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Naoto Kamimura, an instructor at Kochi University Medical School who specializes in geriatric psychiatry. Police in Japan have proposed stricter tests for dementia for elderly people who cause car accidents. (Mainichi Shimbun)
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There are no established medical standards around the world about when to stop dementia patients from driving.
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BertieWooster
Come to think of it there are no established medical standards around the world for ANYTHING connected with the mind, let alone dementia.
Lots of long and complicated names for syndromes and no cures.
Kaerimashita
Common sense no good?
Frungy
Saying that there isn't a clear established international rule for something is easily the most lame-brained excuse for doing nothing that I have ever seen.
There's a huge amount of scholarship on this issue, including neurological tests for assessing driver safety in dementia patients. If this leading psychiatrist can't google "apa dementia driving" then he's well overdue for retirement.
HongoTAFEinmate
Not going to happen. A couple of years ago the government came out with stickers that older drivers were supposed to put on their cars. The policy was initially going to be mandatory, then it became voluntary. The actually take-up rate is probably lower than Abe's IQ.
Ah_so
There is no need for an international standard. Each country should have its own, leading to loss of license if the driver is unable to drive safely.
sensei258
Should dementia patients be driving at all?