I have been to some Shopping Centre during the June Holidays and noticed that the elderly are having problems going up the escalator as the speed of the escalator moving is way to fast for some elderly to catch up with. They may also fall or slip if they accidentally did not manage to grip onto the rail of the escalator. However, I also notice that the chances of them falling is way higher when they are trying to go up the escalator and there are lots of other peoples behind him or her. The elderly thus rushed to go up the escalator as to not delay other shoppers from going up.
To resolve this problem, I think the shopping centre should have more lifts or maybe slow down the speed of some escalators until the elderly are able to go on it. In my opinion, I also think that more people including the elderly's children, should help the elderly go up the escalator or maybe just simply saying "Slowly, don`t rush". Her children should also go with the elderly to the shopping centre together and assist in whatever the elderly is having problem in. If the elderly just went to the shopping centre to get some groceries, the elderly's children can also ask her to stay at home and they will go and get the groceries for the elderly.
-Christopher Nah
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