Elderly Mobility
The increase of elderly citizens has caused an increased awareness of elderly mobility. The United States has had a dramatic increase of the elderly population over the past few decades. There are around 40 million seniors over the age of 65 in the United States. It is expected that by the year 2030 this number will expand to over 70 million senior citizens.
As the elderly population increases there is an increased concern over the mobility of the elderly. Mobility is one of the most important factors in the quality of life of seniors. As seniors age there is a greater chance of mobility impairments because of age, injury or disease. These mobility impairments reduce the amount of individual mobility, independence and quality of life.
Mobility aids can be used to help increase the mobility of seniors and can be adapted for the individual and situation. Mobility aids to assist elderly mobility consists of canes, walkers, walking aids, wheelchairs, motorized wheelchairs, hand rails, stair lifts or other mobility equipment.
Mobility aids, disability aids and assistive technology all promote the independent living of the elderly. Mobility aids encourage the elderly to regain personal mobility and get out of the house and be active again.
As the elderly population increases there is an increased concern over the mobility of the elderly. Mobility is one of the most important factors in the quality of life of seniors. As seniors age there is a greater chance of mobility impairments because of age, injury or disease. These mobility impairments reduce the amount of individual mobility, independence and quality of life.
Mobility aids can be used to help increase the mobility of seniors and can be adapted for the individual and situation. Mobility aids to assist elderly mobility consists of canes, walkers, walking aids, wheelchairs, motorized wheelchairs, hand rails, stair lifts or other mobility equipment.
Mobility aids, disability aids and assistive technology all promote the independent living of the elderly. Mobility aids encourage the elderly to regain personal mobility and get out of the house and be active again.
Labels: disability, mobility, seniors
posted by OrbitMedical at 4:13 PM 
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1 Comments:
Finding ways to keep the elderly mobile and independent is a tough job to fill, with the rising cost of healthcare. Technology is booming, and coming up with more ways of filling this void. One way of targeting the elderly need for mobility and independence is emergency medical devices such as ResponseLINK. Since they offer 24/7 response time, prescription and meal reminders, it is a wonderful way to use with other assistive technology to keep the elderly mobile. The main problem is there is not enough information out there about all the products available.
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