Driving and dementia: a clinical decision pathway

Carter, Kirsty; Monaghan, Sophie; O'Brien, John; Teodorczuk, Andrew; Mosimann, Urs Peter; Taylor, John-Paul (2014). Driving and dementia: a clinical decision pathway. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 30(2), pp. 210-216. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1002/gps.4132

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OBJECTIVE

This study aimed to develop a pathway to bring together current UK legislation, good clinical practice and appropriate management strategies that could be applied across a range of healthcare settings.

METHODS

The pathway was constructed by a multidisciplinary clinical team based in a busy Memory Assessment Service. A process of successive iteration was used to develop the pathway, with input and refinement provided via survey and small group meetings with individuals from a wide range of regional clinical networks and diverse clinical backgrounds as well as discussion with mobility centres and Forum of Mobility Centres, UK.

RESULTS

We present a succinct clinical pathway for patients with dementia, which provides a decision-making framework for how health professionals across a range of disciplines deal with patients with dementia who drive.

CONCLUSIONS

By integrating the latest guidance from diverse roles within older people's health services and key experts in the field, the resulting pathway reflects up-to-date policy and encompasses differing perspectives and good practice. It is potentially a generalisable pathway that can be easily adaptable for use internationally, by replacing UK legislation for local regulations. A limitation of this pathway is that it does not address the concern of mild cognitive impairment and how this condition relates to driving safety. © 2014 The Authors. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

UniBE Contributor:

Mosimann, Urs Peter

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology

ISSN:

0885-6230

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pascal Wurtz

Date Deposited:

23 Jul 2014 09:25

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:35

Publisher DOI:

10.1002/gps.4132

PubMed ID:

24865643

Uncontrolled Keywords:

ageing, dementia, driving, pathway

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.54291

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/54291

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