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Caregiver Tips: Hobbies for Seniors With Limited Mobility
Age-related changes in mobility can significantly impact an elder’s quality of life. Experienced caregivers offer their best tips and ideas for activities for seniors with limited mobility.
0 CommentsExpert Advice: How to Choose a Mobility Aid for a Senior
The wrong mobility aid can negatively affect a senior’s stability, cause posture problems and even result in pain. These devices come in all shapes and sizes, so selecting the right one and achieving a proper fit requires a professional’s expertise.
3 CommentsEncouraging a Senior with Limited Mobility to Get Outside
Fresh air and a change in a senior’s surroundings can do more than help diminish boredom and complacency. People who spend a few minutes outside daily are less likely to have health problems and more likely to remain active.
9 CommentsWhy Are Falls So Dangerous for the Elderly?
One in four Americans aged 65 and older falls each year. Sadly, even one tumble can have serious physical, psychological and functional consequences for older adults.
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Mobility Questions
Options for transporting mobility scooters?
6 AnswersWendsong Answered May 8, 2024How to find and hire non-agency private caregivers who can physically do max assist stand pivot patient transfers/lifts for Parkinsonism/Pisa?
4 AnswersBeatty Answered May 8, 2024My mother was injured. I believe she broke her neck femur, the seat belt when the InnoVage bus goes so fast over bumps.
5 AnswersJoAnn29 Answered May 6, 2024Wheelchair bound mother (87 years-old) wants to move from apt with stairs to one without. 89-year-old father said we cannot move her.
13 Answershelp2day Replied May 5, 2024
Mobility Discussions
Would Medicare pay for a specialized walker and then electric wheelchair?
13 CommentsGrandma1954 Commented May 9, 2024[The Washington Post] Senior homes refuse to pick up fallen residents, dial 911. ‘Why are they calling us?"
4 Commentscwillie Commented May 5, 2024Looking for (online) exercise buddies!
519 CommentsNeedHelpWithMom Commented Dec 1, 2023Assisted living home's driver won't assist getting mobility compromised residents into the doctor's office or back into the van.
6 CommentsFawnby Commented Oct 3, 2023
Mobility Related Topics
- Alzheimer's & Dementia
- Cognitive Decline
- Home Modification
- Aging in Place
- Area Agency on Aging
- Dementia Behaviors
- Memory Loss
- Cancer
- Signs of Dementia
- Caregiving
- Violent Behavior
- Mild Dementia
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Severe Dementia
- Dementia Wandering
- Adult Day Care
- Sundowner's Syndrome
- Chemotherapy
- Early Onset Alzheimer's
- Moderate Dementia