my sister has been using a rolling walker, i think they call it a rollator, for over a year now. it looks like she may have to use it for a long time to come. her house is very very old, the original part of the house from the 1700's ... with some rooms having wide pine floors and very old brick/slate flooring in the downstairs bath. i am noticing groove marks in areas of her normal paths as she leans heavily on that walker for support at times.
trying to be proactive here without causing a ruckus. the situation is ... well, a bit grim. they have no money to put down carpeting or do much of anything in terms of repair so it's just bare maintenance. i do the cleaning. i was scouring that bathroom floor as mud comes in on the rollator wheels but i have to be careful not to make the floor slippery. her husband put down a thin, heavy traffic area rug/mat with a rubber bottom but she tripped and fell as her feet sometimes don't lift up as she walks and she caught her toe in the edge. bad scene. he tore it out and took it away.
since you have folks coming in and out and heavy wear and tear on your floors, do any of you have heavy foot traffic from folks with these rolling walkers? i remember the rolling suitcases did a job on our floors at the b&b and we also had heavy wear on the downstairs floor from a rolling chair and some wheelchairs. i had to have a floor finisher come in and do some light sanding and refinishing there.
i went to a workshop on senior/handicap housing modification that suggests putting down laminate flooring but there are no funds for that.
not complaining ... it's the new normal here and i am thinking you would be encountering heavy wear like this with budgets stretched to the limit.
thanks.
trying to be proactive here without causing a ruckus. the situation is ... well, a bit grim. they have no money to put down carpeting or do much of anything in terms of repair so it's just bare maintenance. i do the cleaning. i was scouring that bathroom floor as mud comes in on the rollator wheels but i have to be careful not to make the floor slippery. her husband put down a thin, heavy traffic area rug/mat with a rubber bottom but she tripped and fell as her feet sometimes don't lift up as she walks and she caught her toe in the edge. bad scene. he tore it out and took it away.
since you have folks coming in and out and heavy wear and tear on your floors, do any of you have heavy foot traffic from folks with these rolling walkers? i remember the rolling suitcases did a job on our floors at the b&b and we also had heavy wear on the downstairs floor from a rolling chair and some wheelchairs. i had to have a floor finisher come in and do some light sanding and refinishing there.
i went to a workshop on senior/handicap housing modification that suggests putting down laminate flooring but there are no funds for that.
not complaining ... it's the new normal here and i am thinking you would be encountering heavy wear like this with budgets stretched to the limit.
thanks.
