title: Driving cessation in older adults with dementia of the Alzheimer's type.
abstract: The psychometric profile of 143 drivers with dementia who stopped driving did not differ from that of 58 individuals with dementia of similar severity who still drove. The reasons given for driving cessation by drivers with dementia as reported by a collateral source are reported.
authors.affiliation: Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Washington University at St. Louis, MO 63108, USA. dcarr@im.wustl.edu
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Carr
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shead
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Storandt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D001334:Automobile Driving; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000295:instrumentation