Disability Products

deefin

victory wrote: »

Would the swivel board the exercise one put in the car swivel with you to help you out?

I have one of the claws:D

The banister one sounds excellent but I do not have a banister well I do just a thick piece of long wood one side, then nothing on the next set of stairs as the wall is there, so there are 6 steps-long wood, 7 steps nothing just wall, they go around, 6 steps, a big bit of landing, turn corner 7 steps. I have no chance:D

The pulley also fantastic but I carry nothing heavy, ever, gave up on that a long time ago:D

I did buy this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Handybar-Auto-Entry-Exit-Handle/dp/B0007PF8PU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311267419&sr=8-1 but unfortunately it did not fit the car, wasted money, maybe not as when I get into someone else's car I can use it if the hole fits

your occupational therapist can have the council adaptions unit put in extra banisters for you , my home has wooden walls so i cant have a stair lift the walls cant take the weight , which is why ive come up with my " u haul" ideas for getting me and my bits n bobs upstairs the pulley takes most of the weight i find i can get my laundry and stuff upstsirs with few problems .. when i couldnt actually carry it up myself

i have one of those swivel boards and use it for all sorts they are light and can take your standing weight , for car use yes they work , but you might want to add a foam cushion ..
its almost identical for use as one of these
http://www.betterlifehealthcare.com/view_product.php?prodID=253
but over £130 cheaper !!!!!!!!!!

sunnyone

deefin wrote: »

your occupational therapist can have the council adaptions unit put in extra banisters for you , my home has wooden walls so i cant have a stair lift the walls cant take the weight , which is why ive come up with my " u haul" ideas for getting me and my bits n bobs upstairs the pulley takes most of the weight i find i can get my laundry and stuff upstsirs with few problems .. when i couldnt actually carry it up myself

i have one of those swivel boards and use it for all sorts they are light and can take your standing weight , for car use yes they work , but you might want to add a foam cushion ..
its almost identical for use as one of these
http://www.betterlifehealthcare.com/view_product.php?prodID=253
but over £130 cheaper !!!!!!!!!!

Stair lifts arnt attached to the walls, they are fitted to the stair's themselves ie. the are fitted to the floor only.

deefin

sunnyone wrote: »

Stair lifts arnt attached to the walls, they are fitted to the stair's themselves ie. the are fitted to the floor only.

depends on the stair lift , how much space you have and if you are buying yourself or getting through adaptions or not
i have a very narrow stair thats metal . and wooden walls .. its an unusual house build . these homes were thrown up by british steel in the 50's for steelworkers ,
the construction is so unusuall its almost impossible to even get a mortgage these days because of the type of build
the stiars are to narrow for a stair mounted lift and the walls are to weak or id have one

sunnyone

deefin wrote: »

depends on the stair lift , how much space you have and if you are buying yourself or getting through adaptions or not

I have had three starilifts, my family home has had another three, we shopped for five of those ourselves with just my first one being provided by SS and all of those stairlifts and every single one I see at NAIDEX and other disability events has been floor mounted and they are suitable for every home that conforms with building regs as they come in various tracks and seats to fit every home.

victory

you mean like this?

sunnyone

victory wrote: »

you mean like this?

Thats my current stairlift!

victory

deefin wrote: »

check out wilkinsons they have 75% off their disability aids instore at the moment . i bought a high rise loo seat for £6.25p same one from dissability shop without vat was 29.99 .. they also have key truners @ 1.25p tap turners also 1.25.. bath seats , ect ect
if you can get to a t j hughes , they are clsoing down ,, buy some dr cook sauce pans , they have them for under £5 @ the moment each and they have special handles for arthritic hands ,, i love mine

I went to a large wilkinsons and they said they have never had any disability aids and cannot find anything on their website?

TJHughes can you upload a photo or link, was looking and could not find them?

victory

The twist and turn got from boot fair today for 50p does not work in the car, also got a can opener brand new £2:D

luxor4t

If you do need to buy an item you could find that it is VAT exempt: http://www.ageuk.org.uk/cymru/get-involved/make-a-donation3/vat-exemption-/ (and other sites).
I have a raised insert for the toilet & an electric lift & recline chair, both VAT exempt.

sunnyone

luxor4t wrote: »

If you do need to buy an item you could find that it is VAT exempt: http://www.ageuk.org.uk/cymru/get-involved/make-a-donation3/vat-exemption-/ (and other sites).
I have a raised insert for the toilet & an electric lift & recline chair, both VAT exempt.

Just because you can get something VAT exempt dosnt mean that it will be cheaper, I have portable ramps that I use to visit other peoples homes (im a full time powerchair user) and my ramps are better and cheaper than any disability ramps, mine are from machine mart and are brilliant even after years of regular use in my last car and my regualr heair dresser visits etc. ontop on visiting etc.

I would also never, ever buy batteries aimed at any disability aid, both my stairlift and powertrike run on motor bike batteries which are identical to the batteries sold for disabled people but much cheaper even with the VAT.