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MIT AgeLab unveils driving support materials

11-01-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

The MIT AgeLab, in collaboration with The Hartford Financial Services Group, today unveiled new materials to help families and caregivers determine when it is time for people suffering from dementia to stop driving.

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