Mansouri, NGoher, KM2017-06-082016-10-292016-122016-08-30Mansouri, N., & Goher, K. (2016). Walking aids for older adults: review of end-user needs. Asian Social Science, 12(12), 109-119. doi:10.5539/ass.v12n12p1091911-2017https://hdl.handle.net/10182/8153Aged population of senior citizens is growing noticeably at different regions in the world. Consequently, there are great numbers of demands for healthcare services. One of the services is assistive walking devices which have important role in mobility, stability, walking, and independency of older adults. Although various type of walking devices are available for older adults, yet fall incidents with severe injuries take place. Therefore, it is critical to analyze fall incidents, find out fall factors, and assess walking devices to minimize fall. This paper mainly focuses on risk factors of fall, considerable role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in walking devices, and also analyzes fall incidents with the purpose of understanding how fall incidents take place. This paper assists to have a clear understanding about fall incidents and its associated injuries.pp.109-119en© Copyright for this article is retained by the author(s), with first publication rights granted to the journal. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).assistive walking deviceelderly needs assessmentinformation and communication technologyfall incidentfalling factorsanalysis of fall incidentassessment of assistive walking deviceWalking aids for older adults: review of end-user needsJournal Article10.5539/ass.v12n12p109ANZSRC::111001 Aged Care NursingANZSRC::111702 Aged Health CareANZSRC::111703 Care for DisabledANZSRC::170102 Developmental Psychology and Ageing1911-2025https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Attribution