[Margaret Pilkington]

It is important for the old folk to stay as active and as independent as possible......but you have to be aware of the hazards.
My Ma was 87 yesterday and I worry about her falling down the stairs when she gets up in the night to go to the loo.
I have suggested a child safety gate, but she won't have any of it.
She uses the furniture and a stick to get about in the house....but anywhere else and it is the chariot(with me as the horse power).