Anyone have a wheelchair stair climber ?

HB58

But the stairclimber would - hopefully - allow the OP to visit friends, whereas the through-floor lift would not.

Richie-from-the-Boro

HB58 wrote: »

But the stairclimber would - hopefully - allow the OP to visit friends, whereas the through-floor lift would not.

Good idea, negligence means doing something that a prudent and reasonable person would not do – or failing to do what such a person would do - so check your mi££ion pound cover home insurance covers your legal duty of care, for example, of a visitor to your home. Best wishes HB58.

Savvy_Sue

longforgotten wrote: »

Well, I'm still interested.


I've been told a new one is £5000, second hand between £2500 to £3000. It's a motorised contraption so how much pulling is involved I just don't know.


Its a thought for the future anyway, to enable me to visit friends. I can't take the money with me when I go so, if I like it once I've tried it, I will be treating myself.

Just a question, but will you be able to fit your wheelchair and the lift into your car? And get it in and out at each end? (I realise that at the friends' end you'll have the friends, but back home?)

longforgotten

Savvy Sue, it'll be fine I won't be on my lonesome.


I'm surprised that this bit of kit is not more common place


How do you visit friends when they live in a flat that is not on the ground floor. Not all flats have lifts. Not all places are accessible anyway to wheelchairs or the scooters.


I suppose it's the price ??

Maincarer

Several years ago my son was due to start at a mainstream school. The school wanted him to have one of these devices. Fortunately for us our local Wheelchair Service did their own investigations and discovered that a child had died using one of these. Needless to say the matter wasn't pursued and the school had three lifts fitted.

Please do not consider using one.

Richie-from-the-Boro

O/T's and LA's are aware of their risks. It is a shame but the risks even in the very megga expensive gyro controlled type that sense and adjust an individuals centre of gravity are huge. Sadly there's plenty of evidence of science and innovation exists at a high cost but little evidence that it changes users' lives in ways existing alternatives can not.

longforgotten

The last few comments are a bit of an eye opener.......


So can you please let me know how someone can visit/stay with a friend who lives in a first floor flat if they cannot walk up the communal stairs and the flats do not have a lift.


What alternatives are there, except don't visit

Savvy_Sue

longforgotten wrote: »

The last few comments are a bit of an eye opener.......


So can you please let me know how someone can visit/stay with a friend who lives in a first floor flat if they cannot walk up the communal stairs and the flats do not have a lift.


What alternatives are there, except don't visit

I guess the answer is visit on accessible territory. Or they come to you.

My mother can't manage stairs. When we go away with her we stay in accessible places. She wouldn't be able to stay with me because we don't have a downstairs bathroom and she wouldn't get up the stairs. The last time I met her was at a shopping centre which has level access and a nice cafe area.

I know it's not ideal, but maybe better than nothing.

Ken_Howard

The fact is you have to live your life. Don't pay too much attention to those who go ...oooooh it might be dangerous. Of course there are risks .... life is a risk.These naysayers would rather we all stayed home wrapped in cotton wool and I don't suppose they've even looked at the stats for stairlifts. I've been using a stairclimber for ages and it seems ok to me. Just Google " Stairlift accidents" to see just how many accidents occur with perfectly ordinary conventional stairlifts. I really can't see that there is any additional risk in using a stairclimber but if you want to be completely safe.... stay home and tell your friends to stay home too.

GlasweJen

I don't have one but have used one before and I would avoid using it again. It's not comfortable and I kept feeling like I was going to tip over - horrible sensation.