Dr. Joseph Coughlin

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687 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 30 Jul

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I got to check in on mom to make sure, you know, I can help clean up around the house and give her a ride to a friend or get out.

Transportation is not about getting from point A to B. That's the easy stuff.

Transportation is the very glue that holds the big and little things we call life together.

Yeah, no, overall.

And here's the challenge.

A lot of people think that older drivers is that they show up at Thanksgiving.

They haven't seen mom or dad for six months, maybe a year, maybe even more.

And they kind of look at the table and go, gee, he's gotten kind of older, hasn't he?

And it's like, I don't think he should be driving.

Mel, this is how the age lab started around older drivers.

We know this area very well.

It is not about birthdays.

Birthdays do not kill.

Health conditions do.

And so it's about the health conditions, the medications they're taking, what combination, nutrition.

As I like to say, I'd rather get in a car with an 80-year-old who's in decent shape than a 30-year-old taking allergy medication.

And so one of the things we have to think about is how

How do you have that conversation when there does come a time when driving is a problem?

If they confuse the pedals, we're done.

Look for patterns, not just like, you know, one mailbox being knocked over.

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