fatboyonabike
Captain oblivious
take him down to a timezone arcade, tell him if he can get a decent high score on any of the driving games (his choice) he can have his keys back
he has No chance!
he has No chance!
Sorry Zaf I dont agree ED is not the place for a welfare check as the doctors there are usually busy, young, foreign trained and have little experience of life whereas an Occupational Therapist who regularly does elderly and disabled driving tests can give everyone an objective assessment.
I am not sure what "sectioned" means but if you want to stop him driving in Victoria you just contact Vicroads and have his licence cancelled until he is objectively tested.In NSW its Roads and Maritime Services they are both classic bureaucracies but we know what the outcome will be?
Sectioning is under the Mental Health act, I had mentioned that originally, looks like I accidentally edited over it in my statement.A "section" is usually reserved for people having extreme mental health issues and they either say they are going to kill themselves or will eventually do it by neglect, or that they are likely to do either to someone else. That's here in Victoria anyway.
The police, doctors, community members, family and friends can report their concerns about your medical condition or disability and its effect on your ability to drive safely. They can report their concerns by notifying VicRoads, and they can do this anonymously.
You need to read the act a little better:But different in Vic @Zaf, no tribunal here and nothing about personal reputation comes into it. Just police making the initial assessment, they get taken to hospital and most of the time released again within the hour.
It's not just police that can report issues to Vic Roads...
https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/licences/health-and-driving/medical-review-process/stage-1-reporting
In between this might be at-home care, where someone checks in regularly to make sure everything's OK at home and helps with the house, especially if there's only limited family nearby. I think Anglicare and other providers do this.The challenge now is getting him to realise the pair of them will be far better off in some sort of assisted living arrangement
He and Nanna still live in their house. She gets all sorts of assistance visits simply because she signed the paperwork. He doesn't because he's too stubbornly independent to sign said paperwork.In between this might be at-home care, where someone checks in regularly to make sure everything's OK at home and helps with the house, especially if there's only limited family nearby. I think Anglicare and other providers do this.
Sadly, in my experience of rural grandparents, it's going to take an injury or near miss to convince them to move into assisted living. My nan only accepted the reality of the situation when she had a fall in the bathroom and was trapped there for many hours until my uncle fortunately dropped in.