Rollator Walkers

Drive Medical Rollator Review: 20 Months of Real Use After a Knee Replacement
Mobility Aids

Drive Medical Rollator Review: 20 Months of Real Use After a Knee Replacement

A 72-year-old shares what 20 months with the Drive Medical Rollator Walker with Seat taught her about steadiness, the trunk lift, and getting back to Mahjong.

Drive Medical Rollator vs a standard walker: Which Fits an Active Senior Better
Mobility Aids

Drive Medical Rollator vs a standard walker: Which Fits an Active Senior Better

Two years after my knee replacement, I compared my old standard walker to the Drive Medical rollator with a seat. One of them gets used every single day. The other lives in the garage.

10 Reasons a Folding Rollator Suits an Active Senior
Senior Mobility Aids

10 Reasons a Folding Rollator Suits an Active Senior

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement.

How a Folding Rollator Kept Me Going to Mahjong Tuesdays After Knee Surgery
Mobility Aids

How a Folding Rollator Kept Me Going to Mahjong Tuesdays After Knee Surgery

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement, on the rollator that kept her at the Mahjong table and the pickleball court.

How to Fit a Rollator in a Small Sedan Trunk
Mobility Aids

How to Fit a Rollator in a Small Sedan Trunk

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement.

Drive Medical Rollator Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me
Mobility Aids

Drive Medical Rollator Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement.

Walking Canes

BeneCane Offset Cane Review: A Year of Real Use After a Knee Replacement
Senior Mobility Aids

BeneCane Offset Cane Review: A Year of Real Use After a Knee Replacement

Two years after my knee replacement, and about a year into owning it, the BeneCane is the aid I grab for short days, poker night, and every uneven sidewalk in between.

BeneCane Offset Cane vs a quad cane: Which Fits an Active Senior Better
Senior Mobility Aids

BeneCane Offset Cane vs a quad cane: Which Fits an Active Senior Better

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement.

10 Reasons an Offset Handle Cane Eases Wrist and Knee Strain
Senior Mobility Aids

10 Reasons an Offset Handle Cane Eases Wrist and Knee Strain

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement.

How a Folding Cane Got Me Back to Friday Poker Night
Senior Mobility Aids

How a Folding Cane Got Me Back to Friday Poker Night

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement.

How to Adjust a Walking Cane to the Right Height
Mobility Aids

How to Adjust a Walking Cane to the Right Height

Five steps to a cane that fits, from a 72-year-old who had her physical therapist set hers a year ago and has checked it every few months since.

BeneCane Offset Cane Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me
Mobility Aids

BeneCane Offset Cane Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me

A year with the BeneCane offset cane: what I love, what annoys me, and what nobody tells you before you buy.

Toilet Safety Rails

Medline Toilet Safety Rail Review: Nearly Two Years of Real Use After a Knee Replacement
Senior Mobility Aids

Medline Toilet Safety Rail Review: Nearly Two Years of Real Use After a Knee Replacement

Installed right after my knee replacement and used every day since, the Medline toilet safety rail is still the first thing I touch every morning. Here is what daily use actually looks like.

Medline Toilet Safety Rail vs a raised toilet seat: Which Fits an Active Senior Better
Senior Mobility Aids

Medline Toilet Safety Rail vs a raised toilet seat: Which Fits an Active Senior Better

Two years after my knee replacement, I have used both. Here is which one I kept and why.

10 Reasons a Toilet Safety Rail Helps After Knee Surgery
Senior Mobility Aids

10 Reasons a Toilet Safety Rail Helps After Knee Surgery

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement.

How a Toilet Safety Rail Gave Me My Mornings Back After Knee Surgery
Senior Mobility Aids

How a Toilet Safety Rail Gave Me My Mornings Back After Knee Surgery

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement, and the small rail that made the hardest part of her day easier.

How to Install a Toilet Safety Rail Without Tools
Mobility Aids

How to Install a Toilet Safety Rail Without Tools

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement.

Medline Toilet Safety Rail Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me
Bathroom Safety

Medline Toilet Safety Rail Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement, after 22 months of daily use.

Bed Assist Rails

Lunderg Bed Assist Rail Review: Eight Months of Real Use After a Knee Replacement
Senior Mobility Aids

Lunderg Bed Assist Rail Review: Eight Months of Real Use After a Knee Replacement

Eight months with the Lunderg bed assist rail, told by a 72-year-old who needed it most after a knee replacement.

Lunderg Bed Assist Rail vs a bed ladder: Which Fits an Active Senior Better
Senior Mobility Aids

Lunderg Bed Assist Rail vs a bed ladder: Which Fits an Active Senior Better

After a wobbly 3 a.m. moment, I tried a rigid steel rail and a fabric bed ladder. Here is what each one actually does, and which one I kept.

10 Reasons a Bed Assist Rail Makes Mornings Easier
Senior Mobility Aids

10 Reasons a Bed Assist Rail Makes Mornings Easier

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement.

How a Bed Assist Rail Made My First Step Every Morning a Steady One
Senior Mobility Aids

How a Bed Assist Rail Made My First Step Every Morning a Steady One

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement.

How to Get Out of Bed Safely with a Bed Assist Rail
Senior Mobility Aids

How to Get Out of Bed Safely with a Bed Assist Rail

A step-by-step guide from a 72-year-old who has used a bed assist rail every morning for eight months, including the mistakes she made so you can avoid them.

Lunderg Bed Assist Rail Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me
Bedroom Safety

Lunderg Bed Assist Rail Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me

A 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement on the Lunderg bed assist rail: what helps, what gets in the way, and what I wish someone had told me before I ordered it.

Reacher Grabbers

ZAYAD Reacher Grabber Review: A Year and a Half of Real Use After a Knee Replacement
Senior Mobility Aids

ZAYAD Reacher Grabber Review: A Year and a Half of Real Use After a Knee Replacement

I bought the ZAYAD foldable reacher so I would stop bending on my new knee, and it's still the thing I reach for first. Here's what a year and a half of daily use taught me.

ZAYAD Reacher Grabber vs Pick-Up Tongs: Which Fits an Active Senior Better
Senior Mobility Aids

ZAYAD Reacher Grabber vs Pick-Up Tongs: Which Fits an Active Senior Better

A 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement compares the ZAYAD reacher grabber with a plain pick-up tongs, and explains which one actually gets used.

10 Reasons a Reacher Grabber Saves Your Knees
Senior Mobility Aids

10 Reasons a Reacher Grabber Saves Your Knees

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement, on why a simple folding grabber still earns its spot by her couch every single day.

How a Reacher Grabber Ended the Bending at My Mahjong Table
Senior Mobility Aids

How a Reacher Grabber Ended the Bending at My Mahjong Table

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement.

How to Pick Up Dropped Mahjong Tiles with a Reacher Grabber
Senior Mobility Aids

How to Pick Up Dropped Mahjong Tiles with a Reacher Grabber

A practical, first-person guide from a 72-year-old who keeps a ZAYAD reacher by the couch for Mahjong Tuesdays.

ZAYAD Reacher Grabber Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me
Senior Mobility Aids

ZAYAD Reacher Grabber Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement, after a year and a half of daily use.

All Reviews

Drive Medical Rollator Review: 20 Months of Real Use After a Knee Replacement
Mobility Aids

Drive Medical Rollator Review: 20 Months of Real Use After a Knee Replacement

A 72-year-old shares what 20 months with the Drive Medical Rollator Walker with Seat taught her about steadiness, the trunk lift, and getting back to Mahjong.

Drive Medical Rollator Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me
Mobility Aids

Drive Medical Rollator Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement.

BeneCane Offset Cane Review: A Year of Real Use After a Knee Replacement
Senior Mobility Aids

BeneCane Offset Cane Review: A Year of Real Use After a Knee Replacement

Two years after my knee replacement, and about a year into owning it, the BeneCane is the aid I grab for short days, poker night, and every uneven sidewalk in between.

BeneCane Offset Cane Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me
Mobility Aids

BeneCane Offset Cane Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me

A year with the BeneCane offset cane: what I love, what annoys me, and what nobody tells you before you buy.

Medline Toilet Safety Rail Review: Nearly Two Years of Real Use After a Knee Replacement
Senior Mobility Aids

Medline Toilet Safety Rail Review: Nearly Two Years of Real Use After a Knee Replacement

Installed right after my knee replacement and used every day since, the Medline toilet safety rail is still the first thing I touch every morning. Here is what daily use actually looks like.

Medline Toilet Safety Rail Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me
Bathroom Safety

Medline Toilet Safety Rail Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement, after 22 months of daily use.

Lunderg Bed Assist Rail Review: Eight Months of Real Use After a Knee Replacement
Senior Mobility Aids

Lunderg Bed Assist Rail Review: Eight Months of Real Use After a Knee Replacement

Eight months with the Lunderg bed assist rail, told by a 72-year-old who needed it most after a knee replacement.

Lunderg Bed Assist Rail Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me
Bedroom Safety

Lunderg Bed Assist Rail Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me

A 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement on the Lunderg bed assist rail: what helps, what gets in the way, and what I wish someone had told me before I ordered it.

ZAYAD Reacher Grabber Review: A Year and a Half of Real Use After a Knee Replacement
Senior Mobility Aids

ZAYAD Reacher Grabber Review: A Year and a Half of Real Use After a Knee Replacement

I bought the ZAYAD foldable reacher so I would stop bending on my new knee, and it's still the thing I reach for first. Here's what a year and a half of daily use taught me.

ZAYAD Reacher Grabber Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me
Senior Mobility Aids

ZAYAD Reacher Grabber Honest Review: What I Love and What Annoys Me

Real-world notes from a 72-year-old two years past a knee replacement, after a year and a half of daily use.

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