This. Do everything you can to keep them mobile till they no longer have an interest. Maybe even a golf cart if your town allows it. Put yourself in their position.
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Originally Posted by johnco
as my father's Alzheimer's reached the stage he shouldn't be on the road, we worried not so much that he might hurt himself, but that he might hurt others with his erratic driving, I disabled his car. been a quite a while ago but I think I just pulled the fuel pump relay. he'd go out every morning and try to start it for a few days until I pretended to work on it and then tell him his motor had burned up. since he had always stayed moving, working 12-16hrs a day on 3-4 hrs sleep until he got sick, I couldn't take his mobility completely away. so I talked my mother into getting him a little Honda 80 scooter.. that way he could still get around and more likely to only kill himself and not others if he zoned out and wrecked. he put on about 600-800 miles before he forgot how to start it, much less drive it. I saw him a few times pushing it down the road and I took it away after I drive up to see him sitting backwards on the bike with his helmet on trying to figure out how to start it.. then he started riding a bicycle. one day he rode 30-40 miles to go visit his old relatives. didn't see anyone outside so he rides back home.. only took him 8hrs. and thats before he had his double hernia repaired. couldn't stop him from going but I stopped him from driving.
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