Hi everyone,
Haven't posted in a little while but to recap, gran was diagnosed with vascular dementia about 2 months ago. She continues to drive but has been getting lost recently. At the weekend my aunt rang her at 12 and told her she would be picking her up at 3 for a party. When my aunt turned up she wasn't there and spent ages driving round the village my gran lives in for ages. She eventually turned up at the venue of the party but it took her 50 minutes to get there (the venue is only about a 5-8 minute drive from her house). I am going with her to the theatre on wednesday and reluctantly agreed to meet her at the theatre ( i insisted on picking her up but she insisted its too far out my way). I'm now wondering whether I should get to hers early with my car and take her from there?
I know the dvla have to be informed by law if a driver has dementia, but I have also heard that the person with dementia should volunteer this information to the dvla. Is this right? My mum thinks she may be able to get the clinic to write to her about taking a driving test but i'm not sure. my gran still insists that she is confident about driving, however there have been several occassions where she has got lost (usually to places she knows well) and am worried. This along with an incident where she was convinced I was my mother and talking bout where my 'dads' ashes were, has upset me a bit. It took me several minutes to convince her that I was her granddaughter and that my father, her son-in-law was very much alive.
Apologies for this long winded email, any advice regarding the driving would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Jodie
Haven't posted in a little while but to recap, gran was diagnosed with vascular dementia about 2 months ago. She continues to drive but has been getting lost recently. At the weekend my aunt rang her at 12 and told her she would be picking her up at 3 for a party. When my aunt turned up she wasn't there and spent ages driving round the village my gran lives in for ages. She eventually turned up at the venue of the party but it took her 50 minutes to get there (the venue is only about a 5-8 minute drive from her house). I am going with her to the theatre on wednesday and reluctantly agreed to meet her at the theatre ( i insisted on picking her up but she insisted its too far out my way). I'm now wondering whether I should get to hers early with my car and take her from there?
I know the dvla have to be informed by law if a driver has dementia, but I have also heard that the person with dementia should volunteer this information to the dvla. Is this right? My mum thinks she may be able to get the clinic to write to her about taking a driving test but i'm not sure. my gran still insists that she is confident about driving, however there have been several occassions where she has got lost (usually to places she knows well) and am worried. This along with an incident where she was convinced I was my mother and talking bout where my 'dads' ashes were, has upset me a bit. It took me several minutes to convince her that I was her granddaughter and that my father, her son-in-law was very much alive.
Apologies for this long winded email, any advice regarding the driving would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks,
Jodie