I roto i te mara o te mate hīkoi AIDS,ngā āwhina hikoikua noho hei hoa tino nui mō ngā pakeke me ngā tūroro. Ka āwhina ēnei taputapu auaha i ngā tāngata kia hoki mai anō tō rātou mana motuhake me te whakapai ake i te kounga o te oranga mā te tautoko me te āwhina i a rātou e hikoi ana. Engari he aha tonu te takahurihuri? Ko wai ka whai hua mai i te whakamahi i te takahurihuri?
He rollator, e mōhiotia ana ko tete kaiwhakatere hurihuri, he taputapu wira-whā e whakarato ana i te pumau me te tautoko ki te hunga ngoikore te nekenekehanga. He anga māmā, he kakau, he nohoanga me ngā wira e taea ai e te tangata te nekeneke ngāwari me te whakamarie. He rerekē ki ngā hikoi tuku iho, e hiahia ana kia hikitia, kia nekehia hoki mō ia hikoinga, he maeneene te rere o ngā Āwhina Hikoi, e whakaiti ana i te ahotea me te ngenge.
Nā, ko wai ka whai hua mai i te whakamahi i te rollator? He māmā noa te whakautu: te hunga katoa he ngoikore te nekenekehanga, tae atu ki ngā kaumātua me ngā tūroro e ora ana i te whara, i te pokanga rānei. Ka whakaratohia e te rollator he pumau tāpiri, ka taea e ngā kaiwhakamahi te hikoi me te māia, me te whakaiti nui i te tūponotanga o te hinga. He tino whai hua ēnei taputapu mō te hunga he raruraru taurite, he ngoikore rānei ngā uaua, pērā i te mate rumatiki, te mate a Parkinson, te sclerosis maha rānei.
Hei tāpiritanga, kei te rollator ētahi atu āhuatanga hei whakarei ake i tana mahi. He maha ngā tauira he pēki ringa, e āhei ai ngā kaiwhakamahi ki te whakahaere i te tere me te tū haumaru mēnā e tika ana. Kei ētahi rollator anō hoki he wāhi rokiroki mō te kawe i ngā taonga whaiaro, i ngā kai rānei i runga i te rori. Ko te noho o ngā nohoanga tētahi atu painga, nā te mea ka taea e ngā kaiwhakamahi te okioki poto i a rātou e hikoi roa ana, e tatari ana rānei i te rārangi.
Ehara i te mea ko te āwhina nekenekehanga anake ngā painga o te whakamahi i te rollator. Mā ēnei taputapu ka taea e te tangata te whai wāhi atu ki ngā mahi o waho, te toro atu ki ngā wāhi tino pai ki a rātou, me te noho hono atu ki te hapori. Mā te pupuri i tētahi momo noho hihiko, ka taea e ngā pakeke me ngā tūroro te wheako i te hauora hinengaro pai ake me te wairua nō rātou anō.
I ngā tau tata nei, kua piki haere te rongonui o te rollator nā tōna whai huatanga me tōna whaihua. I te whanaketanga o te hoahoa me te hangarau, he maha ngā kōwhiringa ka taea te tuku hei whakatutuki i ngā hiahia me ngā manakohanga rerekē. Ahakoa hetakai hurihurimō te kawe ngāwari, mō te whakamahi rānei i tētahi takai hurihuri me te kakau ka taea te whakarite te teitei, ka taea e te tangata te whiriwhiri i te tauira e tika ana mō ō rātou momo noho me ngā hiahia.
I roto i te poto, kua hurihia e ia te nekehanga o ngā pakeke me ngā tūroro he raruraru nekehanga. Ka whakaratohia e ēnei taputapu te tautoko, te pumau, me te wātea, ka taea ai e te tangata te noho ora me te motuhake. Mena kei te pāngia koe, e tō whanaunga rānei e ngā here nekehanga, whakaarohia ngā painga maha ka taea e te rollator te tuku. Me te rollator kei tō taha, awhihia te herekoretanga o te nekehanga me te maia, me te kimi anō i ngā harikoa o te noho kaha me te whai wāhi atu ki te oranga o ia rā.
Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi-02-2023