Citation

Büla C, Eyer S, von Gunten A, Favrat B, Monod S. Rev. Med. Suisse 2011; 7(316): 2184-2189.

Vernacular Title

Conduite automobile et troubles cognitifs: comment anticiper?

Affiliation

Service de gériatrie et réadaptation gériatrique, Département de médecine, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne. christophe.bula@chuv.ch

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Medecine et Hygiene)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22164675

Abstract

Driving requires integrating multiple motor, sensory, and cognitive skills. As people age, cognition becomes increasingly vulnerable due to impairment and dementia. Older drivers suffering from dementia, even at an early stage, have been shown to be significantly more likely to develop unsafe driving. Primary care physicians have the difficult task to assess these persons' driving capacity. This paper briefly describes the consequences of altered cognition on driving capacity and proposes an algorithm to address this challenge.

Language: fr