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It's so important to continue to exercise and not sit all day. So he needs to try all the tools that can encourage his mobility, while being closely supervised for falls.

My MIL has tried them all. She has a light walker for her apartment. She has a walker with a seat for short, accompanied errands outside. And she has a wheelchair for longer outings.
She doesn't sit in her wheelchair until she gets tired of walking! She uses the wheelchair like a walker, with someone always at her side, and then she sits in it when she feels tired, and the person accompanying her pushes her home. She has fallen often enough (once breaking her hip), that it's understood she cannot ever be alone.

You have to explain to your father that his quality of life, both physical and mental, will increase if he goes out and about, and to do that safely, he has to be always be supervised, and always with means to sit. He can try the walker with seat, or the wheelchair. Supervision doesn't mean being led along like a baby. It means someone is there in case he falls. He doesn't need to make small talk if he doesn't want to.

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Hear that? Simply explain. Then they'll do what you want.

Sorry - but my lord. How many times have we explained, the doctor explained, the PT explained, everyone freaking explained, and people are going to do what they want to do. My mom's Parkinson's doctor has been telling her for five years that being active is the best way to preserve as much strength, mobility, and health as she possibly can. She can sometimes be talked into taking a walk around the block - but only if the weather is EXACTLY right.[/quote]

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