Periodic Assessment of Walking Devices in Senior Living Communities

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Currently, the proportion of the United States population age 65 or older is nearly 40 million [1]. Of these older adults, approximately 14 to 18% of them use an assistive ambulatory device (AAD) on a daily basis [2]. In senior living communities, canes (Figure 1 left) and rolling walkers or rollators (Figure 1 right) are the most common walking devices used by the older residents in order to improve mobility, prevent falls, and maintain functional independence [2].