This booklet reviews the many hard decisions involved with dementia and driving and gives you approaches, including a sample "safe driving agreement" for dealing with this difficult topic.
Presentation presented by the Georgia Department of Driver Services Medical Review Unit.
Free registration to Geriatric Care Online.
Transportation Safety Institute Courses offers free cources on a range of topics. Note while the courses are free, you will need to register to sign up and then select the training from NHTSA topics.
Medscape/WebMD has resumed collaboration with NHTSA and has developed educational courses directed to healthcare professionals to enhance knowledge of the impacts of medical conditions, impairments on safe driving and the role they play.
The Clinician’s Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers, 4th Edition, is published by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) as a service to healthcare providers involved in the care of older adults, which is free to register.
A video of their process of referring Maryland drivers to the DMV.