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How to Find a Mobility Equipment Provider You Can Trust
The well-being of you and your loved ones is important. One of the biggest challenges we can face as people is losing control over our mobility as we age. From mobility or accessibility issues to injury or balance issues, there’s a lot we don’t tend to think about...
5 Great Canadian & Albertan Programs That Provide Mobility Equipment Financial Aid
If you’ve purchased mobility equipment before—whether for yourself or a loved one—you know it doesn’t come cheap. We know that in the long run, it’s a small price to pay in order to get your independence and mobility back. However, that doesn’t mean you have to do it...
8 Tips to Make an Accessible Home for People with Mobility Issues
As we age, it can become difficult to navigate around our day-to-day lives, even in the comfort of our own homes. For many seniors, these spaces can contain obstacles and hazards that can be a risk to their daily lives. At Leading Edge Mobility, we don’t believe it...
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...