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Prescription Drugs, Driving and Older Adults: The Intersection of Happy and Healthy?
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Prescription Drugs, Driving and Older Adults: The Intersection of Happy and Healthy?
1 ADED Contact Hour | $40 ADED Members | $80 Non-Members
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An overview of polypharmacy and it's affect on older drivers.
Presented by: Dr. David B Carr, M.D.
Presentation Objectives
- Identify prescription medications taken by older drivers (aged 65+) that may put them at risk for unsafe driving
- Understand the myriad of mechanisms on how medications may impact driving
- Review a recent publication on medications and driving from the DRIVES study
- Develop an approach to reviewing and managing potential driver-impairing medications taken by older adults.
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Dr. David Carr
Dr. Carr is the Alan A and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Geriatric Medicine in the Department of Medicine and Neurology at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Carr is also the Section Head of Geriatrics in the Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics. He has an outpatient dementia practice in the Geriatric Assessment Clinic in the Department of Medicine and is a clinician in the Memory Diagnostic Center in the Department of Neurology. He is a site PI or sub PI with Alzheimer’s Disease drug trials in the Knight Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trials Unit. He has been and/or currently is a principal investigator or co-investigator on research initiatives with past or current funding through NIA and the Missouri Department of Transportation. His research areas includes studying older drivers and assisting in validating AD biomarker tests in the community. He also has been active in consulting work with NHTSA, TIRF, University of Toronto, Medscape, UpToDate and the American Geriatric Society and will often assist and participate in developing national guidelines related to fitness to drive in medically impaired older adults. He has been the primary author or co-author on over 100 peer review manuscripts and chapters, most related to older drivers.
