comment by Helge:  watching husband and wife, shuffling.  very small steps, taken stiffly.  wife holding onto him, scary.  next time she saw he had a walking, so looked more stable.  but more dependent on outside support.  he got more support, but from the outside.  helge said she was so grateful to be doing this work which seemed tbe reversing this process of degeneration.  she trusted herself to go climbing around on slippery rocks at the beach with her grandkids.

She wasn’t missing out on the outing and the bonding because of fear of falling.  What would you do, if you didn’t worry so much about falling, or dealing with chronic joint pain?