Virtual Driver Safety Visit
Do You Know Someone Who Might Be Unsafe to Drive?
In the US, we are highly reliant on automobiles for transportation.
Many people see no way to live their lives without driving.
Living in a walkable location is a real benefit to some. Others are stuck in the suburbs and see few options other than driving a car to get to preferred destinations.
Driving levels the mobility playing field. That means that when you’re behind the wheel of a car, nobody can detect that you are an amputee or a little person or have a limp due to arthritis in your hips and knees. You move along freely with the traffic flow at the same pace as everybody else. That happens with boats, too. It’s one reason why people with disabilities favor cruise vacations. It’s one of the emotional factors driving such an emotional topic.
Driving retirement is difficult for caregivers and families to address.
Workers often look forward to retirement. But, it takes insight and humility for a driver to decide it’s time to stop driving proactively. It’s a sensitive subject for just about everyone. It’s little consolation to know that most of us outlive our safe driving ability by 7-10 years.
How do you start a difficult conversation about driving retirement?
TheHartford.com, MIT, and AARP have publications entitled We Need To Talk and At the Crossroads. Both are based on academic research and address the issues surrounding older driver safety. Access those publications for free at www.thehartford.com
Driving Matters
Do you know that there are professionals and organizations passionate about all things related to driving?
The Association for Driver Rehabilitation Specialists has free online resources for drivers and their families. Their database contains a list of driving specialists in any geographic area.
A driver specialist helps you and your family understand the medical issues that affect driving ability. They assess the driver according to the Association’s Best Practices. Practitioners meet drivers and then recommend therapy, adaptive equipment re-training, and more according to the driver’s needs.
That’s an objective and compassionate way to address the difficult and divisive driving question.
The Virtual Driver Safety Visit
The Informed Caregiver and Driving Solutions work together as one entity. Together they represent many years of experience providing 1:1, in person, at home, medically based driver assessments and MORE. We respect that driving can be a difficult family issue for caregivers to handle.
We have developed a process for a Virtual Driver Safety Visit. During a Zoom visit, we work to help drivers and their families make the right decision about driving.
We know that many drivers and their families want to do the right thing about driving with a medical issue but don’t know where to begin. Many drivers are especially reluctant to address the driving issue if it involves a state licensing agency. Now, there’s a confidential, low-stress way to get your desired answers.
The Virtual Driver Safety Visit can be confidential for caregiver training or a family-style visit that includes the driver in question. The driver must consent to the confidential process. It’s a respectful, open, and honest way to address driver safety without involving authority figures like the DMV, doctors, or police officers.
If you want a private meeting with an experienced driver specialist to discuss your particular situation, click the link to connect to our Caregiver Success Call scheduling calendar: https://calendly.com/judy-gywq/caregiver
That’s how you schedule a FREE phone meeting to confidentially determine if the Virtual Driver Safety Visit is what you need. If so, we schedule a Zoom meeting for the Driver Safety Visit.
You can meet virtually with a particular driver and a family member/caregiver or schedule a consultation visit to discuss your concerns privately without involving the driver. Either option provides insight, recommendations, referrals, and clarity.
If you live in Massachusetts, click the button below to learn more about the at-home driver evaluation process.