Geriatric Care Management Blog

I have talked in some of the recent blogs about when decision-making may transfer to another person from an individual whose own faculties may be failing.  Such is the case with powers of attorney as well as guardianships.  There also are decisions which need to be facilitated by a caregiver, but we need to know the difference between deciding for the older loved one or individual with special needs versus facilitating their own good decision.

In my role as a GCM I had a conversation with one of my clients recently about her car.  She is an 84-year old woman who has been living on her own since her husband died about six years ago.  Her husband had surrendered driving responsibilities to her some several years before his demise, and it was his initiative and his choice.

Recently, she asked me what I thought about her giving up driving.  The fact that she brought it up suggested to me that there may have been a precipitating event...