As Our Parents Age

Senior Parents: Canes and Walking Sticks

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I’ve been thinking a lot about walking sticks and canes and how they help prevent falls. After certain age, a fall almost guarantees that the activities of daily living (ADL’s) become more and more difficult thereby leading to other health problems.

I mentioned in a recent posting how I worry about my mom falling, so I sent her lots of  web links to places where one can purchase canes and walking sticks.  Some of these links are quite interesting and some of the canes look fashionable — one can coordinate them with clothes, etc.

I wonder how to make them feel fashionable?

Several people wrote to ask me to post the links. Prices range from reasonable to off of the charts…

Links to Walking Sticks and Canes

• Brazos Walking Sticks
• House of Canes
• Fashionable Canes and Walking Sticks
• The Walking Cane Store
• Sticks R Us
• Campmor (focused on outdoor walking and hiking sticks)

January 20, 2010 - Posted by Marti Weston | Activities of Daily Living (ADL's), Safety, Senior Health, senior living, senior parents | activities_of_daily_living, ADL's, living_safely, senior_exercise