Driving Decisions: Distinguishing Evaluations, Providers and Outcomes
Driving is a highly valued instrumental activity of daily living on which many older adults depend for access to their community. The demand to address driving is changing as older adults experience increasing longevity while facing medical conditions that often affect their fitness to drive. As one...
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| description | Driving is a highly valued instrumental activity of daily living on which many older adults depend for access to their community. The demand to address driving is changing as older adults experience increasing longevity while facing medical conditions that often affect their fitness to drive. As one of the most complex of daily tasks, driving is a multifaceted issue that involves the older driver, family members, state licensing and health care practitioners. This commentary discusses potential options and strategies for making evidence-based fitness to drive decisions by differentiating between driving skills and driving capacities, and how these differences are manifested on the road. Typical service options are described using an algorithm format that suggests decision points with options and referrals for service based on the individual’s experiences and/or needs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-baf57e8cd7d040029ce637395bd559bd2022-12-21T19:20:04ZengMDPI AGGeriatrics2308-34172018-05-01322510.3390/geriatrics3020025geriatrics3020025Driving Decisions: Distinguishing Evaluations, Providers and OutcomesAnne Dickerson0Elin Schold Davis1David B. Carr2Department of Occupational Therapy, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USAAmerican Occupational Therapy Association, Bethesda, MD 20814, USADepartment of Medicine and Neurology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USADriving is a highly valued instrumental activity of daily living on which many older adults depend for access to their community. The demand to address driving is changing as older adults experience increasing longevity while facing medical conditions that often affect their fitness to drive. As one of the most complex of daily tasks, driving is a multifaceted issue that involves the older driver, family members, state licensing and health care practitioners. This commentary discusses potential options and strategies for making evidence-based fitness to drive decisions by differentiating between driving skills and driving capacities, and how these differences are manifested on the road. Typical service options are described using an algorithm format that suggests decision points with options and referrals for service based on the individual’s experiences and/or needs.http://www.mdpi.com/2308-3417/3/2/25drivingcapacityskilldriving evaluationoccupational therapy |
| spellingShingle | Anne Dickerson Elin Schold Davis David B. Carr Driving Decisions: Distinguishing Evaluations, Providers and Outcomes Geriatrics driving capacity skill driving evaluation occupational therapy |
| title | Driving Decisions: Distinguishing Evaluations, Providers and Outcomes |
| title_full | Driving Decisions: Distinguishing Evaluations, Providers and Outcomes |
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| title_short | Driving Decisions: Distinguishing Evaluations, Providers and Outcomes |
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