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Disabled Stairlifts
from:Choosing the Right Equipment Is Essential
The correct equipment will make a big difference to a disabled
person in helping him or her to live independently in the home.
Before buying a disabled stairlift, the disabled person is well
advised to get advice from a specialist and to try out the
equipment before purchasing it. It is essential to purchase what
is right for the disabled person and that too, at the right
price. Often, due to ill-health, old age or disability one is
unable to ascend or descend stairs and will thus require a
disabled stairlift that should give back the freedom of access
to a disabled person. This may necessitate purchasing the
disabled stairlift from a specialist firm and solution provider,
and obtaining impartial advice should help decide on which type
of disabled stairlift is most suitable.
Some of the desired features of a disabled stairlift include
unique fire response system, call stations, generous vision
panels, in-car lowering, in-car telephone and over speed
governors. There will also be need for special grab handles and
special controls that will provide additional safety features
for the disabled persons.
There are special disabled stairlifts made that can be used with
wheelchairs and are designed for safety, flexibility as well as
independence, and with advanced design features, one can get
even more benefits. There are different modes that can take
seated, standard as well as large wheelchairs up to three meters
in height and even three and a half meters up. With
free-standing tracks, there is no need of a load-bearing wall
and so allows greater choice in where to locate the disabled
stairlift. It would also have fixed internal ramp that provides
a gentle incline and makes accessibility easier. The car does
not take much room and allows for increased space outside the
lift for maneuvering a wheelchair.
The disabled stairlifts may also have multi-handed doors and
controls that can be fitted to either left or right, and with
clever designing, it is possible to even change both controls
and doors from left to right and vice versa. To provide the
disabled person with even more independence, there can also be
provision for powered doors, which is mostly an optional
feature.
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