While still in hospital, I did the training to drive a Zimmer Frame. Yes, it's very simple :-)
After some practical exercise, here are the essentials:
1. Do not lean heavily. The frame is purely for balance, not support.
2. Do dragging turns. It does not turn like a car. Drag it round till it points the right way.
3. Keep it close. If there's any risk of fall it's when you turn, reach too far and miss.
4. As you park, be thinking of how you will be getting back.
5. Never go backwards. The wheels are at the front, skids at the back.
If you try to reverse -- the skids could catch on something.
So... always go forwards. And if that is not a great lesson for life then I don't know what is :-)
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Independent Dexitroboper
half blind, half deaf, dying of cancer,
So what.
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Yes, a very good lesson indeed.
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