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I am going to ask for a prescription for one of those tall rollators, the ones that use use your arms to keep you upright instead of hunched over. I think that may help him quite a bit with his walking and shuffling because of his bad hip, back, etc. as the pressure on the arms will help take some of the pressure off his legs. At least I hope so.
And I am a bit teed that in all this time, none of the docs we have seen have suggested such a help item like this for him. Forget a regular rollator because he is tall and has to hunch over to use it. He shuffles ever so slowly with a cane and is unsteady that I am terrified he is going to fall and break a hip.
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@kartwk I agree with using a tall rollator. The best reason why docs don’t refer you for “home equip” is that they believe it is better for the patient to get PT, strengthen his legs, and then make the rollator fit him. Several bells and whistles! And PT may want to see him after getting the rollator so they can see that it fits correctly and that he has good posture and works well with the rollator.
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Forget the all rollator, he won't use it. I guess he feels much better moaning and groaning with each step.
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One final thing I want to point out is this. Over 25 years ago we lived in the Chicago area and shopped at the Jewel grocery store.
In the last week H has been commenting that when I go to Jewell I should pick him up some whatever he wants. The grocery store down here is Kroger or Wal-Mart and he knows that and use to call it that until the last week.
I don't know if that means or adds anything, but it seemed strange that after 25 years he should be calling the grocery store Jewell.