Satisfaction with rollators among community-living users: a follow-up study

Abstract

Rollators are valuable for the users and a relevant societal intervention. However, a better match between person and technology, enhanced user training and follow-up can improve the outcome of the intervention. Furthermore, better rollator design is called for, and buses and the outdoor environment need to be made more accessible.

A five-year follow-up among older people after an outdoor environment intervention

“…The rollator is a mobility device typical for the Nordic countries (Brandt et al, 2003), and most likely this fact was mirrored by our results, based on data from Sweden. According to previous studies, there are pronounced differences between European countries as concerns the most common types of mobility devices in use (Löfqvist et al, 2005;Brandt et al, 2003), and thus our results should not be generalised to older people in other countries. Another cross-national difference worth mentioning is the proportion of older people holding a driver's license and having access to a car, since especially among women there are pronounced differences among European countries and certainly between Europe and the…”

“…Most important, use of mobility devices is frequent in old age, and the physical environment is often perceived as hindering outdoor mobility (Iwarsson et al, 2012;Leslie et al, 2005;Löfqvist et al, 2005;Brandt et al, 2003). Previous studies on outdoor environments report barriers due to poor design and maintenance, and their implication on older people's possibilities for outdoor activities (Wennberg et al, 2010(Wennberg et al, , 2009bStåhl et al, 2008;Lavery et al, 1996).…”

Three very old men's experiences of mobility device use over time

“…In line with previous research (3,37), the physical environment hindered as well as supported A mixed methods approach is often used to get a better understanding of a research problem (24). To use both quantitative and qualitative data gives the researcher the possibility to take advantages of both methodologies, i.e.…”

Comparison of Gait Stability of using an Outdoor Rollator with Walking and using a Bassinet as Ambulatory Aid

“…이러한 원인으로 많은 노인에게서 낙상 및 보행능 력의 상실이 발생하며, 이는 노인의 일상생활 동작 독립성 저하의 가장 심각한 원인 중의 하나가 된다 (Guralink and Kaplan, 1989). (Finkel, et al, 1997 (Brandt, et al, 2003).…”