Elderly drivers may be the butt of jokes and a source of anxiety to their children, but new research shows that the very act of driving on that short trip to the grocery store may help keep them out of a nursing home.
A study by scientists at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine suggests that senior citizens who continue driving are less likely to enter nursing homes or assisted-living centers than others their age who have stopped driving — or who never drove at all.

On the other hand, a study by a University of Virginia researcher indicates that as they get older, seniors are more at risk for fatalities in accidents than all but the very youngest drivers — which poses a safety challenge as baby boomers age.

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