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Driving and dementia: a clinical decision pathway

Journal

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY
Volume 30, Issue 2, Pages 210-216

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4132

Keywords

driving; dementia; pathway; ageing

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  1. Intermediate Clinical Fellowship [WT088441MA]
  2. National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Unit and Biomedical Research Centre at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Newcastle University

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ObjectiveThis 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. MethodsThe 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. ResultsWe 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. ConclusionsBy 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. (c) 2014 The Authors. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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