Get an ID When Giving up Driver’s License
November 17, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
A friend has to move her mother, with Alzheimer’s, from Florida to their home in Vermont.
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However, there has been a delay because Mother doesn’t have a Motor Vehicle issued ID or a passport.
It’s impractical to drive Mother those many miles, so they planned to fly. Because Mother doesn’t have the proper ID (never thought of getting one when she didn’t renew her driver’s license), she can’t fly on the airlines in this day and age.
(I recall several years ago having to get my mother-in-law an official ID so we could take her and Dad on a flight across the country to visit relatives. Mum had never driven so didn’t have a license.)
This is something to keep in mind for yourself, if you give up driving. Also, since many baby boomers care for parents and elderly relatives, they may want to be sure they have an ID for those family members.
Now my friend’s daughter must fly to Florida, take Grandma (who’s in a wheelchair and her Alzheimer’s world) to the Motor Vehicle Dept. to have her picture taken.