I offered a pair of "Falmouth" to a close, 86 years old, who underwent surgery for ankle osteoarthritis (ankle lock by "screwing" the tibia). Since then, impossible to find shoes that fit him well because impossible for him to bend the foot back into the shoe! Since his surgery, it is a real headache. But now for the first time, he is very pleased with this purchase and trust me if that was not the case he would have expressed in me because I had told him that with Amazon taking over a product that should not is very simple and really fast. Well no, he definitely wants to keep them and for the world as it is would separate. Not only he did not even need the shoehorn thanks to non-slip soles system that allows it to "push" his foot on the bottom of the shoe without too much difficulty, but there is more at ease in . The exceptional padding inside shoes is no stranger to comfort both donning / removing that to keep them without problems all day. I note that I took the "real" size of the person and has not looked back. He just added a pair of insole inside and it fits like a glove ... ;-). As for me I am reassured, as the very effective anti-skid system is also a guarantee of security against bad falls with "slide" which the elderly can be a victim at any time. The fact that this system also works on oily or wet soils can be a security about eg tiled floors ...