Although a wheelchair is a faithful companion of elderly people, it does not mean that it is indispensable for each such person.  In fact, a significant number of them need nothing more than a little support from a cane or a walker to move within their own spheres. Currently walkers of various types are available for prospective buyers and the common aim of those is to provide comfort and support to the user on the walk. Interestingly, these walkers are so designed that they too can travel.

That is, when a person is to carry the walker during his travel to visit his family, he can put it in the trunk of a car or on bus without any difficulty.

If one is in the search for a walker, it would be prudent to focus the choice on steel or any other hardy metal built one.  The next important quality to judge is whether its grips are comfortable. The grips’ role is to ensure that the user’s hands set firmly on the walkers, thus checking his fall.  To facilitate smooth walking on carpeting and tiles in general, rubber grips on the bottom of the walkers are helpful. For such persons as cannot walk for distances at a stretch, special walkers, annexed with built-in seats that fold down, are very helpful.

It may appear difficult initially to adjust oneself to move around with a walker, but just a little effort to get habituated to it would turn it so easy for the user. The possession of a walker could then be equated with greater liberty.  With better mood and health he is now free to walk around. The walker gives him the joy that the phase of his dependence on others is over.  Such persons can now mix with neighbors nearby, since they can go out and come back at their will.