I wonder if any of you kind TP'ers can help with some advice on wheelchairs...
My mother has come to the point where it is a real struggle to walk (with frame) from the sitting room to the loo and bedroom.
She expends most of her energy just trying to get up out of her chair, although I have bought, at vast expense, a riser/recliner armchair, and then has very little energy left for her very slow walking down the corridor.
She also has been developing a real fear of going to the loo, it is a small room and needs navigation round the legs of the raised seat and she is becoming less and less mobile and won't concentrate on instructions.
So, I feel the need of a wheelchair but realise this will also mean lots of getting up and down out of it. Added to this she has a severe curvature of the spine, so it is all extra difficult.
Can anyone recommend what type I should try and find, whether it is possible to get 2nd hand ones, and possibly do they come with commode type of seats? Just don't know what I need really. I have hired from Red Cross a couple of times but they are so old and ropey and heavy and I reckon a more modern sort would be better.
Any advice would be most welcome, thanks.
My mother has come to the point where it is a real struggle to walk (with frame) from the sitting room to the loo and bedroom.
She expends most of her energy just trying to get up out of her chair, although I have bought, at vast expense, a riser/recliner armchair, and then has very little energy left for her very slow walking down the corridor.
She also has been developing a real fear of going to the loo, it is a small room and needs navigation round the legs of the raised seat and she is becoming less and less mobile and won't concentrate on instructions.
So, I feel the need of a wheelchair but realise this will also mean lots of getting up and down out of it. Added to this she has a severe curvature of the spine, so it is all extra difficult.
Can anyone recommend what type I should try and find, whether it is possible to get 2nd hand ones, and possibly do they come with commode type of seats? Just don't know what I need really. I have hired from Red Cross a couple of times but they are so old and ropey and heavy and I reckon a more modern sort would be better.
Any advice would be most welcome, thanks.
