Carl,
an 82-year-old, retired company manager is slowly recovering from a fall that
left his hip badly bruised. He finds it difficult to walk without the aid of a
“walker”. In addition, he has problems with mid stage prostate cancer. Recently, while driving, he hit the
curb and flattened one of his rear tires. He drove home with a flat tire
because he wanted to hide the accident.
Next month he must take a drivers test to see if you can still drive
properly. He is determined to
drive as long as he can and feels that it is part of his role as man of the
family.
At
home he as several times fallen off the couch and not been able to get up
without help from his 76-year-old wife Helen. Helen can’t drive and is dependent on Carl to drive
her to do house needs such as shopping.
While she is frightened about Carl’s driving, she can’t see any other
options. She has come to you for
advice. What would you advise?
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