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Regardless the type of walker, stay on hard surface/paved paths.
My Mom did not have enough strength or coordination to use the brakes. She did not want to use tennis balls.
Initially, we bought skis for the back "legs".
https://www.amazon.com/NOVA-Walker-Glide-Skis-Universal/dp/B001VE9XCK
However, I used to get "stabbed" by them when I carried her walker, and the front part of the ski soon broke off.
So I tried walker glide covers. Eventually they wear through, but they are cheap enough that I just replace them when she wore through one of them. She used them on asphalt, concrete, and hard dirt. However, it did NOT work on grass or soft surfaces very well.
https://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-Surfaces-Support-Stability-Replacement/dp/B07H3WBC9R/ref=sr_1_16?crid=J1D0M1VYNXKU&keywords=covers+for+walker+legs&qid=1660983753&s=hpc&sprefix=covers+for+walker+legs%2Chpc%2C180&sr=1-16
When my Mom was outside I wanted something that might be easier to use on grass. Walker Buddeez looked interesting, but were considerably more expensive than the glider covers. She didn't walk on grass that much, so I didn't try them.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=walker+buddezz&crid=3IDF70NLJFQH1&sprefix=Walker+bud%2Caps%2C187&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_10
My Mom and I took a cruise up to Greenland. At one of the ports, the path to the asphalt road was gravel. I'm not sure anything other than a car would have an easy drive through it. People walked their bicycles through that section. For that section, she just used her walker like a cane, picked it up, put it down, took a step, pick it up, put it down, take another step. The pebbles were pushed around the glider cover, giving her a very stable "ground" for the walker. She was pretty impressive. I was really glad that we did NOT have a walker with 4 wheels. The people at the port and the guests of the ship who saw her were very impressed with her ability to go anywhere with her walker. I wish I had taken a picture. It could have been poster-worthy advertisement for the glider covers.
Correction....apparently they were in hiding and are now back.
No one should be bent over using a walker. This means its not high enough. The proper way to use it is to place it a little ahead of you and walk into it. You do not push it around.