The day of the show begins. The aroma of paella and sausage sizzles fill the air. Stall holders are clamouring for attention, each trying to outdo competition on the left and right. Kids are fussing over balloons and there are banners and flags fluttering everywhere. Music and lights set the atmosphere. It is a beautiful day and you have planned for all the families in the community to have an awesome time.
Well of course you did, because you advertised it as a “family friendly” community event!
Barely an hour into the show and you start to notice seniors looking for places to sit. The plastic tables and chairs dotted around the event grounds become insufficient. You notice younger mums and dads fussing over their kids at the activity stands and leaving their elderly parents alone at the tables with a disposable cup of tea. You realise that family units have been separated and the only ones really having a good time are the ones with the younger hearts and the stamina.
Doesn’t sound so family friendly anymore hey?
Mobility and accessibility options for seniors and people with mobility limitations is an issue often forgotten or overlooked during public events such as carnivals, outdoor shows and other large scale community events.
Are you organizing an large scale expo or a family friendly community event?
Unicare Health can provide you with aged care mobility solutions to make your next event a senior friendly one!
It is a common sight where seniors arrive at a public event, eager to explore and enjoy, but only able to get as far as their strength and stamina will allow. They often end up sitting alone at a cafe or on a bench to rest their tired legs, separated from the rest of their group or family and unable to fully enjoy their day.
Unknown to many event organizers, Unicare Health has solutions to ease mobility and accessibility worries for seniors during public events.
Unicare Health’s rental division offers short term rental of equipment such as seat walkers, wheelchairs, powered chairs and mobility scooters, to help seniors cover more ground at a show and be part of the crowd for longer.
Our rental team can put short term mobility rental solutions and packages together for your event. Tell us what your event is about, the physical size of your event, type of ground cover and expected patronage and we can recommend practical mobility solutions tailored to your event.
We can put together a hire package for your event that you can manage on your own and offer mobility equipment to patrons as a free community service, or operate your own hire services on the day.
Picture: The Lions Club providing mobility scooter and wheelchair hire services at the Perth Royal Show 2017
Finding it hard to manage it on your own?
We can put together a hire package for your event and provide the additional service of running a hire shop for you on the day!
Picture: Unicare Health managing a mobility hire shop for event organizers of a large scale outdoor trade show.
Get in touch with us and make your next event a senior friendly one!
Posted on 26 September 2017