World Pneumonia Day is held every year on November 12 to raise awareness of the infection, promote prevention and treatment, and encourage action to fight the illness.

Pneumonia is a form of acute respiratory infection that affects a person’s breathing and endurance by inflaming the air sacs in one or both lungs, potentially causing them to fill with fluid. Although this infection is very common with over 3 million cases in the U.S. every year, pneumonia can be life-threatening to infants, children, and those over the age of 65. Symptoms include coughing, fever, chills, and difficulty breathing.

Since pneumonia can make breathing painful and limit a person’s oxygen intake overall, it can have a direct impact on one’s mobility. The shortness of breath caused by this infection can lead to the avoidance of walking or the inability to walk long distances altogether. When a senior suffers from more than one disorder that affects movement, the addition of pneumonia’s symptoms or the medication to treat the infection only furthers their mobility problems.

What is SmartScoot?

You can maintain your active lifestyle despite your mobility difficulty with a compact, lightweight, folding scooter like SmartScoot. Unlike a full-size powerchair, SmartScoot allows you to easily take it along with you in the car, on planes or even cruise ships. Although this is a lightweight scooter and smaller than a full-size power chair, SmartScoot is still heavy-duty and provides ample stability. Folding scooters can fulfill varying roles, aiding in everything from travel and exploration to daily activities like shopping or taking the kids to the park. The SmartScoot mobility scooter can help make tasks that were once a struggle a stress-free part of everyday life.

Contact us now to answer any questions you may have about the SmartScoot folding mobility scooter.