Mom has started a new phase with her dementia, she now only rolls backwards in her rollator, is this safe for her? I have tried to turn her around to face forward and then when I turn back on her she is rolling backwardsa gain, does this in stores, sidewals, down her hallway, Does anyone have ideas how to keep her safe while she is in this mind set.
He gets confused when he sees the seat in the rollator.
We were at a funeral home one day when dad got out of the car and wanted to sit in the rollator as if it were a wheelchair. Against my better judgement, a worker from the home began to push him backwards into the building. They hit a crack in the sidewalk and the rollator tipped over spilling dad on to the grass, while the worker was trying to catch dad and I was trying to catch the worker and dad. Not a pretty sight. But funny now as no one got hurt.
As said above these things are not wheelchairs and are not safe to use that way. The seat is for resting, not rolling while seated. You cannot control the direction trying to roll when seated. It is top heavy that way also and the wheels too small to navigate bumps while rolling.
The confusion has been a problem on other occasions also, as he thinks he should sit in it because he sees the seat.
What I did is to simply remove the seat. Problem solved. Still can be used as a walker, and the confusion has been eliminated.
Safer for dad, and much less frustrating for me.
I would be very, very worried and afraid of this.
Good luck.
I think there are smaller wheel chairs that you could push with your feet, though.
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