When a Privilege Yields to Age. / Jane E. Allen.
by Allen, Jane E; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 48Family. Publisher: Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 2002ISSN: 1522-3213;.Subject(s): Ability -- Influence of age on | Aged -- Services for | Aged automobile drivers | DementiaDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Of all the insults of growing older, losing one's driving privileges can be one of the most difficult to bear. A new driver's license is a symbolic rite of passage from youth into adulthood, but giving up the car keys as physical and mental faculties diminish is a passage of another sort." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article, which maintains that "older adults often feel that their life is essentially over without a car," addresses "signs of declining driving skills" and provides resources to assist seniors with their transitions from drivers to passengers.
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003.
Originally Published: When a Privilege Yields to Age, April 1, 2002; pp. S1+.
"Of all the insults of growing older, losing one's driving privileges can be one of the most difficult to bear. A new driver's license is a symbolic rite of passage from youth into adulthood, but giving up the car keys as physical and mental faculties diminish is a passage of another sort." (LOS ANGELES TIMES) This article, which maintains that "older adults often feel that their life is essentially over without a car," addresses "signs of declining driving skills" and provides resources to assist seniors with their transitions from drivers to passengers.
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