Pimp My Zimmer project 'reduces falls' BBC News


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The Pimp My Zimmer project aims to reduce falls after a care home matron noticed people with dementia sometimes find it hard to recognise their own frame. One care home claims the project.


Over 150 Pimped Zimmers

The Pimp My Zimmer project aims to reduce falls after a care home matron noticed people with dementia sometimes find it hard to recognise their own frame. One care home claims the project.


Over 150 Pimped Zimmers

Older people have been personalising their walking frames as part of Essex County Council's unique Pimp My Zimmer campaign. Residents at care homes countywide were inspired to transform their grey and uninspiring walking aids into glamourous works of art by adorning them with bespoke knitted covers, football scarves, tinsel and even fresh flowers.


MiYRamblings Pimp my walker/ zimmer frame

"Pimp my Zimmer" the term given to the personalisation and decoration of walking frames, has proved invaluable in reducing falls for elderly people. Since 2016 care homes across the UK have copied this simple idea and seen falls reduce by 60%


Elderly care home residents in Essex start 'Pimp My Zimmer' campaign Metro News

The Pimp My Zimmer campaign was launched, and people went crazy for it. People were decorating psychedelic Zimmer frames, there were patriotic Zimmer frames, there were Zimmers that were covered in flowers. It also started to spread across the UK—senior homes everywhere started taking on this campaign [after] learning about it via Twitter.


MiYRamblings Pimp my walker/ zimmer frame

The Pimp My Zimmer project aims to reduce falls after a care home matron noticed people with dementia sometimes find it hard to recognise their own frame. Zimmer frames. Residents of a HC-One care home based in Coventry have been decorating their Zimmer frames, along with staff to help reduce the number of falls..


Pimp My Zimmer! Parkfield House Nursing Home Parkfield House Nursing Home

The Pimp My Zimmer project aims to reduce falls as people with dementia can find it hard to recognise their grey-coloured frames. One care home claims the pr.


Elderly care home residents in Essex start 'Pimp My Zimmer' campaign Metro News

The Pimp My Zimmer project aims to reduce falls after a care home matron noticed people with dementia sometimes find it hard to recognise their own frame. One care home claims the project has.


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5.68K subscribers Subscribe 4K views 6 years ago OLDER people have been personalising their walking frames as part of Essex County Council's unique "Pimp My Zimmer" campaign. Residents at.


Pimping Zimmers at Woodstock Residential Care Home Nellsar Care

Pimp my zimmer 'People working in care homes have come up with some good ideas that have had quite an impact on reducing the numbers of falls. The Pimp my zimmer idea got a lot of attention! In one of the homes, the residents have dementia and some didn't want to use their walking frames.


Pimp My Zimmer! Ashridge Court Care Centre Ashridge Court Care Centre

The 'Pimp my Zimmer' project challenges care homes across Norwich and South Norfolk to help elderly residents personalise their frames. And so far, everything from knitted baubles to fairy lights.


"Pimp My Zimmer" Competition in Crieff! Dalnaglar Balhousie Care Group

To celebrate the launch of the Pimp My Zimmer campaign, residents at care homes countywide were invited to decorate their frames for a competition. Marjorie Bush, 94, who lives at the Mamora home in Clacton, was crowned the champion for her elaborate knitted zimmer frame cover.


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The scheme was thought up by care worker Angela Donlevy, who woke up with the idea suddenly in her mind after dreaming about why all the frames were grey. She launched the 'Pimp My Zimmer.


“Pimp my Zimmer frame” starts at Park House in Great Yarmouth

The 'Pimp my Zimmer' scheme originated in an Essex care home in 2016 and has gone on to reduce falls in some care homes by up to 60%. Zimmer frames have been decorated with ribbons, football scarves, knitting, patterned paper, cuddly toys and many other items.


Pimped Walking Frame

Helping to reduce falls by up to 60 per cent, the initiative has now spread as far as Scotland, with Thorney Croft Care Home in Stranraer being one of the latest to join in 'pimping' their Zimmer frames. Hayley Mann, care home manager of the Community Integrated Care home, said: "This project is a great example of a simple idea with a.


Pimp my Zimmer Work in the Stackpool Road Culdesac Hom… Flickr

Pimp My Zimmer Frame Residents of Washington Manor took part in Pimp My Zimmer Frame as part of Falls Awareness Week. Last week at Washington Manor, we eagerly prepared for an event that aimed to transform our residents' Zimmer frames into unique and stylish accessories while emphasising the vital importance of using these aids for individuals.