Depends how old... if you need a walker or a cane to get around you are much less likely to want to venture out, fight for a parking spot, and work your way through a multi-level shpooing center only to find that what you needed is not there. My uncle broke both hips after he slid on the ice outside a shopping center (Canada) and died in hospital shortly thereatfer from complications resulting from the surgery. Old farts like me hate like hell to have to go out anywhere to buy something. Or even to go out at all for any reason.