Walking Aids

Help Your Elderly Loved Ones Achieve Mobility Again

Walking aids can vary from colourful dress canes via traditional metal walking frames to luxury walking frames with padded seats and storage. These days, walking aids for the elderly (and not so old at times) are just as much a fashion accessory as handbags, shoes and clothing.

Many lightweight walking frames are not as colourful as some of the dress canes or mobility scooters but that doesn’t mean they can’t be made more personal by adding stickers, ribbons, handbag-style charms or lights. Ultimately they are there for a purpose – to help those with arthritis or other mobility issues to walk safely. A former colleague had one because she suffered recurrent rheumatoid arthritis episodes; she used the seat bag to stash any papers she needed for a meeting, thus ensuring confidentiality. She decided that it was a cost-effective bridge between being able to walk on her own with a cane and needing to use a mobility scooter.

Lightweight walking frames are available for children as well as adults, but most of the range on this site are targeted at adults. The price of wheeled walking aids varies from under £50 to over £250 so there is bound to be something which fits the budget and provides the required walking assistance. In addition, the site offers add-ons to existing kit such as crutches and crutch bags to attach to walking frames and mobility scooters. This is about the tenth of the price of battery-driven mobility scooter, so for those on a budget, the price of a manual walking aid compared to a mobility scooter is much more affordable.

There are many challenges as we get older. By the time we reach our 60s and 70s it can seem like a full-time job to look after our health.

But too many people give up and sit on the sofa all day, rather than getting up and walking around town. It can seem daunting to buy walking frames for the elderly, but they also serve a greater purpose than simply transporting your groceries, or helping you to get across that room.

Mobility Means Longevity

You may wonder how elderly walking frames can help someone to live longer. These walking frames offer two handles that a senior person can hold onto, with two roller wheels.

The walker can be moved as they need to move. This walker aid for the elderly helps them to walk upright across the floor, without needing to be in a wheelchair. But even though they are gaining some assistance in getting across the room, they are still moving.

This movement still helps them to get the exercise that they need. The arms and legs are still being exercised. If they have been bed-ridden for some time, are suffering from an injury, osteoarthritis, or generally need help getting around, walking frames for the elderly can help them achieve independence and full mobility again.

The walker may be temporary, or, the senior may become accepting of it and use it on a daily basis.

What Types of Walker Aid for Elderly Are Available?

There are different types of walking frames for the elderly depending on what their needs are.

For example, if they are suffering from a broken bone, a simple iWalk 3.0 hands-free crutch can help them to walk normally around the room. Perhaps your parent takes the bus, but needs a bit of help getting to the bus stop. They need a walker that folds up, so they can easily store it on the bus. Perhaps they enjoy shopping, so they can buy a walker that can store a few groceries or parcels so they can easily walk home.

Some walkers are bigger and sturdier than others, for people who carry a bit of extra weight on them. Handlebars can be adjustable on some walkers so that they don’t have to uncomfortably lean over.

Be sure to read the full product descriptions so you buy exactly what you need, or what your loved one, or patient needs.

Where Can I Shop for Walking Frames?

If you’re shopping for your parents, a patient in your care, or for yourself, you can find a wide selection of walking frames for the elderly here on our Mobility Scooters Online website.

Once your order has arrived, and you get it out of the box, you’ll wonder why you didn’t shop for one much sooner!

A walker aid for elderly people will give you and your loved ones a way to get out and live a normal life once again!

For those who need assistance when walking, a lightweight walking aid is a cheaper option than a mobility scooter, and more practical than a dress cane or walking cane. Many of the lightweight options have wheels and storage baskets or bags so will serve well for local shopping trips and neighbourhood excursions. Even if someone has a mobility scooter or a electric wheelchair, a lightweight walking frame may be more practical indoors. It’s lighter and therefore easier to move and transport than a mobility scooter, for a start.

For many users of lightweight walking frames, the option is easy. Outdoors, in shopping centres and the local town or village, a mobility scooter is the best choice. Some buses and taxis are also mobility scooter friendly. For those who don’t travel that far, or who don’t go outside that often, a walking aid designed for the elderly is ideal. Those who live in sheltered or warden-controlled accommodation may find a walking aid more useful indoors. Others who live in a designated retirement village or who still go out and about may prefer a powered mobility scooter. Personal choice and finance is key.

Whatever the choice for a walking aid for your elderly relative, the options are wide. From a standard lightweight walking frame to a full blown battery-operated mobility scooter, it comes down to the price of the walking aid or scooter and what you or your relative needs it for.