| I know that you must be thinking it is not easy to move | | | | confined to a wheelchair to be able to go up and |
| a wheelchair bound person about their home, onto a | | | | downstairs without the aid of anyone else. No matter |
| different level, without an elevator. This really isn't | | | | how many times they need to visit one of the upper |
| necessary. You can have a wheelchair stair lift the | | | | rooms they will not have to bother anyone else. They |
| same way you can have one to transport sit-on users | | | | will be completely safe operating the lift on their own, |
| on the house stairs. This is not going to be as | | | | safe operating it and safe riding on it. |
| inexpensive as a sit-on model naturally, but, it is | | | | Not being wheelchair bound myself, I can only imagine |
| definitely going to be cheaper to install than an elevator. | | | | just what a life changing application this would be, just |
| For a start you don't need to start knocking your | | | | to be able to go anywhere in your home under your |
| house about, making structural alterations to | | | | own steam. Not to have to depend on others and not |
| accommodate the elevator. You have the stairs | | | | to have to worry about how safe you will be when |
| therefore you have the means to transport a | | | | you need to go upstairs. |
| wheelchair up them. This type of stair lift will take more | | | | I think too about how much help this would be for the |
| room on the stairs when in motion, but I wouldn't think it | | | | people who have responsibility for the disabled |
| necessary for anyone else who is ambulatory to be | | | | person's safety and wellbeing. Either live-in or |
| using the stairs at the same time, therefore - no | | | | otherwise. If say a parent was disabled enough to |
| problem! | | | | need a wheelchair, how relieved you would be to be |
| It will require tracks at each side of the staircase, but it | | | | able to make it possible for them to enjoy their own |
| probably will take less room than the chair type when | | | | home to the full in the safest possible way. |
| not in use. Your supplier of this type of installation | | | | You wouldn't need to constantly be worrying about |
| would be the best person to help you choose the best | | | | whether they had fallen or were stuck somewhere in |
| type of traction. They could advise you about exactly | | | | the home. The peace of mind would be enormous and |
| what it would entail installing your wheelchair lift. | | | | the freedom to enjoy life for the users of the |
| Just think what it would mean to someone who is | | | | wheelchair stair lifts would be so amazing. |