{"id":1053149,"date":"2011-09-04T15:57:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-04T15:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/neurology\/ama-guide-to-assessing-and-counseling-older-drivers.php"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:48:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:48:29","slug":"ama-guide-to-assessing-and-counseling-older-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/ama-guide-to-assessing-and-counseling-older-drivers.php","title":{"rendered":"AMA Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Motor vehicle injuries are a leading cause of injury-related deaths in the older population (persons 65 years and older). Per mile driven, the fatality rate for drivers 85 years and older is 9 times higher than the rate for drivers 25 to 69 years old. <\/p>

Physicians play an important role in the safe mobility of their older patients. The AMA encourages physicians to make driver safety a routine part of their geriatric medical services and the guide is freely available as PDF documents here:<\/p>

AMA Physician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers<\/a><\/p>

For example, dementia is just one of the risks that older drivers face:<\/p>

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Evaluation of driving risk in dementia (click to enlarge the image<\/a>).<\/p>

For patients with dementia, the following characteristics are useful for identifying
patients at increased risk for unsafe driving:<\/p>

- Clinical Dementia Rating scale (Level A)
- caregiver’s rating of a patient’s driving ability as marginal or unsafe (Level B)
- history of crashes or traffic citations (Level C)
- reduced driving mileage or self-reported situational avoidance (Level C)
- Mini-Mental State Examination scores of 24 or less (Level C)
- aggressive or impulsive personality characteristics (Level C)<\/p>

References:<\/p>

AMA Physician's Guide to Assessing and Counseling Older Drivers<\/a><\/p>

Evaluation of driving risk in dementia - practice parameter update<\/a><\/p>

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