I am glad this subject came up. We have a sister-in-law with this problem. We have a beautiful dinning set, that we use in our kitchen, because it is the only room big enough. It is over 100 years old, and we had it refinished (not a cheap deal) and it was the only thing I got from my parents estate, and we love it. When the sister-in-law comes over I am so afraid she will hurt her self by using one of the chairs. She cannot get up from it unless she slides the chair back and then braces herself against something. WE do not have the option to visit at her place because she can not clean her place and does not want any one to come in the house. The three dogs in the house don`t help either. By the way she has many health problems, and told us there is nothing she do medically to help herself. So sad!