Caught!

My 91 year old mother in law was caught driving with a suspended license. She never told the family that her license was suspended. In any case, she had promised not to drive and my husband has been taking her to church, doctor appointments, and other errands. All that was not enough for her and she has been sneaking the car out for the past year.

She was caught last Tuesday because she passed a POLICE CAR too closely and almost knocked off the side mirror. She now has to go to court on the morning on Christmas Eve and my husband will be accompanying her.

To all who say "take the keys away", it is way more complicated that that. She is an independent elder, living on her own and paying her own bills and taking care of her home. There  are multiple copies of the keys available to her.

She is not repenting for her actions and plans to fight to get her license back. She is in very deep denial about her driving abilities even after failing the driving evaluation last year.This is putting a damper on Christmas as it did last year when we were dealing with her.

The police now know her and will be on the look for her if she dares drive again without her license. The next time they will impound the car.

Eldercare is more stressful than the teen years if you ask me!