Why is there a controversy over driving cessation? Isn the approach cut and dry?
There are a variety of opinions expressed by some very reputable organizations. They sometimes are at odds because there is not enough research and understanding to know definitively when driving should stop. For example, some suggest that driving cease at the time of diagnosis, but that really depends on when in the course of the illness a person is diagnosed. In addition, some of the guidelines which suggest that a person with dementia stop driving immediately upon diagnosis were issued prior to the recent advancements in earlier diagnosis and better medications. As diagnostic science advances, doctors are learning to diagnose earlier and offer treatments that may delay decline of functioning.
