fa P112: Safe Driving and Alzheimer’s Disease نورولوژی Neurology مروری Review --- Open Access, CC-BY-NC <p align="center">لطفاً به چکیده انگلیسی مراجعه شود. </p> People with Alzheimer disease (AD) have decreases in brain cell function that may increase their risks as drivers. The changes in brain cells affect memory (at first, short-term memory and then much later, long-term memory) and other thinking functions. In addition, people with early AD, though often very functional in many areas of life, may not be as competent behind the wheel of a car as those without the memory-damaging disease. Furthermore, many people with AD and their families are not aware how dementia affects a person’s driving abilities, often until there has been an incident involving an accident, getting lost while driving or other driving crisis. The need for overall education around this issue is critical. In addition, the declining cognitive abilities of a person with AD will ultimately lead to the need for the individual to stop driving. It is difficult to determine when restrictions are needed because little solid evidence exists linking various stages of dementia with driving behavior. However, at some point in the progression of the disease, driving performance errors will present a safety risk to both the individual and the public. In conclusion, the person with AD should participate in the planning and decision making regarding the cessation of driving. Furthermore, driving demands quick reaction time and fast decision making because of this, a person with AD will eventually become unable to drive. However, driving privileges must be withheld when the individual poses a serious risk to self or others. Alzheimer’s Disease, Memory Dysfunction, Driving, Road Traffic Accident 162 162 http://shefayekhatam.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-24-511&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Tahereh Ghadiri Tahereh Ghadiri 10031947532846006118 10031947532846006118 No Shefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatam Alanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Shefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatam Alanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Mostafa Modarres Mousavi Mostafa Modarres Mousavi modarres.mousavi@gmail.com 10031947532846006119 10031947532846006119 Yes Shefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatam Alanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Shefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatam Alanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Sajad Sahab Negah Sajad Sahab Negah 10031947532846006120 10031947532846006120 No Shefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatam Alanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Shefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatam Alanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Arezou Eshaghabadi Arezou Eshaghabadi 10031947532846006121 10031947532846006121 No Shefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatam Alanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Shefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatam Alanbia Hospital, Tehran, Iran. Shahin Mohammad Sadeghi Shahin Mohammad Sadeghi 10031947532846006122 10031947532846006122 No Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.