Abstract
Dear Editor,
International standards, including the Australian Assessing Fitness to Drive (Austroads, 2022), are designed to support medical practitioners’ decision-making related to driving. Conversations surrounding driving and non-driving, otherwise
known as driving cessation, can be challenging. Driving cessation is often a difficult transition and older adults with and without dementia require support to adapt to a life without driving that is equal to a life with driving.
International standards, including the Australian Assessing Fitness to Drive (Austroads, 2022), are designed to support medical practitioners’ decision-making related to driving. Conversations surrounding driving and non-driving, otherwise
known as driving cessation, can be challenging. Driving cessation is often a difficult transition and older adults with and without dementia require support to adapt to a life without driving that is equal to a life with driving.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1262-1263 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | International Psychogeriatrics |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Early online date | 27 Sept 2023 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2024 |
Keywords
- driving cessation
- Evidence based care
- Medical decision making
- Australian Assessing Fitness to Drive
- older adults