Mobility insights and practical strategies

Contribute to the overall well-being of your patients or clients

As crucial members of the healthcare community, professionals like doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and caregivers play a pivotal role in improving patients' overall well-being. By providing practical tips, adaptive techniques, and supportive resources, healthcare professionals can enhance their ability to create a safe environment for their patients or clients and guide them towards a more fulfilling and meaningful life.

Mobility tips for healthcare professionals
Woman walking with a Parkison's rollator as Parkinson's study shows benefits in using a walker with cues

Safety

Walking outdoors: tools for the kit bag

Going out for a walk when living with Parkinson’s Disease, and indeed without, is an activity with many health benefits. Walking is an excellent, free exercise which helps one to remain active and live a fulfilling life. More specific to Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological conditions, is the importance of preparation – deciding which tools to take along. Whether preparing for an amble or a wander, what we choose to bring along with us can help ensure we safely can reap those benefits to our health.

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Stability

Prescribing stable rollators

Rollators are designed to assist people who require additional support while walking, aiming to supplement their level of mobility to maintain or increase independence. However, there are rollators of inferior quality that pose risks to the users. It is therefore important for healthcare professionals to guide their patients towards good quality mobility aids. This article provides insights and tools to consider when prescribing rollators.

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Man walking with the new Rollz Flex 2 rollator in the city
Senior sitting in a Rollz Motion rollator transformed into a wheelchair

Fall prevention

How rollators help with fall prevention

Fall prevention is crucial, especially for older adults who are at high risk of serious injuries. There are a number of approaches that can be adopted to reduce the risk of falls, particularly educational, rehabilitative, adaptive, and compensatory. These approaches are rarely implemented in isolation and can complement each other to create a holistic package of intervention that both limits risk and maximises engagement in meaningful and purposeful activity.

Equipment, such as a mobility aid, is generally used to compensate for an identified need or risk, but in turn can form part of a rehabilitative approach.

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Daily life activities

How the modern world helps shape independence

Going back only a few decades life was quite different from what it is today. Community was thought of in a much smaller, close-knit way. This generally included our immediate neighbourhood, family, good friends, work colleagues, shopkeepers and perhaps whoever delivered the daily post & parcels each week. However with the passage of time, the world and technology have evolved quite a bit. And now due to the developments in travel, industry, employment, and healthcare, the modern world has expanded this sense of community worldwide with global access and vitually unlimited opportunities for meaningful involvement.

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Woman driving a Rollz Motion Electric wheelchair in a market

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