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TV ads show smiling seniors enjoying an "active" lifestyle on a motorized scooter, taking in the sights at the Grand Canyon, fishing on a pier and high-fiving their grandchildren at a baseball game.

Q What seniors really need is some kind of alternative means of transportation if they are no longer fit to drive. I know there is Outreach, but are there more private services or options that people ...

Like many senior citizens, Marty Kotiranta, 87, has diminishing mobility. He had seen commercials on TV for battery-powered scooters and thumbed through the solicitations that came in the mail.

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Madonna Ward, 92, uses a motorized scooter to get around her retirement home in Rochester, N.Y., but the facility's cramped quarters have led to some painful smacks into doorways and walls. So every ...

TV ads show smiling seniors enjoying an "active" lifestyle on a motorized scooter, taking in the sights at the Grand Canyon, fishing on a pier and high-fiving their grandchildren at a baseball game.