Falls can often lead to reduced mobility or long-term disability in adults 65 and older, but there are strategies beyond exercise that can help these patients stay independent longer.

Since 2011, the city Department of Parks and Recreation has offered a small fleet of free beachgoing wheelchairs for people to use. They have special wide wheels that allow them to travel over sand.

This paper describes the power-assist control of an electric wheelchair according to the motion mode of a caregiver. In past research work, with respect to the power-assist motion of a wheelchair, the ...