I always admire those beautiful carved canes or the canes from Ireland.
I figure, if you need something like that, make it an accessory!

A word about canes.  Most people breathe a sigh of relief when their
loved one gets a cane or walker, thinking that it can only help.  In
most cases that is true, but there is a small incidence of folks who
have that dreaded accident within the first month of getting a cane, on
account of the fact that, in addition to dizziness, or whatever the
cause, they now have another object to contend with which can be so
distracting that it prevents them from being able to save themselves
when they fall, or even clumsiness with the cane itself causes the
fall.  Or heaviness, in the case of the walker.  Also, coping with wet
floors becomes a particularly new hazard.

The remedy is simple, but time-consuming for someone in the family.
The first month or two, someone needs to be close-by and handy to help
their loved one slowly adjust to the new reflexes of walking with a
cane.  It involves three limbs, rather than the previous two.  Since
walking is like riding a bicycle, it can be a great challenge to try to
unlearn it, and relearn it with a cane.

Hoping that forewarned is forearmed, not trying to be a doomsayer.

--tension