“DUET BIKE” PROGRAM
Vancouver, BC. Canada. Bicycle designed by:
Robert Hoening - Germany.
Program Description
"Yaletown House is a non-profit 130-bed long-term care facility in downtown Vancouver. Many residents are wheelchair-bound and, in spring 2009, Yaletown House launched its Duet Bike program to provide modified-bike transportation for its patients."
-momentummag.com "Duet Bike Program"
The senior bicycle combines a wheelchair for the senior resident and a mountain bike for a volunteer to ride along on. The bike is an eight-speed modified tandem bike made in Germany, with a trailer attached to a lightweight, sturdy wheelchair. The wheelchair is also usable separately.
Senior bicyles can be taken along the ocean on the seawall for a lovely view providing fresh air and promoting senior health and well-being.
Bicycle training and orientation including transport safety is provided to volunteers who would like to help the elderly.
Senior residents who would like to be a wheelchair passenger in the "Duet Bike" Program must receive a health assessment and written consent from family members or guardians and a doctor referral. Seniors should be able to transfer themselves from one wheelchair to another and have sufficient upper body movement.
source:momentummag.com/articles/duet-bike-program
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Rainbow Vision LGBT Senior Housing and Assisted Living - Condominium, Independent and Assisted Living for LGBT seniors which offers a trial stay to those who wish to test out the facilities before moving in. British Columbia (BC) Canada.
Healthy Eating for Seniors Handbook Program - A 200 page guide on elderly nutrition put together with the help of dietitians, senior focus groups and the Government of British Columbia.
