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Time to Stop Driving?

Seniors on a bus. Alternative modes of transportation to driving

More transportation options than ever keep older adults on the move Fact checked by Shannon Sparks   Kathleen Bass, 78, decided to stop driving eight years ago, due to worsening eyesight. The cost of maintaining her car had also become too expensive. Around the same time, she moved into assisted living at Victory Centre of […]

Hitting the Brakes

Hitting the Brakes

When is it time to stop driving? During one of our family’s weekly visits with my mother-in-law, I was following her as she drove herself to the doctor in her purple Jeep. Suddenly, I watched her turn left on a one-way street into oncoming traffic. Thankfully, she quickly corrected course without an accident. On other […]