Poor mobility but not registered disabled

She can walk unaided buf slowly for 200m? Has she spoken to her GP who might have a frailty team with therapists who could assess her walking, footwear, pain and suggest equipment. Windsor is not an easy place to walk around, cobbled streets, busy and quite steep, hotels there are very expensive. Could you meet somewhere else, where do you both live. Are there local community transport schemes that your parents could join so your dad doesn't need to drive and they can enjoy a day out with assistance, she can apply for attendance allowance and a bb like others suggest. There are plenty of places to visit with the national trust who usually have a bus service for the less mobile and wheelchair rentals are everywhere.

We applied for a Blue Badge for my mother who is 80 and waiting for a hip replacement. It came through quickly and without any questioning. Makes a huge difference for things like hospital appointments.

Care Co is a company online where you can buy all sorts of aids and gadgets to make life easier.

Don't you have family or friends you could stay with to keep costs down or use a b&b? Surely no need to spend 300 quid on a hotel.

You just need to be realistic it may not be be practical for you but it certainly isn't practical for someone in their 80s with very poor mobility to spend a day trailing around Windsor after a 2hr drive to get there. The blue badge and mobility options are great but you really do at this stage need to go to her.

That day isn’t far off as she is 82 with poor mobility.
At some point she shouldn’t be travelling at all - so maybe it is a good time to start planning for that.
If she takes a tumble, it could be sooner than you think.

You don’t have to be disabled to book a wheelchair at a museum or botanical garden or theme park. You can be elderly or have a broken leg or just had knee surgery.

The mum might not want a roller with a seat though, surely the answer is for the op to go the whole trip to visit her elderly parents and stop this meeting in the middle day out in Windsor thing, it'd be more relaxing for everyone. She could stay overnight in accommodation nearby if her parents house is too small.

Would she go for a shopping trolley that can be used as a seat? https://www.walkandrest.com/cream-frame/18-the-seated-shopping-walker-trolley-grey.html

You may be able to get a roller with a seat on it from
Red Cross shops
Mobility shops
FB Market place
Free cycle

I’d need to double check but afaik fil was not charged for his rollator after OT and Physio assessment. Also had bars etc put around the stairs and shower. Try contacting the local falls prevention team.

Why don't you just go and stay with them or book accommodation close by? Spend time together lunching at theirs then your poor mum doesn't have to worry about her mobility issues. I realise you'd be doing the full 7hrs trip but if you're doing 5 already it's not much further.

I think meeting on the middle once someone is in their 80s with mobility problems may be a bit unrealistic.

My mum has heart failure and can walk 50 yards tops (very slowly!). She qualifies for a blue badge and attendance allowance.

@RollaterUserthey look good but what a price

@BUMCHEESE I wonder if you'd be willing to check out the social media for ByAcre rollators - the imagery is very different to some more traditional rollators. For me, some of the positives are my posture is improved - to a more natural upright position, I can walk at around what was my normal walking speed for short periods of time, I can rest whenever and wherever, and there's a choice of styles - depending on lifestyle.

My mum has a similar level of mobility; although she can walk unaided when out, for short distances, she wouldn't for fear of falling. She has a blue badge, and its made things much easier.

So what’s actually happening is she doesn’t want to do any of the things that would help? Is that because they would affirm that she is now old?
Because she is. Old, I mean. Which is a privilege denied to many. So refusing mobility aids (that many young people have to use through disability) is very silly, really.
She needs to change her thinking. There are some funky mobility aids out there.. lightweight mobility scooters, bedazzled wheelchairs, trendy rollators.
She needs to understand that it’s her attitude that’s limiting things, not the lack of possibilities.

Try https://disabilityequipmentservice.co.uk/ for equipment.

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this, but rollators are also options for some people with mobility issues. I'm not as old as your mum but have chosen to buy a ByAcre rollator - they're not the cheapest, but mine gives me a lot of freedom I'd previously lost.

edit - by rollator I mean kind of an outdoor, more robust Zimmer /walking frame. Mine's foldable and also has a seat.

just curious, if your mother is 82, how old are your kids that they can't reliably sit still for long?

You cannot do a first application for pip after retirement age.

many disabled people buy their own wheelchairs me included. Electric ones are good but many elderly people refuse to use one.

she can apply for a blue badge. Each council administers their own scheme and some are much more arsey than others.

you are not wrong that provision is shit but if she won‘t use a wheelchair or apply for a blue badge there is limited things you can do.