Wheechairs
Jan. 27th, 2006 09:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
westernindDoes anyone know about wheelchairs? My mother has asked me to find out prices for 'a bog standard non motorised wheelchair'. The situation is that having lost a huge amount of weight rapidly through undiagnosed diabetes, muscle wastage means that her legs sometimes collapse beneath her without warning and she falls and hurts herself. Although physio makes things a bit better, she wants a wheelchair because she doesn't feel safe. Her arms are also not strong enough for sticks.
Finding out the basics isn't so hard, a google search brings up the Help the Aged site and Wheelchairs-R-Us(!). What I'd like to know is what makes a good wheelchair? Any review sites? She'd be pushed rather than propelling herself. In the meantime, Venice in four weeks' time arrrgggh. Finding a chair that can cope better with cobbles would be good. bigger wheels? But lightweight and transportable also necessary.
PS
Do not go on crash diets, kiddies. :-(
Finding out the basics isn't so hard, a google search brings up the Help the Aged site and Wheelchairs-R-Us(!). What I'd like to know is what makes a good wheelchair? Any review sites? She'd be pushed rather than propelling herself. In the meantime, Venice in four weeks' time arrrgggh. Finding a chair that can cope better with cobbles would be good. bigger wheels? But lightweight and transportable also necessary.
PS
Do not go on crash diets, kiddies. :-(
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Date: 2006-01-27 10:00 am (UTC)Supermarkets loan wheel chairs for shopping but some are better than others - space in isles & manoeuvring around displays. My mum likes sainsburies best.
Also look into the local towns & see what they do for motorbility. Although she doesn't want to buy a motor one a lot of towns centres hire out motorised ones while you are there shopping.
Having a good hunting stick maybe another help too, then when she does get tired she can sit.
I've asked my mum for other suggestions & will post when I get them.
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Date: 2006-01-27 11:29 am (UTC)It's Red cross that will loan them out.
She bought hers of ebay (which was the cheapest way of buying them) from Stay Mobile LTD 9, Mowat Industrial Estate, Sandown Rd., Watford, Herts.
01923 228070
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Date: 2006-01-27 11:49 am (UTC)Re: More detail
Date: 2006-01-27 12:09 pm (UTC)She's had very different experiences when travelling some countries have a very good disability policy some very bad. She hasn't been to venice though.