Older Driver Concerns

Helpful links and resources:

Family Conversations with Older Drivers: https://www.thehartford.com/resources/mature-market-excellence/family-conversations-with-older-drivers

Driving Assessment and Skills Upgrade

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Lou Gervino Driving School
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Ph: (204) 960-6515
email: lgervino@yahoo.com

Are you concerned about your driving? Has anyone else told you they are concerned?

It's hard to admit when your driving skills may need some fine-tuning or a check-up!  Plus, you may not want to seek help because what if your driving skills aren't up to par and you are afraid of being reported and losing your license?

Contact Lou Gervino for a CONFIDENTIAL driving assessment. Trust him to give you an honest and professional evaluation of your skills. If he feels some areas need to be worked on, he will suggest more driving lessons so that you can improve or correct your weak areas. Lou is not legally bound to report your driving assessment results to anyone.

If you are not ready to hang up the keys yet, and you want to stay safe (and keep others safe, too), call Lou. He says if your skills don't improve with lessons, and the police or someone else reports you to Driver and Vehicle Licensing, you may end up having your driver's license suspended. He says it's better to be proactive and get an assessment and some driving lessons. This will help you be a more careful driver and may keep you on the road longer. 

Get a confidential professional assessment and help now, before you may be involuntarily drawn into the motor vehicle branch system. An assessment and a few lessons now may prevent that.


Lou Gervino Driving School - https://sites.google.com/site/lougervinodrivingschool/

Adiant Mobile - Wearable GPS Technology

Adiant Mobile - Wearable GPS Technology

Can ship to almost everywhere in the world.

Website: http://www.locationawaregps.com/

Includes a watch, battery lasts 5 days.

From the website:

Caring for a person with Alzheimer’s disease is a challenge. We hope that this Watch will help you cope with some of these challenges and provide a solution to increase the security and freedom of the person with Alzheimer’s in your home.

PromenAid Accessibility Handrails

PromenAid - Hold on to what matters

PromenAid is an elegant ADA-compliant handrail that can be measured, ordered and installed within 24-48 hours anywhere in North America. Integrates with home decor, No special tools or finishing required. 100% Canadian.

Ph: (888) 992-4943 x101

Website:  https://promenaid.com/archive/201503

Manitoba Seniors' Guides and Publications

 Website: http://gov.mb.ca/shas/publications/index.html

Seniors Guides and Publications - Manitoba, Canada

The Seniors and Healthy Aging Secretariat produces a number of publications on a wide range of topics of interest to seniors, their family members and caregivers.  Please review the list of publications and note which are available on-line only and which are available in print as well. Click here to order publications online.

• Manitoba Seniors' Guide 2015/16 (175 pages)
  
  
• Caregiver Recognition Act Report 2013-15
  
  
• Resources for Caregivers 2015, Inventory of Manitoba Services and Supports
  

• Manitoba Elder Abuse Strategy

• A Guide for the Caregiver (48 pages)

• Safety for Seniors Fact Sheets (6 pages)

• Age Friendly Manitoba (12 pages)

• Emergency Information for Seniors (32 pages) - online only

• A Legal Information Guide for Seniors (72 pages)
  
  
• Questions to Ask Your Doctor and Pharmacist (35 pages) - online only
  
  
• Deceased Estate Handbook

Partner Publications:

• Older and Wiser Driver (online only)
  • Older and Wiser Driver Online Rating Form (online only)
    
    
• Aging in Place - Housing Options for Older Manitobans (online only)

• Profile of Manitoba Seniors 2010 (online only)

Care Trak Systems Inc.

Care Trak Systems Inc.

Care Trak International

1202 Walnut Street

Murphysboro, IL 62966 USA

Phone: 1-800-842-4537 Or 618-687-3505
Fax: 618-687-3539

Website: http://caretrak.com/

From the website:

Our goal at Care Trak is to save lives. Care Trak created telemetry based tracking for people at risk in 1986. Since then our equipment has located thousands of Alzheimer’s wanderers and children with special needs such as Autism, Down syndrome and other conditions and brought them home safely.
Care Trak Systems are telemetry based.  Telemetry is radio waves much like your local broadcast radio station sends a signal to your car or clock radio. Since the radio signal goes through most walls, you have the ability to locate your loved one in a building. The telemetry signal goes through most objects and the sensitivity of Care Trak telemetry creates pinpoint accuracy. You can locate a lost person up to a mile day or night, inside or outside 24/7.

www.AngelaGGentile.com

No Skidding

No Skidding Products Inc. - First in the world of anti-slipping products

Address:  266 Wildcat Road, Toronto, ON  M3J 2N5, CANADA 
Tel: (416) 667-1788 or Toll Free: 1-800-375-0571 
Fax: (416) 667-1783 or Toll Free Fax: 1-800-656-6153 

Website: http://www.noskidding.com/

FIRST IN SLIP INJURY PREVENTION PRODUCTS SINCE 1993

Slips and falls on wet or dry surfaces are a major problem for industry, institutions, commercial establishments and residences. No Skidding® products help solve these costly problems. 

Keywords: Bath safety, safety, falls prevention

www.AngelaGGentile.com

GPS SmartSole - Personal Monitoring System

SafeTracks GPS Canada Inc.

Toll Free: 1-877-761-4477
email: info@safetracksgps.ca

Website: http://safetracksgps.ca/site/our_products?cat=5&details=11

From the website:

Ideal for: Alzheimer’s/Dementia, Autism, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), or anyone who potentially wanders off and requires remote oversight.

The patented GPS enabled “Smart” insoles fit easily into most shoes and let you monitor the location of loved ones who may have a tendency to wander or at risk of becoming disoriented and lost. No need for them to remember to carry a separate tracking device, just slip on their shoes and go – like they normally would. Seamless and effortless.

The GPS Smart Sole sends a signal to the SafeTracks monitoring software showing the user’s approximate location using a combination of satellite and cellular technology.

You can track their location through any web browser and some Smart phones and tablets, set up text and E-mail alerts if they leave or enter defined areas on a map. GPS SmartSole provides peace of mind for around $1 per day and is a great way to keep your loved ones independence and quality of life for as long as possible.

www.AngelaGGentile.com

Fall Prevention for Older Adults

"Staying on your feet: Taking steps to prevent falls."

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Website: http://www.preventfalls.ca/older-adults/

Tip sheets, statistics, information and check-up questionnaire available on the website. Get your personal fall prevention recommendations at the website above.

Online Guide:  http://www.wrha.mb.ca/healthinfo/preventinj/files/SOYF_Booklet_E.pdf

Falls and Older Adults - Causes and Risk Factors: http://nihseniorhealth.gov/falls/causesandriskfactors/01.html

Project Lifesaver

Project Lifesaver Manitoba

"Working together to bring loved ones home."

Website and more information:  http://www.projectlifesavermanitoba.ca/clients/

For people who are an elopement risk and wander away from home and have the potential of getting lost. Includes a bracelet and GPS system to locate them.

Keywords: elopement, wandering, lost, wanderer, Alzheimer's, dementia, security

TRiLOC Personal Locator

Innovative wandering prevention and mobile personal emergency response solutions.
The TRiLOC wears and looks like a watch.

Phone:  1-855-987-iLOC (4562)

Website:  https://www.iloctech.com/

Can be delivered to Canada.  $399 for the watch.  $35 activation fee, plus $35 monthly monitoring fee.

Road Safety - Older Drivers

Road Safety - Older Drivers - Manitoba Public Insurance MPI

Programs and information:  http://www.mpi.mb.ca/en/Rd-Safety/Vulnerable/Pages/older-drivers.aspx

Includes the Mature Driver Workshop, The Older and Wiser Driver, and Quizzes.

Search term:  driver, license

Portable WanderGuard System

WanderGuard

Phone (toll free): 1-800-824-4494

Office:  402-475-4002

Fax:  402-475-4281

Keeps people who are risk of wandering, safe.

http://www.stanleyhealthcare.com/files/pdf/DOC-12-16601.pdf

Lifeline with AutoAlert Option

Philips Lifeline with AutoAlert Option

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Phone:  1-866-784-1992

Take comfort in knowing your button will call for help, even if you can't.  Especially if you fall.  WATCH VIDEO.

Link:  http://www.lifeline.ca/content/english/medical_alert_service/auto_alert_service

MedicAlert Safely Home

Medic Alert Safely Home Program
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Phone:  1-855-581-3794

Effective immediately the Alzheimer Society is partnering with Canadian MedicAlert Foundation to improve the Safely Home® program, incorporating the best features of both Safely Home® and MedicAlert® services.

People with dementia may lose the ability to recognize familiar places, to communicate or to remember their own name or address. They may leave home, become confused and get lost.

MedicAlert® Safely Home® is a nationwide program designed to help identify the person who is lost and assist in a safe return home. 

Members receive an engraved identification (over 100 styles of IDs available including bracelets, necklaces, watches and more), which allows police and emergency responders to quickly identify the person who has wandered and bring the family back together. www.medicalert.cam,  Phone: 1-855-724-2499

Individuals and family caregivers can call 1-855-581-3794

·         to sign up for MedicAlert® Safely Home®

·         to update their existing Safely Home® record

·         for more information

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Older Drivers in Canada

Website:  http://www.olderdriversafety.ca/

From the website:

The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT), launched the National Blueprint for Injury Prevention in Older Drivers in February 2009. The Blueprint strives to enhance the capacity of older adults to maintain their fitness to drive and ability to drive safely for as long as possible. In partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada, CAOT has continued to work diligently on this initiative and is pleased to launch an Older Driver’s Safety website (www.olderdriversafety.ca ) and a series of informational brochures.

This information will communicate the impact of normal aging and prevalent health conditions on safe driving and provide useful tips based on scientific evidence of high risk situations and risk-reducing strategies.  


Search terms:  driver's, license, safety, driver

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Driver Safety Concerns

1. If you are concerned about someone's driving in Winnipeg, Manitoba due to a medical condition (including mental and/or cognitive fitness), you can report the potentially unfit driver to his/her doctor.


2. The doctor can then report the individual to the Department of Driver Fitness, Driver and Vehicle licensing with a Mandatory Reporting Form indicating that the person should not be driving pending successful completion of driver testing. The form would be forwarded to:

     Department of Driver Fitness, Driver and Vehicle Licensing

     Phone:  204-985-1900
     Fax:  204-953-4992

3. In order to report someone (family member, neighbour or other) anonymously and directly to Driver and Vehicle Licensing, you will need to provide documentation (a letter) to: 

    Department of Driver Fitness

    234 Donald Street, 

    Winnipeg, Manitoba

    R3C 4A4

    Include the following:

-The driver’s name, birth date, home address, phone number, so they can contact the driver.

-State your concerns regarding the drivers medical issues (including mental and cognitive health) related to driving.

-Stress you would like to keep this request anonymous. This anonymity is held up in court.

-Sign the letter with your name, and phone number. They will need to call you to confirm.

Website:  https://www.mpi.mb.ca/en/DL/DL/MedicalConditionsAndDriving/Pages/fitnessreview.aspx

Also check out these 60 Second Driver Tips from Manitoba Public Insurance:  http://www.mpi.mb.ca/english/dr_tips/60sec.html

Search terms: driver's, license, vehicle, safety, medical

Driver Assessment & Management Program

Driver Assessment & Management Program - DAMP
Rehabilitation Hospital
Health Sciences Centre
RR180-800 Sherbrook Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3A 1R9

Phone:  204-787-2786

Fax:  204-787-1101

Website:  http://www.caot.ca/default.asp?pageid=3785

To obtain a referral to Driver Assessment & Management Program (DAMP), clients or physicians should contact:  Driver and Vehicle Licensing, 1075 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3G 0S1
Phone: 204-985-1900

Also see: http://olderadultswinnipeg.blogspot.ca/2013/02/driveable-assessment.html

www.AngelaGGentile.com

The Protection for Persons in Care Office

300 Carlton Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3B 3M9

Phone:  204-788-6366
Toll-free:  1-866-440-6366
Fax:  204-775-8055

Website:  www.gov.mb.ca/health/protection/

From the website:

Manitobans benefit from a high-quality health care system that is among the world's best.  Regional health authorities, professional associations and regulatory bodies, and health facility staff and management co-operatively monitor and maintain this high standard of care, ensuring a safe environment for patients and residents.

The Protection for Persons In Care Act (the Act) is a law to help protect adults from abuse while receiving care in personal care homes, hospitals or any other designated health facility.

Police Academy: Older Adults Division

Police Academy:  Older Adults Division
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Phone:  204-792-5838

Topics include:  Identity Theft, Frauds and Scams, Internet Safety, Safe Banking Practices, Safely Home Program, Falls Prevention, Substances and Gambling, Elder Abuse, Planning for your Future, Safe Driving, Emergency Preparedness, Fire Safety, Scooter Safety.