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ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2026

Dementia and driving: A scoping review of family caregiver involvement in driving cessation research.

K J Hansmann, Mark D'Alesio, Beth Fields, Corrina Holcomb, Gretchen Tran, Anthony D McDonald

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Article in Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

K J HansmannDepartment of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, US.ORCID 0000-0002-3371-0311
Mark D'AlesioDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US.
Beth FieldsDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, US.
Corrina HolcombDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, US.
Gretchen TranDepartment of Kinesiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, US.
Anthony D McDonaldDepartment of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, US.

Funding

University of Wisconsin Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR002373 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI ELIZABETH S BURNSIDE, Allan R. Brasier · 2017 to 2026
$75.9M
Adapting and Testing the Care Partner Hospital Assessment Tool (CHAT) for Use in Dementia CareK23AG080068 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Beth Fields · 2023 to 2026
$526k
NCATS NIH HHS 1UL1TR002373NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002373NIA NIH HHS K23 AG080068NIA NIH HHS K23AG080068Wisconsin Alumni Research FoundationWisconsin Partnership Program WPP 5129
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People with dementia often rely on family caregivers to assist with daily activities, manage healthcare needs, and make decisions. This scoping review aimed to characterize the involvement of caregivers in research about driving transitions for people with dementia. We identified 16 articles that included caregivers in studies investigating the driving of people with dementia. Key themes describing caregiver involvement in this research included that family caregivers (1) observed and assessed the driving of the person with dementia, (2) made decisions about driving, and (3) had a mixed experience of the impacts of dementia on driving. Family caregivers play a vital role in navigating driving transitions and experience their own logistical and emotional burdens associated with these transitions. To effectively include caregivers in research and intervention development, future work should explicitly consider caregivers' unique perspectives and experiences during this complex life transition.

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Automobile DrivingCaregiversDementiaHumansAlzheimer's diseasecaregiving–informalcommunity mobilitydementiadriving

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PMID41830180
PMCPMC13093625

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