Self-check · two minutes
Walker, rollator, wheelchair — which is worth asking about?
Six questions about how moving around actually goes — for you, or for the person you care for. Answered in your browser, seen by nobody.
The wrong mobility aid is not neutral — a rollator under someone with a balance problem is a fall on wheels, and a walker for an endurance problem stays parked by the door. Six honest answers sort out which problem is actually being solved.
This self-check is general information, not medical advice, a diagnosis, or a clinical mobility evaluation — for some equipment (wheelchairs especially) your plan requires that evaluation from a clinician, in person. Where this page and your clinician differ, follow the clinician.
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Call us and tell us what happened — a surgery, a new diagnosis, a discharge date, a supply you keep running out of. We will tell you what is usually needed, check your benefits, and ask your prescriber for the order if you do not have one yet.