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8 Helpful Tips on How to Improve Bathroom Safety for Seniors
As we age, the ways we interact with our spaces can change. Bathrooms in particular can be a huge problem area for seniors. With hard floor surfaces and potential sharp edges on counters, sinks, tubs, and more, the risk of painful injury can be higher in a bathroom....
The Top 5 Things You Can Do To Improve Wheelchair Comfort
Your wheelchair is an important part of your life. For many of us, it’s given us a way to experience life when we otherwise might not. But for such a great asset in our lives, what if we could make it even better? In this blog post, we share the top 5 ways you can...
Is It Time for a Wheelchair Repair? Here are 7 Things to Inspect
Wheelchair repair and maintenance is extremely important. If your wheelchair breaks down, you can temporarily lose your mobility. Worse than that, you could be injured if it happens. If you take your wheelchair in regularly for maintenance and repairs, you can...
6 Effective Ways to Make Stairs Safe for Seniors
As people age, maintaining one’s balance can be difficult. Balance decline usually begins between the ages of 40 to 50 years of age and it can be hard to adjust to a different sense of balance. That’s why it’s extremely important to learn how to make stairs safe for...
How to Start a Conversation About Mobility Part 2: The Talk
The idea that your parents may need more help than you can provide is not an easy one to come to terms with. Assisted living is a touchy subject, and for some cultures, it can feel like a taboo subject altogether. But while the topic is a sensitive one, sometimes it’s...
How to Start a Conversation About Mobility Part 1: Assessment
Discussing assisted living with your parents is never pleasant—for either party. Whether it’s broaching the topic of mobility issues, health, and decline, or money, these talks can’t help but remind the listener of their own mortality and age-related deterioration....
5 Things to Consider When Going Outside This Winter
It’s that time of year again in Southern Alberta! As Canadians, winter may run in our veins, but that doesn’t mean it’s any easier to adapt to the turning of the seasons, especially when you have a mobile disability. With your safety in mind, we’ve put together a list...
Top 5 Fastest Scooters on the 2019 Market
Do you have a need for speed? Do you love feeling fresh air on your face and the wind blowing through your hair? With a brand new mobility scooter from Leading Edge Mobility, you can speed through streets, trails, and sidewalks with ease. At Leading Edge Mobility, we...
How to Feel Confident and Safe in Your Accessible Home
Is your home supporting your needs? You feel comfortable in your home but not completely confident. Maybe the stairs have become challenging or it’s hard to slip in and out of the shower with ease nowadays. Our goal is to make your home fit your various needs....
Top 5 Scooter Accessible Activities For Alberta Summers
We truly get some of the best summers in our beautiful province. Alberta is widely known for our gorgeous summers, beautiful landscape and fabulous outdoor activities. We are also known for some pretty spectacular scooter accessible trails and outdoor summer...
