[DanBC]

Some things are really easy and cheap.

Paint the zimmer frames red, for example.

One symptom of dementia illnesses is that your vision is affected; you stop seeing some things if they're the wrong colour. Red is the last colour to go, so you want all cups to be red on a contrasting colour table so that the person can see it and drink from it.

Having red zimmer frames means people see them and use them, reducing falls and increasing mobility. (Falls are really damaging for older people. It's kind of surprising how much life is shortened from a simple fall.)

Apologies for .doc

http://www.bcf.nhs.uk/docs/14053_1922582528.doc

[TylerE]

To save everyone else the googling: Zimmer Frame = Walker