My thoughts are with the family but also I’m thinking why a couple with dementia still has access to a vehicle? When you see this happening to people you love you have to take steps to insure not only their safety but the safety of others.

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A social worker can help a family member who might be concerned that an elderly person might not be safe living alone anymore. These discussions should occur before a person becomes mentally disabled so that a plan is in place before something like this happens.

Legal guardianship is not difficult to achieve. At some point, the parent/child relationship is reversed, and it is up to the children to care for their parents in the same manner they were cared for as children. It is a difficult, but necessary step and part of “Honor thy Mother and Father.”

I believe there needs to be a law passed, that as soon as someone is diagnosed with dementia, that the department of motor vehicles be notified and all driving rights be suspended. This is for their protection, as well as the general public. Families who allow their elderly parents to drive knowing the have alzheimers should not only pay the expense to find them, but for any damages caused in the process.