My husband was diagnosed with AD in March this year, I have known for a couple of years he has had problems with his driving.
He had a driving assessment earlier this year and he was told he has to have another one after 12 months. They took his HGV licence from him.
The problem is he thinks he is a good driver, we nearly had a crash last weekend with our toddler grandaughter sat in the back when he turned into a side road in front of another car. I gasped and he pulled the handbrake on suddenly, got out and told me to go on my own.
Today we have had another disagreement because we had to go onl a 200 mile round trip to see a relative, again we took our grandaughter so I insisted on driving. He never spoke all the way there. He said he wouldn't go at first and I had to persuade him. I can't believe he seems unconcerned.
He is not too bad at the moment, he has the odd memory lapse but insists there is nothing wrong with his driving. He doesn't seem bothered when he's in the wrong lane or forgets to indicate.
We spoke about it to his new doctor a couple of weeks ago at the AD clinic but he just told him he must e honest with himself.
Has anyone had to deal with this? How do I tackle it tactfully?
Dee
He had a driving assessment earlier this year and he was told he has to have another one after 12 months. They took his HGV licence from him.
The problem is he thinks he is a good driver, we nearly had a crash last weekend with our toddler grandaughter sat in the back when he turned into a side road in front of another car. I gasped and he pulled the handbrake on suddenly, got out and told me to go on my own.
Today we have had another disagreement because we had to go onl a 200 mile round trip to see a relative, again we took our grandaughter so I insisted on driving. He never spoke all the way there. He said he wouldn't go at first and I had to persuade him. I can't believe he seems unconcerned.
He is not too bad at the moment, he has the odd memory lapse but insists there is nothing wrong with his driving. He doesn't seem bothered when he's in the wrong lane or forgets to indicate.
We spoke about it to his new doctor a couple of weeks ago at the AD clinic but he just told him he must e honest with himself.
Has anyone had to deal with this? How do I tackle it tactfully?
Dee