Stair lift for elderly mother needed

moonrakerz

Go to Social Services first !

My daughter works for a stair lift company (no names - no pack drill !), most of their work is part, or fully funded by social services in one way or another.

Agapanthus

Quiet_Life wrote: »

Whatever price a chair lift company quotes you, offer them 30-40% LESS. Stick to your guns, you'd be amazed how much they can reduce their price. Whether it is new, recon or ex-demo you still get the same guarantee.

EXCEPT that if you get it from Stannah, they'll buy it back from you afterwards if it's new, but not if it's reconditioned. They wanted money from my Mum to take hers away when she went into a home. I suppose at least she'd paid less for it than a new one would have cost. I put it on ebay instead - at least someone paid her money for it.

Quiet_Life

Most of the companies charge to send an engineer out to remove a chair lift, or uplift it and refit it, e.g. when you want to replace stair carpet.

sandraroffey

social services arranged for a wonderful stairlift to be installed for my dad at no cost to him. they also arranged for this bathroom and seperate loo to be knocked into one, with a big wide door, bath taken out and disability shower installed. they were the business.

wacko911

Bought one on gumtree for £250 for MIL, straight stairs straight track nothing complicated installing it was a 2 man job and about 10 brackets which screwed into the stairs and then a plug on the end of the power cable. When she passed away sold it again on gumtree for £250 to someone local, even helped fit it for them as they were both in wheelchairs.

The minivator one we bought has its original reciept - £2800!!! Its a chair and a motor and a couple of switches at a guess no more than 300 quid it would have cost to manufacture.

Total cost to us in the end was £0, but it did take a whole day to fit and requires a lot of heavy lifting. It might be worthwhile paying someone who fits these day in day out to fit your second hand one and check it out as they can cause injury if all the safety devices aren't checked.

Mojisola

If you buy second-hand, make sure the stairlift was designed to go up the same side of the stairs as you are planning to put it on. Stairlifts have sensors that stop it moving if anything gets caught between the chair and the stairs - these are usually only on the "up" side of the chair.

If you install a stairlift on the other side of the stairs, you risk someone being injured.

Buzby

Your mistake was assuming Age UK was not a commercial organisation - it most certainly is, and their products whilst still competitive, are at the top of the range.

Discounts whether for Insurance or products will always be obtainable cheaper elsewhere. Further, the is a very large market in ex-used stairlifts and a number of firms offer these too, and with a guarantee without hitting 4 figures!

converted

Go to your local social services, not all SS make a charge for stairlifts, i worked for one in central scotland and they would assess and if you meet the criteria it would be fitted at no cost.

Twisted_Cherry

My godmother owns her own home and has very narrow steep stairs in a terraced. She had a stair lift installed by Stanna about six years ago now and it's been a godsend. She has been able to remain independent in her own home, this would not have been possible without the stair lift.

She pays a fee each year to have it maintained and on the two occasions it has broke down they have been out to repair it the next day.

By the way she's 85 and lives alone!

http://www.stannahstairlifts.co.uk/

ivavoucher

Might not be what you are after but they look a good solution

home lift