In Germany, the proportion of older people with a driver's license is increasing. However, with advancing age, the risk of illnesses and functional limitations that can affect driving ability also increases. The rising number of dementia cases presents a particular challenge, as poor cognitive abilities negatively impact driving performance with a car...
To what extent can neuropsychological screening tests predict whether people with dementia will have to give up their driver's license? A study of a group of older people from Switzerland provides scientific clarity on this. For general practitioners, it is often a challenge to predict with neuropsychological screening tests in older people the risk of when these people will have to give up their driver's license...
Those who care for a person with dementia (PwD) know them and their needs very well. Therefore, it is all the more important to involve caregivers in assessing the driving ability of the PwD. Caregivers are in the unique position to observe a patient's driving performance, the authors of a study published in January write...
How do older drivers with mild cognitive impairments (MCI) behave in road traffic? Do they make more or different mistakes when driving than cognitively normal older drivers? An Australian research team investigated this. The scientists had previously divided the study participants into four groups: normally, i.e., cognitively unimpaired...
As a dementia illness progresses, it means for those affected, at a certain point: The car will remain in the garage from then on. But how can driving fitness be reliably checked? The scientist Linda Karrer describes what this question means for the driving fitness of people with dementia (PwD): „To determine driving fitness, individual neuropsychological..."
Fahrtauglichkeit und Demenz – ein sensibles Thema. Einerseits sind Demenzerkrankungen häufig schon früh mit kognitiven und nicht-kognitiven Einschränkungen verbunden, was die Sicherheit im Straßenverkehr gefährdet. Andererseits stellt das Autofahren für viele Menschen eine besondere Form der Autonomie dar, so dass jeder Einzelfall abgewogen werden sollte. Eine aktuelle Übersicht zeigt, wie …
