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Why pick up something off the floor and hand it to elderly person?
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Courtesy: Besides simple common courtesy, an elderly person may have trouble with balance, range of motion arthritis or weakness making it difficult or impossible to reach the floor and get back up.
Answered 7/4/2015
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