What do we know about floors? They are hard and if they come up and hit you, the result might be a blue mark somewhere on your body, or even a painful swelling which will be a memory of your fall for some time. Of course you might break something, as I did this year in January, a leg in my case. I am tall, 1m 75 cm, and it is a long way to fall. I managed to fall on the bedroom floor, which was quite a good thing. they only had to open the window and push the stretcher out through the window to the waiting ambulance.
There is no such thing as a soft floor. Even if you have a carpet it does not help, because beneath the carpet there is a hard floor waiting to attack, may it be stone or wood. It all makes no difference until my cleaning lady, who is always full of advice, told me about the new invention: The airbag for seniors. Do connect to this link, you will be amazed.
Now we senior citzens have a belt we can wear, just like the airbag in your car. When you fall it inflates and you are protected from breaking limbs or bruises. You wear a belt that automatically inflates to cushion your fall. It is a Dutch invention. Your floor will no longer come up and hit you, you will rebound as the belt inflates with a small gas canister. I am not sure if you will actually bounce.
I have not yet ordered mine, am thinking about it. We golden oldies are now slowly winning our fight against the curse of hard floors.
Chronicles of an Anglo Swiss 
Why are all cleaning ladies so ready with advice?
It seems to be part of their job description.
In this case though your cleaning lady has added to my knowledge
I never knew about these airbags.
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My cleaning lady not only cleans, but has just completed a course in first aid and is now qualified also as a carer, so she has all the newest developments. This airbag thing seems to be quite good and I am sure it would be something I could use.
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I didn’t mean any disrespect to your cleaning lady.
I am really impressed by her qualifications.
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None taken. She is always full of ideas, sometimes too many 🙂
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Hand rails are also useful to avoid falls. Around the wall of bathroom, bedroom and kitchen. One can grab it if feeling dizzy.
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Our apartment is not so large, and I have many things I can hold onto. Accidents can still happen unfortunately.
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Yes, I know it’s a matter of split second. I am so accident prone that I try to be very careful. But still I can take a fall in the blink of an eye.
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I think a giant diaper like a Humpty Dumpty physique would be great–like liederhosen with straps to it.
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But I think the idea is that when you wear this thing, it is not supposed to be seen until in inflates. 🙂
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My idea sounds much more fun to me, and maybe to oompa-loompas.
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That actually sounds like a good idea, if a bit odd.
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For me it would be ideal.
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That sounds like an interesting idea!
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I might get myself one.
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we claim a friend of ours needs wrapped in Bubble wrap as she has so many ‘landings’. Hmm perhaps this, never know.
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A good idea an a lot cheaper
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