Medications and Medical Conditions Impact on Driving

The Alzheimer’s and Dementia Caregiver Center has information regarding seniors affected with dementia and Alzheimer’s and how to deal with their desire to drive. 

This paper works as a guide for occupational therapists when addressing driving, mobility and dementia in seniors.

This OLR Research Report conducted by Associate Legislative Attorney, Janet L. Kaminski, details Connecticut’s laws regarding license renewal, which at the 2005 there were no special requirements that only applied to elderly residents. 

Brief summaries of research on alcohol-involved driving, drug-involved driving, occupant protection (e.g., seat belts, and child safety seats), speed and other unsafe driving behaviors. 

This study was conducted to better understand the characteristics of crashes involving senior drivers 65 and older.

This study was done to test cognitive training and motor vehicle collision in senior drivers.

This is a study of the varying characteristics of car crashes among young, middle-aged and older drivers.

Mean individual traffic accident and violation rates were compared for 267 “healthy” drivers and 82 senile persons. 

The FDA reports on its website that medications and their side effects could be harmful while driving. 

Evidence has found the revocation of a driver's licence and subsequent loss of independence have severe negative affects on older people. But are they putting other road users in danger if they continue to drive?