I'm 82 and he's 81. We volunteer at the local swamp, fixing boardwalks and stuff. Problem is,
he has fallen off the boardwalk several times in the past months. He said yesterday, that he begins to lose balance and can't recover. It is a swamp and the water is only a few inches deep so no danger of drowning and little danger of hitting something. He also mentions some short term memory loss.
He talked about seeing a neurologist but I doubt that he went. After yesterday's fall off the boardwalk, I suggested he discuss this with his primary physician. Somehow, I don't think he will do this.
The only thing I can think of, he fears a bad diagnosis. I don't know what else to do to convince him to pursue this. He has a girlfriend that I haven't met. I don't think he has any other close relatives.
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I'm sure there are DVDs for senior balance issues.
Could be asymptomatic ear infection affecting balance?
now let it go. You said what you thought and he can either do it or not. His choice.
It helps and he loves it.
Glad he is taking advantage of it!
It's beautiful to watch, too.
when i was little , my dad made a balance board for me using plans in the back of pop sci. later i got a wii and a wii board. a few years ago , whilst doing physical thearapy i got a balance board and until i got sick again. was able to stand on the board for a count of ten without holding on to anything.
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