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Just realize that not everybody is looking at you. Most people are self absorbed with their own lives and their own problems and their own needs and desires. Anyone who would not approve of someone using a walker is not worth your worries. You have to put your safety first and your well being, which is to be able to still get around, even with a walker. Think of the many people who are confined to bed and wish they could get around with a walker. Did you have someone who properly adjusted the walker to the correct height and taught you how to use it properly? Also you might want to look into attaching those glides making it easier to navigate, depending on what type of floors you will be using most of the time. I wish I had realized my mother needed a walker earlier and when she did finally get one made her use it, b/c she might not have broken her hip. I have a relative, a former doctor, who won't leave his apt b/c he doesn't want anyone to see him in a wheelchair. What would you tell him?
It is better to avoid a fall than to care for your vanity and just ditch the walker. I know it's hard but think about the consequences and you will see that you are better with one. You might also want to use a rollator instead, there some good ones from All Time Medical and they function more smoothly than walkers so you don't look like you're struggling.
My mom was hesitant to use a walker, she did not want to look like she was incapacitated when she was out with her boyfriend. She paid the price by falling and breaking her back and has been in a lot of pain with her back ever since. The last time she wanted to go meet an old male friend, she refused to use her walker, and she made me hang on to her for dear life the whole time coming and going from the restaurant. Then when they ran into each other at a doctor apopintment, I had mom in a wheelchair and she got right up out of the wheelchair with no walker and stumbled over to greet him, I tried to grab her to hang on to her, but she even refused that. In my mom's case, she wanted so bad to have a social life and meet another man her age that she was willing to take a lot of risks. She is in the nursing home now and gets into a lot of trouble with the staff if she is not using her walker. She is so angry about being in the nursing home that she is trying to prove that she can walk without assistance and taking a lot of risks. It is better to use walkers and even the wheelchairs if necessary to keep from falling and breaking something and then ending up with a lot of pain that will never go away.
I think it's like anything in life. When we can no longer read without squinting, we get glasses. When we can't remember like we used to, we start putting sticky notes everywhere. When our body can't take food we used to eat, we make adjustments. And when our balance isn't that great anymore, we get another set of wheels to help us. The fact that it can come in a color we like, and has a seat or a basket is just a bonus. I took my mother-in-laws walker (the old fashioned kind) and totally bedazzled it for her, it even has a horn. She is the center of attention now with all that I did to it. And she can pick it out from everyone else's since she can't see very well. Win, win situation.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
I agree that:
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
Did you have someone who properly adjusted the walker to the correct height and taught you how to use it properly? Also you might want to look into attaching those glides making it easier to navigate, depending on what type of floors you will be using most of the time. I wish I had realized my mother needed a walker earlier and when she did finally get one made her use it, b/c she might not have broken her hip. I have a relative, a former doctor, who won't leave his apt b/c he doesn't want anyone to see him in a wheelchair. What would you tell him?