Does anyone have any experience of these. My husband's mobility has declined dramatically in the past few months and I am now having to use a wheelchair for most trips outside the home. This week the daycare manager rang me to advise that they were going to bring a wheelchair for him to use when the bus takes him to daycare. Only a couple of months back he was able to climb the steps onto the bus, albeit assisted by two carers. Then this became impossible so they had to use the hydraulic platform. Now we are experiencing problems getting him to transfer from a sitting to standing position. All of this is making me face up to the fact that he likely is going to be needing to use a wheelchair actually around the home soon which will mean we need to devise a way of getting upstairs.
One of the carers I know who I see occasionally at the AS carers group has his wife in a wheelchair and is currently having a downstairs extension planned so all the facilities needed for her care will be on hand. But he told me his LA, this is different from ours as although we only live a few miles apart we are in different counties, had suggested a through the floor lift.
Having looked at these I wonder if this might work for us. Currently I assist my husband up and down the stairs (only once daily) but recently everytime my heart is in my mouth wondering whether we will make it.
Our case is currently open with a SW allocated as we are being recommended for a fourth day at the daycare.
I saw there was another post regarding stairlifts but I think this would not work for my husband as he is blind and anyway the transfer would be a nightmare. I want to do anything I can to care for him at home.
Tre
One of the carers I know who I see occasionally at the AS carers group has his wife in a wheelchair and is currently having a downstairs extension planned so all the facilities needed for her care will be on hand. But he told me his LA, this is different from ours as although we only live a few miles apart we are in different counties, had suggested a through the floor lift.
Having looked at these I wonder if this might work for us. Currently I assist my husband up and down the stairs (only once daily) but recently everytime my heart is in my mouth wondering whether we will make it.
Our case is currently open with a SW allocated as we are being recommended for a fourth day at the daycare.
I saw there was another post regarding stairlifts but I think this would not work for my husband as he is blind and anyway the transfer would be a nightmare. I want to do anything I can to care for him at home.
Tre