Driving

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1. How do I help, from a distance, my elderly father care for my disabled brother?

   - My 82 year-old father lives with and cares for my 50 year -old emotionally disabled brother. My father has peripheral neuropathy and cannot feel his feet and also has had several surgeries for disc problems in his back. He's addicted to pain killers and is also taking sleeping pills, antidepressants and tranquilizers...
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2. Why does my father refuse to sell his car after having his license pulled by the DMV?

   - The Department of Motor Vehicles refused to renew my father's driver's license because his eyesight has become so bad, and at 93, he seems to accept the fact that he'll never drive again. I offered to sell his car for him, because he has to pay to park it, but he declined the offer...
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3. How can I be sure my mother, who lives on the other side of the country, is driving safely?

   - My widowed mother is in relatively good health, still living on her own and driving at 81 years old. I live on the other side of the country, as does my brother, and we visit infrequently. I've become increasingly worried because I have no way of evaluating whether she should be driving...
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4. How can I persuade my father to stop driving?

   - My father insists on continuing to drive -- against the advice of two doctors. What should I do?
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5. What's the best way to transfer my mom from her wheelchair to car?

   - How do you transfer someone from a wheelchair to a car? Devices can help transfer him from the wheelchair to the car, but body mechanics matter too.
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6. Why is my elderly father having trouble driving at night?

   - My 75-year-old father still drives well, and he has regular eye exams. Now he says he doesn't like to drive at night. Could this be a sign of a more serious problem, or is my dad being overly cautious?
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7. Should someone with macular degeneration be driving?

   - My mother has macular degeneration. Should she still be driving?
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8. What are the family's liabilities if my parents, who should not be driving, cause an accident?

   - family liability for a parent's poor driving
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9. Could herbal supplements affect my mother's ability to drive?

   - My mother often buys herbal supplements at the health food store. She believes the manufacturers' extravagant claims and is always eager to try the latest "all-natural" miracle cure. Her nonprescription pill popping has always seemed harmless to me, but recently a friend mentioned that herbal products could affect her driving ability...
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10. Since he lost his license, my father seems to have lost all interest in life. What can I do?

    - My father had several close calls and failed the driving test multiple times before he finally accepted that he couldn't drive anymore. The problem is, he hasn't really accepted it: Two months after losing his license, he still gripes about the unfairness of it all, and he's told me more than once that without a car, he might as well be dead...
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