The walker is regarded as a promising solution to provide additional support to maintain balance or stability while walking for elderly people. Significant assistance in improving mobility technology have been observed from literature review. However, the walkers available in the market is possible to optimize in design and include additional functionality, including getting out of the seat at home with caregiver aid, emergency care aided system. Considering falling down is a public healthcare problem, we designed the emergency aided system to rescue them [1].   In this paper, we proposed a multiple function elderly mobility and emergency aid system, was developed and modelled by Inventor 2015, and finite element analysis. Simulation was then created to get the value of safety factor, and make comparison base on the results from structural calculation. Finally, the application of few features of the improved walker was illustrated.

The projected growth of persons ages 65 and older in the U.S. over the next few decades will usher in an era of unprecedented numbers of seniors licensed to drive. For some members of this group, there will come a time where driving will have to cease due to a variety of factors. At that juncture in their lives, these seniors may have to consider transportation alternatives other than the personally operated vehicle. The objective of this study is to evaluate potential changes in transit market share arising from travel behavior changes of seniors who lose their driving privileges. This includes determining seniors interest in, ability to, and subsequent use of public transit. First, a literature review of developments that have impacted senior travel behavior is presented. Developments such as the changing demographics of seniors, senior socio-economic status, the process of driving retirement, and factors influencing transit use by seniors are presented. Estimates of the numbers of licensed and former drivers are derived for the year 2030 using several methodological approaches. Trip rates are applied to the predicted non-driving population to derive estimates of the potential demand for transit and subsequent market share. Discussion of the estimated market share results also incorporates a descriptive overview of senior travel behavior as derived from analyses of publicly available datasets followed by focus group results illustrating the experiences of seniors and their transportation choices.Recommendations range from transit agencies engaging in direct "generational" marketing to seniors in order to understand their transportation needs as well as perceptions about transit, promoting the use of transit, and demonstrating the viability of transit for specific trip purposes and partner with rideshare providers. Despite the predicted increase in transit market shares attributable to the senior population, transit providers have extensive work to do to change the perceptions of transit service provision and subsequently encourage the use of such services by senior populations in forthcoming generations if transit is to become a viable transportation alternative for those seniors ceasing to drive.

Mobility is an essential part of older people’s quality of life and the opportunity to maintain their inclusion in society. Accessing public transport is inextricably linked to older people’s ability to live an independent life and engage in various activities. The global population is aging, and more people live in cities, which creates challenges for transport planning to provide a transport system for everyone that also encourages sustainable mobility. This thesis investigates older peoples’ experiences traveling by public transport in Stockholm and how their experiences relate to social sustainability. Drawing on material collected through go-along interviews, this thesis examines the bodily and emotional dimensions of traveling and the meanings and values they ascribe to being mobile with public transport. The research illustrates the importance of understanding older peoples’ public transportation experiences in situ by traveling with the participants.

One and a half million people are currently living in residential care facilities; as the baby boomer generation ages, this number will increase to 3 million. Approximately 3 out of 4 residents of these facilities fall each year, and 10% to 20% of those falls result in serious injuries such as fractures, disability, and a decreased quality of living. The BOUNCE Back fall initiative is a multifactorial program that uses a systematic approach starting on admission and to re-evaluate a resident following a fall. Nursing and therapy uses the Morse Fall Scale and the Elderly Mobility Scale to assess and categorize the resident's risk for falls. Guided by Lewin's theory of change, this project was designed to assess the effectiveness of the fall initiative as a quality improvement 60-day (August 2016- September 2016) pilot study in a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility as a potential means to reduce the number of resident falls. Sixty residents (aged 64 to 98, mean age 81) were assessed at a minimum 2 time points to determine their level of fall risk and needed intervention, within 60 minutes of admission to the facility and 7 days postadmission. De-identified pre- and post-implementation data were provided from the corporate quality measure database, entered into a spreadsheet, and numbers were compared. As a result of the fall prevention pilot, for August 2016, 5 falls occurred with no repeat fallers; September 2016, 3 falls with 1 repeat faller which is a significant decrease from 14-22 falls occurring per month for 2 consecutive years. Following implementation, the facility scored 3%-5% for the number of falls, which is below the 7% threshold set forth by the pilot facility's corporate office. Prior to the implementation of the initiative, the facility had not met the 7% fall threshold in 2 years