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I found the only way to totally convince my mom was to tell her doctor that she was getting lost while driving. When her doctor put it in writing that she was not to drive she did not. She was perhaps ready to give it up a little before that when one day she got to the corner of her street and had no idea which way to turn to drive to my house. She reported it to me, which I thought was an admission. Another day she stopped at my house to ask directions to the bank. I drove her.
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Squatch33 Sep 2020
This. The only way we ever convinced my dad to do or not do something was to tell him the "doctor said." He seemed to still respect what his doctors had to say (even if they didn't really say it) even as his dementia worsened.

ETA: We didn't actually tell his doctor anything. (Although driving is certainly one of the first things anyone mentioned when cognition starts to fail.)
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