{"id":2617,"date":"2018-11-28T10:43:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T16:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/?p=2617"},"modified":"2018-11-28T10:43:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T16:43:57","slug":"when-to-give-up-the-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/2018\/11\/28\/when-to-give-up-the-keys\/","title":{"rendered":"When to Give Up the Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hardest things for older adults to give up is driving. It can feel like giving up a huge part of your independence, so it can be hard to cope.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few signs to know when to give up driving:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Getting confused and lost.<\/li>\n<li>Ignoring traffic signs<\/li>\n<li>Swerving or not staying in the lane<\/li>\n<li>Dents or scratches on the car<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Make sure to receive health checkups from your doctors in order to maintain your health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have cataracts, glaucoma, or other changes affecting your vision, make sure to have current check-ups with your optometrist. They will provide an opinion whether it is safe to drive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hearing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have your hearing checked by an audiologist annually to see if hearing aids are needed. If hearing aids are needed, make sure to wear them while driving.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Health:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If diagnosed with diabetes, have a conversation with the doctor on managing it and if it is safe to drive.<\/p>\n<p>Source: https:\/\/www.nidirect.gov.uk\/articles\/older-drivers-deciding-when-stop-driving<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the hardest things for older adults to give up is driving. It can feel like giving up a huge part of your independence, so it can be hard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15482,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[163209],"tags":[152412,190069,189935],"class_list":["post-2617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pgcacu-pruett-gerontology-center","tag-aging","tag-driving","tag-healthy-aging"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2617"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2618,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617\/revisions\/2618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/pruettgerontology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}