Practice parameter update: evaluation and management of driving risk in dementia: report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of …

DJ Iverson, GS Gronseth, MA Reger, S Classen… - Neurology, 2010 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To review the evidence regarding the usefulness of patient demographic
characteristics, driving history, and cognitive testing in predicting driving capability among …

Cognitive tests and determining fitness to drive in dementia: a systematic review

JM Bennett, E Chekaluk… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence has shown that although all individuals with dementia will eventually need to stop
driving, most can continue to drive safely early in the disease. Fitness to drive needs to be …

Driving continuity in cognitively impaired older drivers

H Shimada, K Tsutsumimoto, S Lee… - Geriatrics & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Cognitive impairment can negatively affect driving performance and increase the risk of
driving errors, leading to vehicle crashes. We used a population‐based survey to identify the …

[HTML][HTML] Driving cessation and dementia: results of the prospective registry on dementia in Austria (PRODEM)

S Seiler, H Schmidt, A Lechner, T Benke, G Sanin… - PLoS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Objective To assess the influence of cognitive, functional and behavioral factors, co-
morbidities as well as caregiver characteristics on driving cessation in dementia patients …

Driving assessment for maintaining mobility and safety in drivers with dementia

AJ Martin, R Marottoli, D O'neill - Cochrane database of …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Demographic changes are leading to an increase in the number of older
drivers: as dementia is an age‐related disease, there is also an increase in the numbers of …

[HTML][HTML] Hospital inpatient falls across clinical departments

M Mikos, T Banas, A Czerw, B Banas… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Inpatient falls are common hospital adverse events. We aimed to determine
inpatient fall rates in an urban public hospital and analyzed their characteristics across …

Investigating driving behaviour of older drivers with mild cognitive impairment using a portable driving simulator

A Devlin, J McGillivray, J Charlton, G Lowndes… - Accident Analysis & …, 2012 - Elsevier
While there is a large body of research indicating that individuals with moderate to severe
dementia are unfit to drive, relatively little is known about the driving performance of older …

Update on the risk of motor vehicle collision or driving impairment with dementia: a collaborative international systematic review and meta-analysis

JN Chee, MJ Rapoport, F Molnar, N Herrmann… - The American Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Guidelines that physicians use to assess fitness to drive for dementia are limited in their
currency, applicability, and rigor of development. Therefore, we performed a systematic …

The Wechsler Digit Symbol Substitution Test as the best indicator of the risk of impaired driving in Alzheimer disease and normal aging

S Lafont, C Marin-Lamellet, L Paire-Ficout… - Dementia and geriatric …, 2010 - karger.com
Aims: Our purpose was to identify cognitive tools associated with unsafe driving among
elderly drivers of varying cognitive levels. Methods: Twenty drivers with early-stage …

Distinguishing apathy and depression in dementia: A longitudinal study

MH Connors, A Teixeira-Pinto, D Ames… - Australian & New …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: Apathy is a common symptom in dementia, though can be difficult to distinguish
from depression due to shared features and frequent co-occurrence. As such, a significant …