Driving

  • Free Driving and Dementia e-Learning Module: This free e-learning module addresses the needs of physicians for resources related to driving and dementia, and to help navigate the process of assessing fitness-to-drive, disclosure, reporting and more.
  • DriveABLE: An effective tool to determine whether someone with a medical condition is able to drive safely.
  • Not If But When: A site containing valuable information about the risks of dementia and driving. Developed by the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, the Alzheimer Society of Nova Scotia, and the Canadian Dementia Knowledge Translation Network, the site contains relevant information for every province.
  • CanDrive: Improving the safety of older drivers
  • CMA Driver's Guide: Determining Medical Fitness to Drive; a guide for physicians, by David Walter Irving
  • Driving and Dementia: An online video from the Alzheimer Society of B.C.
  • Driving and dementia toolkit: A toolkit for health-care professionals from the Dementia Network of Ottawa-Carleton
  • Older Drivers in Canada and their Families: A website providing useful tips on safe driving and risk-reducing strategies. Developed by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists in association with the Public Health Agency of Canada
  • The Older & Wiser Driver; A Self-Assessment Program: A report looking at more effective strategies for older driver self-assessment and education
  • Dementia and driving - keeping older drivers safe on the road: Information about using science-based research to create guidelines for older drivers 

Last Updated: 04/03/12