My wife -- not a senior! -- fell at a construction site and broke 5 ribs, lacerated her spleen and cracked 3 vertebrate (the transverse processes). She was lucky; could have been killed. In any case, once home from the hospital, sitting up from a lying down position was impossible without help. Bought this, and it gave her total freedom to raise/lower herself. (After 2 months she no longer needed it, and we just donated it to a non-profit that loans out med equip for free.) Super highly recommend this. Easy to put together, extremely sturdy. Not pretty, but pretty was not what we were looking for! Fit at the head of the bed with the extended support legs under the bed, so where the handle sat was adjustable just by positioning it differently. I imagine that an 80 year old might have a rough time pulling themselves up with this, but for a 50-ish year-old who needs helping getting up from lying down, this was just great!!