I a tātou e pakeke haere ana, ka nui haere te hiranga o te pupuri i te nekenekehanga ki tō tātou oranga whānui me te kounga o te oranga. He waimarie, he maha ngā taputapu āwhina me ngā taputapu āwhina nekenekehanga hei āwhina i te tangata kia noho pukumahi, kia tū motuhake, kia maia hoki. Ko tētahi o aua taputapu ko te rollator, he taputapu pono, he mea nui hoki mō te hunga he raruraru nekenekehanga, he iti rānei te nekenekehanga. Ko ngā roera, e kiia ana ko ngā kaikawe hurihuri, he mea hanga hei whakarato i te pumau, te tautoko me te whakanui ake i te nekenekehanga mō te hunga he uaua ki te pupuri i te taurite, he ngoikore, he ngenge rānei. Ka whakakotahi tēnei taputapu auaha i te mahi a te kaikawe tuku iho me te whai huatanga o ngā wira, ka waiho hei huringa kēmu i roto i te mara o ngā taputapu āwhina nekenekehanga. Ko tētahi o ngā painga matua o tekaiwhakawhitiwhitiko te pumau tāpiri e whakaratohia ana e ia.
He rerekē tēnei i ngā mīhini hikoi noa, e hiahia ana kia hikitia, kia nekehia hoki te taputapu e te kaiwhakamahi i ia hikoinga, e whā ngā wira o ngā mīhini hikoi hei whakarato i te nekehanga maeneene, ngāwari ake hoki. Ka penapenahia e ngā kaiwhakamahi te pūngao, ā, ka whakaitihia te ahotea ki ngā hononga me ngā uaua mā te pana noa i te mīhini hikoi ki mua. Hei tāpiri, kei te mīhini hurihuri he kakau whakarerekē ka taea te whakarite kia uru ki te teitei me te whakamarie o te kaiwhakamahi. Mā tēnei ka whakarite i te taunga ergonomic, ka whakatairanga i te tū tika, ā, ka whakaitihia te tūponotanga o te kore whakamarie, te whara rānei. Mā te whakarato tautoko pai rawa atu, ka taea e ngā kaiwhakamahi te whakatere māia i ngā momo whenua - ahakoa i roto, i waho rānei - me te kore e whakaaro kei te herea ā rātou nekehanga. Hei tāpiri, he maha ngā mīhini hurihuri e tuku ana i ngā āhuatanga tāpiri e whakarei ake ana i te mahi me te watea. Kei roto i ēnei ko ngā nohoanga kua hangaia ki roto, ngā wāhanga rokiroki, tae atu ki ngā paepae, ngā kete rānei mō te kawe i ngā taonga whaiaro, i ngā kai rānei. Mā te huinga nohoanga ka taea e ngā kaiwhakamahi te okioki me te okioki i ngā wā e tika ana, ā, mā ngā wāhanga rokiroki ka whakaratohia he wāhi haumaru, watea hoki hei penapena i ngā mea nui pēnei i ngā pēke moni, ngā kī, ngā rongoā rānei. Mā tēnei ka kore e hiahiatia te kawe i ngā tueke tāpiri, te whakawhirinaki rānei ki te āwhina mai i ētahi atu. He mea nui anō hoki te haumaru o tētahi āwhina nekeneke, ā, kāore ngā mīhini hurihuri i te rerekē. He maha ngā tauira he pēki ka taea te raka, e āhei ai te kaiwhakamahi ki te tū me te whakau i te hikoi ina hiahiatia. He tino whai hua tēnei āhuatanga ina taraiwa ana i runga i ngā pari, i ngā mata koretake, i ngā wāhi kīkī rānei. Kei ētahi takahuri he rīpene whakaata, he tohu rānei hei whakarite i te tirohanga, he mea pai mō te hikoi i ngā āhuatanga pōuri, mō ngā haerenga pō rānei.
I te nuinga o te wā, he taputapu tino nui te rollator mō te hunga e hiahia ana ki te pupuri i te mana motuhake, te whakanui ake i te nekenekehanga, me te pārekareka ki te oranga ora. Nā tōna pumau, te ngāwari o te whakamahi, me ngā āhuatanga tāpiri, he mea nui tēnei taputapu mō ngā kaumātua, te hunga e ora ana i te pokanga, i te whara rānei, me te hunga rānei he mate mau tonu e pā ana ki te nekenekehanga. Te hoko i tētahikaiwhakawhitiwhitiEhara i te mea ko te tautoko tinana anake, engari ka whakanui ake hoki i te maia me te oranga. Mena kei te whakaaro koe, kei te whakaaro rānei tētahi o ō whanaunga ki te whakamahi i tētahi rollator, he mea pai kia kōrero koe ki tētahi tohunga hauora, ki tētahi tohunga nekeneke rānei. Ka taea e rātou te ārahi i a koe ki te whiriwhiri i te tauira tino tika i runga i ō hiahia whaiaro, kia pai ai te whakamarie, te haumaru me te mahi. Awhitia ngā painga o tēnei āwhina nekeneke pono, ā, kia hoki mai anō te herekore ki te tūhura i te ao e karapoti ana i a koe!
Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi 15-2023