G-WEG® References

In January of this year, we started the G-WEG training twice a week in the afternoon (duration 1 hour) in our event room.
Our residents clearly have fun and enjoy the exercise in the community and enjoy the change in everyday life.
It is noticeable that an improved gait pattern and increased attention is evident through repeated sequences.
The residents' enthusiasm is infectious and creates a bond with the accompanying team!
Our residents receive a G-WEG pass, in which their participation is confirmed with a sticker.
In addition, each training session is sweetened with drinks and snacks. Each lesson is followed by documentation in our care system.
By the end of June 2025, all employees in the home will be trained and a fall incident will be evaluated.
The G-WEG certificate is displayed on all three floors as a sign of quality for our home.
For us, the G-WEG program is a great enrichment for residents and nursing staff.

In summary, we would like to share the positive feedback with the G-WEG team and thank them for the innovative exercise program for seniors at the Bruderliebe retirement and nursing home in Wels.

We booked the online training course on the G-WEG system, which gave us some very nice and interesting food for thought for exercises with our senior citizens. The illustrations were consistently good, making it easy to understand and implement the exercises. The refresher on the various clinical pictures was also great.
We use the G-WEG regularly. Overall, we are very satisfied with the purchase of the G-WEG. We are sure that we will be able to give many of our patients more safety in a playful way.
Thank you for bringing the G-WEG to life. It has already helped many people and will continue to benefit many more!

We use the G-WEG both in our physiotherapy department and in medical training therapy.
The patients really enjoy using it and are always open to new ideas and exercises. That's why it was a good decision to purchase this training tool and to receive appropriate professional instruction with the online training course. With this in mind, we would like to thank the G-WEG team very much!

Fall prevention is extremely important in everyday care.
The G-WEG is therefore a wonderful opportunity to respond individually to the needs and abilities of each person. The G-WEG training can be tailored to the person in question. This helps to prevent falls and the resulting injuries in the future.

STROKE PROPHYLAXIS is a top priority for us! Our aim is to improve the gait of our residents in the long term. And we practise this continuously with the G-WEG fall prevention system. Orientation and motor skills are strengthened and the swing leg and supporting leg phases are trained in equal measure. Whether in a group or in individual care, the 98 exercise cards offer us a large selection of individual exercises, tailor-made for everyone.
For our cognitively impaired residents in particular, it is extremely important to always promote motor and cognitive skills in combination.
As part of a project, the care staff at our home were trained by the G-WEG team from Lippstadt, who have been carrying out the training individually with the residents ever since. It has been very well received by the residents, simply because it's fun!
Dear G-WEG team - thank you very much for everything and, above all, for the good tips on using simple means to promote the residents' mobility.

We are thrilled! The G-WEG offers a wonderful variety of anti-fall training.
The methodology box with Hugo offers simple instructions for implementation, so we can carry out fall prevention support without much planning. The instructional videos are very inspiring. They give clear examples of changes in gait and with the easy-to-understand cards, enthusiasm can be counteracted with a lot of fun.

We are pleased that we have the G-WEG for our clients as an enrichment for practical implementation. This gives us a varied opportunity to mobilize our clients.

We would like to thank you for the uncomplicated processes from the presentation at the trade fair, delivery, training through to the first use with the client.

"Our weekly schedule says: Exercise program "WALK with fun!"
In this way, we have ensured that the fun factor is the top priority during G-WEG training.

You can see the joy in the beaming faces of our residents. The exercises on the G-WEG are carried out with great concentration and our residents are very motivated. The sense of achievement is very great and visible. Some residents walk without a rollator, without a cane and even one resident leaves his wheelchair and practices diligently. For all of us, the G-WEG training is a supportive and motivating group activity. The residents encourage each other, even applaud each other, and for us, the group dynamic is a great demonstration of how well targeted exercise helps everyone. Nobody has the feeling that they can't do something. For us, that is social participation.

Our employees offer the residents a wide range of care variations every day. With the G-WEG therapy concept, we have created an additional, varied training experience.

Our staff at the Horst senior citizens' center became aware of the G-WEG therapy concept during a training course and were immediately impressed. As the prevention of falls and the promotion of mobility are very important in our facility, it didn't take much convincing to win me over to the new therapy concept as the facility manager. "Every fall that we can prevent among our residents is a success," explains Silke Capani.

We regularly use the G-WEG therapy concept in addition to strength and balance exercises to promote residents' mobility and prevent falls as far as possible. The first successes are already visible and the residents are happy about any progress. A holistic fall prevention concept that we can definitely recommend!

With the "G-WEG" therapeutic carpet, we have created another great offer for our senior citizens at the St. Josef retirement home.
The G-WEG is used both for individual care and for group activities. Whether with or without a rollator, with a walking stick or in a wheelchair, the residents always have a lot of fun. The special exercise cards ensure that there is never a dull moment. Thanks to the different levels of difficulty of the exercises, there is a suitable exercise for everyone and no one is left out.

"We are proud to be able to offer our residents a variety of activities that are not only fun, but also extremely effective!" The residents and staff have now even developed their own exercises that not only involve "walking", but also challenge the mind. The G-WEG has been on the weekly schedule for the groups at St. Josef's at least once a week since December. It is also used time and again for individual exercises in the residential areas. To ensure that the G-WEG is used optimally, the social services staff and trainees at the home received training on how to use and implement it in the best possible way.

"Sometimes it really only takes simple little things, like a ball in your hand, and the resident is suddenly walking upright across the corridors!" The G-WEG is an absolute asset to our facility.

Our residents have often missed out on exercise over the last two years, particularly due to the challenges and many restrictions caused by the coronavirus. The living areas were partially isolated, and there was no longer a large radius of action except in the park when the weather was nice. Now that we have hopefully passed the peak of the pandemic and can slowly return to a more "normal" life, we have made it our mission to promote more exercise for our residents. Good prevention, i.e. fall prevention, is particularly helpful here. In order to be able to offer this professionally, we have opted for the G-WEG concept. The method cards contain well-described exercises ranging from easy to difficult and can also be used by employees without a therapeutic background for activities. At the beginning of April 2022, our social care team attended the training event "New ways of fall prevention with the G-WEG". Basics such as gait training, training the observation eye, facilitating, body ladder, ABC of fall prevention were taught. The participants trained individually with equipment and in pairs. At the end of the training, the senior center received the certificate "Fall prevention with the G-WEG concept for the moving facility". Since the end of April, we have included fall prevention as a fixed exercise program in our weekly social care plans. This was a good decision and we are proud of it!

We achieve greater safety when walking with the new G-WEG training with the residents. Of course, the fun of exercise should not be neglected either. Walking exercises can be carried out on the carpet in three lane widths. It gets more difficult when you have to throw a ball while walking or balance a sandbag. The trainers stand at the end of the route and motivate the residents to walk in a straight line and give instructions on the hand tools. If someone needs help walking, a care worker is there to provide assistance. As the exercises take place in the lounge, the other residents can watch and are motivated to take part. Of course, there is always a round of applause when the route has been completed. The pride is then written all over the residents' faces. The G-WEG was financed by donations from the Nuremberg Foundation Administration. We would like to thank the donors on behalf of our residents and staff. A great cause!

Yes, finally Thursday!
On Thursdays, the G-WEG is always rolled out in our cafeteria, and our residents always look forward to it.
During various exercises to keep their balance, they not only work hard, but also laugh and cheer a lot.
After our sessions, all the participants are totally exhausted, but even happier.
The G-WEG is a real highlight for our residents.
It's incredible how much drive and ambition each individual develops. They are always amazed at themselves.
"I'll never manage that" turns into "I'm proud of myself for having managed that!"

Thank you for this great invention.

The aid - G-WEG - was used in three residential areas and supported by the social services staff.
When it was introduced, there was a consistent sense of curiosity and fascination. The motivation to walk the G-WAY was there right from the start. The path had and still has the character of a challenge.
Our residents accept the training. They look forward to it, ask about it, notice improvements in their own walking, want it to be seen - they are proud of it.
They listen intently and attentively to the briefly described exercises and carry them out according to their own abilities.
The training is integrated into our weekly schedule twice a week.
We staff enjoy seeing how focused, enthusiastic and proud our residents are as they improve their gait. They not only pay attention to themselves, but also to the actions of their fellow residents and are not sparing with praise and applause. Our residents literally infect us with their enthusiasm and commitment.
We are all fascinated by the ease of use. The simple, clear and varied tasks and their implementation. The G-WEG service is popular with all residents (with and without assistive devices - rollator/cane).

Relatives have also praised the positive changes in the elderly residents' walking (stride length, walking straight, lifting feet).
These are not "praise stories", but the reality!

We would like to thank all of you, the social service, residents and relatives, for this great enrichment in our everyday work and our everyday life at home with older family members/friends.

A safe way to prevent falls in our facility!
When we started G-WEG training at Wiedenhof, we were met with a lot of ridicule from residents and care staff.

But after a while, it became clear that the residents were enjoying it. The staff could also see that the gait of some residents quickly improved.

The G-WEG is also excellent for groups, which strengthens the residents' sense of belonging.
Care staff linger during the exercises and some like to join in every now and then.
For Wiedenhof, it has become clear that this purchase has paid off in full. We wish the staff and residents continued fun and good luck. Just the right thing for safe fall prevention in our facility!

We use the G-WALK for neurological patients who can already walk a few steps with a rollator, through to people who can walk freely but still have balance insecurities.

The G-WALK is well received by patients. Thanks to the method cards, there are many suggestions and variation options for use and great opportunities for improvement that can be adapted very individually.

In our clinic, we like to use the G-WALK in a group setting, less often in individual training. In the group setting, only one patient at a time initially walks across the path with the therapist's support with a specific task, while the other group participants watch, memorize the task and are presented with possible solutions by watching. They then switch until all patients have completed the same task. This allows the therapist to provide individual support.
We increase the level of difficulty with each new round. Depending on their physical abilities, several people can train at the same time.

Our patients benefit from working with the G-WEG. They gain significantly more gait confidence, have more self-confidence, improve their self-assessment and praise each other. And the whole thing is fun too.

The G-WEG has been an integral part of our practice three times a week for several years now.

The concept and exercises are ideal for patients at risk of falling. The carpet presented as a G-WAY serves as a perfect orientation for senior citizens, which would otherwise be difficult to convey.

As a therapist, it is therefore much easier to work with patients in a targeted and resource-oriented manner. In addition, the exercise instructions are very varied and hierarchically structured.

We actually wanted to hold the "G-WEG" as a series of courses with 10 repetitions. However, the participants were so enthusiastic and motivated that it is now held throughout the year and has become an integral part of our practice.

I personally find the G WEG very nice, especially in rollator training. We imagined that the carpet was a walkway that you weren't allowed to drive off, where you meet and greet people or where obstacles appear, like a lamppost that you have to drive around. The residents had a lot of fun with this and did it well.

We did this with a group on the floor and found that you can only do a few exercises if the residents sit down in between. Then there simply isn't enough time. Nevertheless, the residents had a lot of fun, especially waving the hat, the exercise is called "Grüß Gott". We have now incorporated the G-WEG training into our weekly schedule on the floor so that we can practise with the same group of residents every week. The gait pattern and stride length have already improved considerably for many residents. I can only recommend G-WEG training!

At Vitalis Wohnpark Bad Essen, we regularly roll out the green carpet for our residents to practice walking.

It is mainly used in individual sessions or small groups as part of occupational therapy and enriches the range of therapies and our mobility training for residents. At first, everyone was skeptical and didn't know what this green carpet was all about. However, the initial skepticism quickly turned into enthusiasm after the first exercises on the G-WEG. The residents are enjoying the varied training more and more. After a relatively short time, they noticed that they felt much more confident when walking after the training session.

It's great that the G-WEG offers a wide range of exercise options that can be used individually and tailored to the needs of our residents with different abilities. Residents with dementia get their money's worth just as much as those who are cognitively fit, whether free or with a rollator. Everything is possible. The visual representation of the G-WEG is a great help and gives our residents precise indications of the tasks being performed. Whereas the statement that the resident should take large steps when walking used to be very vague, today it is easy to refer to the fields on the G-WEG. The participants are increasingly gaining a sense of how big "big steps" can be and are increasingly putting this into practice outside of the G-WEG training. This reinforces the success of our training. In our view, the participants are becoming increasingly confident when walking and their gait is improving. This is also noticed by the residents themselves. "It's really fun to walk over there like that and you get more confidence," said one resident after training with the G-WEG.

We hope that many more facilities will use the G-WEG concept in their facilities, as an enrichment for the nursing and care staff, therapists and, above all, for the residents!

Many residents came to the first training session today to see what the G-WEG promises. Beforehand, the advertising drum was beaten vigorously in conversations with residents, announcing the desire to move and high efficiency in preventing falls.

As in everyday life: the G-WEG has a great exercise value and a high level of encouragement to make fall prevention training more intuitive and tangible for our senior citizens than ever before.

The first basic exercises were quickly learned and the joy and enthusiasm about small successes was great. Of course, we are only at the beginning of the new G-WEG concept, but the starting signal for new impulses for fall prevention has been given and we want to achieve a lot more with it!

We are all familiar with the term "sidewalk". At St. Agnes, the word now has a different meaning! A new offer from social care is training to prevent falls with the "G-WEG"! This targeted training reduces the risk of our residents falling and maintains their mobility, which means less care work for us.

We carry out the training in the form of individual support or in small groups. There was a lot of enthusiasm after the first exercise sessions. Our residents have spoken out in favor of including this offer as a fixed unit in the weekly structure. Of course, we are happy to fulfill this wish, because everyone benefits from it!

The G-WEG is now a fixed part of the weekly schedule in the house. I regularly train with our residents twice a week.

At first, the residents were quite skeptical about the offer and wondered what could be done - they can walk well. However, after the information and the first few attempts, they changed their minds. The double coordination exercises, stamina and concentration pose a certain challenge for the participants. They quickly realized that G-WEG training is about much more than just running and are now convinced that they benefit from this training not only physically, but also on a psychological level.

This makes our residents more self-confident, more self-assured and reduces their fears. They approach the training with full motivation.

My aim is to teach the residents the exercises in such a way that they remember them in their everyday lives and put them into practice. I talk to the participants about this and they report that it's not easy without a carpet, but they make progress and try to integrate what they've learned into their everyday lives.

Whether indoors or outdoors - G-WEG training in our day care center always works!

We at the Caritas day care center in Clarholz (Caritas Association for the District of Gütersloh) took advantage of the beautiful autumn weather and moved the G-WEG training outside with our guests. You could see the joy in the faces of the senior citizens. Afterwards, we went for an autumnal walk through the countryside. It was unbelievable how their gait and stride length improved after the training. Our guests enjoyed the fresh air and the exercise. Best of all, our ladies were amazed that they could manage the walk without a walking stick or walking frame! Goal achieved - we continue to train diligently, despite corona! Whether indoors or outdoors, the G-WEG helps us because we can always start straight away and hardly need any preparation time. The exercises are already there. We take 2-3 cards out of the box and we're ready to go. Keeping our distance also works well.

G-WEG training is a great enrichment for all of us - we can only recommend it!

Our successes with the G-WEG concept
When the G-WEG® is on the weekly care program, there is no need to come up with other program suggestions for our residents in our living areas. All residents are very ambitious and always look forward to the walking training.
They are visibly beaming when they walk along the G-WEG, concentrate and walk away proudly when they have once again managed to walk freely without a rollator and at the same time, for example, throw balls into the target, greet with hats....
As there are many action cards in the box for all "levels" of walking, our preparation time for the fall prevention training is very short.
There is always a nice exercise for everyone, whether freehand, with help or with a rollator. We can respond individually to the abilities of the participants, even if we are training in a group.
With regard to the development of falls in the residential areas, we can draw a very positive balance. The number of falls has decreased!
Our residents walk more confidently and show more self-esteem thanks to regained independence when walking and a sense of achievement during training.

G-WEG Corona-compliant training
It's worth taking part! An employee from our social services department attended the Corona-G-WEG training course in Geseke in September. This gave us new ideas on how we can use the G-WEG safely and effectively for fall prevention in our facility "despite corona conditions". Thanks to Meggi and Ulla for a great day! Good luck for the future! We have had very good experiences with your invention and wish you all the best!

"In April 2019, I completed the interesting G-WEG training course and then passed on the knowledge I had acquired to my team. Since then, we have been training continuously with the residents on the G-WEG. As we rotate as accompanying colleagues to keep everyone in training, I see the residents' progress every 4 weeks. Today, I was again fascinated by how upright and confident the residents are now walking and have decided to slightly increase the level of difficulty from next week - step by step."

"I've had good experiences with the G-WEG! The residents enjoy coming and accept it well. People with dementia take part and the exercises also work well with a rollator. We train twice a week as a group and once or twice a week with individual residents. You can see the success in the size of the steps.

In a conversation with one resident, she told me that everything is easier for her again and even others have noticed that she is walking much more confidently again."

"We've been working with the G-WEG since 2016 and have been using it in group training almost every week since then. It can be rolled up and unrolled quickly and is therefore particularly flexible for us to use. One man in particular, who used to come to training with a rollator or walking stick, can now walk again without any aids. And we have noticed a great improvement in the gait stability of a Parkison patient. We also attribute this to the G-WEG.

The method cards are very well explained and easy to understand, so that every therapist can use them for targeted training. The great thing is that when we have questions about G-WEG training, the G-WEG team is always very helpful and knows a solution!"

"I have a permanent group called "Safe on your feet", where we often use the G-WEG. It's very appealing to the residents. They enjoy training on it. One resident is so motivated that I always have to slow her down.

The method cards always show good exercises. One resident with Parkinson's did the tasks really well after the second time, which was super exciting."

"We train once a week in the corridors of the wards, usually in small groups. All patients from the wards who are at risk of falling, have fractures or are internal medicine patients take part.

We often train with obstacles, small bags to pick up or a slalom is incorporated into the training. Even if some patients are skeptical at first, they quickly realize how helpful the G-WEG is and that it's fun. It's not just us who see the progress, but the patients too."

"The G-WEG is used weekly in our practice. We practise picking up objects, especially with stroke patients. The 3D effect is great. Older people with rollators also enjoy training on it.

We have also often used it for children's therapy. The method cards are particularly helpful for new colleagues. They get new stimuli for the exercises and training sessions. The variety is great and the training success is quickly visible. We have not regretted the purchase!"

"I enjoy working with the G-WEG and the residents. It's also great with the rollator. G-WEG training is on the program every Wednesday. There are usually around 10 participants, all of whom are always very happy to take part. Some even guide the rollator over the G-WEG with one hand. I really notice the progress they make, they could even walk without it.

Two residents are really good at it, they do really well and can do the exercises on their own. I take the others in pairs and accompany them. It's really nice to see how their stride length improves and their gait becomes more secure again."

"Our entire team of therapists uses the G-WEG. So far only in individual training, but this is very effective. We would like to use the G-WEG even more in groups to get as many patients as possible moving on it.

We think the G-WEG is great and are pleased that many patients are able to walk more confidently and walk better again. It is a great motivational aid for those exercising. It is displayed in a corridor and is therefore used almost daily for small training sessions with the patients.

We used to stick lines on the floor, which was very tedious. The G-WEG is an excellent addition to our daily therapy routine!"

"The G-WEG and me! What should I write about it... that was my first thought when Ulla Schlösser asked me to write a few sentences about my experiences. Today - almost a year later - I know what I'm writing. I first used the G-WEG in a retirement home. Even then, the "enthusiasm" for simply walking "across the meadow" (the G-WEG was called a "green meadow" there) was great.

The urge to move was greater from hour to hour. It's a great feeling to go home after the lesson and take this "wow feeling" with you. I have been training with the G-WEG in a geriatric psychiatric care home for about six months now. In contrast to a retirement home, this is where the action is. No matter how the residents use the G-WEG, whether to train their balance, improve their coordination...), just the fact that they use it - is worth more than anything else.

I have residents in the group who come from their room to the group room and would actually prefer to just do something sitting down, because just walking there is enough exercise for them. But as soon as I have rolled out the G-WAY and I can motivate one or two to join in (which is not always easy in a geriatric psychiatric facility), suddenly all the "men" are there at once and want to walk across the G-WAY. When I then see how much fun the residents have solving the tasks and we also have the right music to go with it - the lesson is simply "just" good. Some residents who previously only "slurped" suddenly take bigger steps and try to walk upright.

One resident, for example, always turned his feet outwards when walking. However, when I "walk on the edge of the stone" with this resident, he puts his feet up straight. When I saw this for the first time, I got goose bumps and the carers were also totally overwhelmed.

Small things - big impact! There's a lot more I could tell you about, but I hope I've touched a few people with these lines. If you have the opportunity to buy a G-WEG - do it - it's worth it! Have fun with it."