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What are your tips for staying independent at your own home?

Aging Well | Last Active: Mar 13 3:19pm | Replies (160)

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@lizzier

My largest problem was my mobility. I was walking with a cane but it was pretty limiting. I had my physical therapist do an assessment because I wS concerned that I might be heading to a wheelchair. He believed that I needed more than a cane, but less than a wheelchair. So I went online and researched rollators which I detest. I looked at everything I could and I found one that is perfect. It had to be lightweight because I have to be able to manage it on my own if I’m left alone, to get it in the car. It had to fold easily. I hD a list of things that I needed. I ordered it from across the pond, and that was a bit unsettling. When it arrived I really liked it but had to overcome my pride of now depending on wheels, so I ventured out one more time with my trusty cane. I live in beautiful Maine. I was attempting to enter a store over a sloped cement walkway when my cane tip got caught and I started to lose my balance. Worst scare ever. My husband reached out to me and just by our actual fingertips we connected and he saved me from a fall that I don’t even want to think about. I began to use my rollator that day. It was about 2 weeks ago and I have regained my life. I’ve been able to access places that I’ve wanted to go to but couldn’t. I can feel my legs getting stronger. I rarely sit now! I’m all over the house. I wish it could do stairs! Ha ha

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I forgot to say that I’m new to this site. A couple of years ago I was on the PMR site and I enjoyed meeting the folks there, but we are trying to “age in place” because we like our home and our independence. So this feels like the place I fit right now. My husband will be relinquishing his drivers lic soon so that will be a new task for me. He still does grocery shopping, gies to his poker game and plays cribbage, so se will set up Uber or look for other transportation and order our groceries. I’ll do some support but I’ll need to find community services

Well done you! A great story which many of us can relate to!
Pride comes before the fall.. ?lol.
Thanks for your wonderfully uplifting story.
Keep on rollin'!

@lizzier- When my sister was ill she had a Rollator. Before that, she had an electric wheelchair. I have no idea how she afforded it but she used to buzz around like there was no one else in the world. It must have felt like a Thunderbird to her. I thought that she would kill herself with all the chances she took, but the thing only went about 3 miles an hour. She might have imagined her life is full of excitement and adventures, like Walter Mitty, if for only a short time. I think that it gave her much pleasure.

Merry