As range of motion, balance, dexterity, vision, and muscle tone decline with age, maintaining a neat and tidy house is overwhelming to accomplish without some help. Too many tasks are simply outside of the abilities of those trying to age in place: lugging around a heavy vacuum, stretching arms to reach a light bulb, reaching under a table, etc.
Reaching aids can improve the quality of life for people with arthritis, hip, joint, or bone pain, or simply those people who find using a reaching device is easier, safer, and less strenuous, than bending over to pick something up.
Seniors may have difficulty reaching items in cabinets or that have fallen to the floor without the increased risk of injury. A reaching aid provides them with a tool to retrieve items at a greatly reduced risk of injury. Things that may not have been be unavailable to them previously.