Mobility Equipment for Handicapped People
Article by Richard Hernandez
Mobility devices are essential need for physically disabled and very much helpful in making their life better and respective. These devices make the life of such people comfortable and independent. They don’t have to depend on others. Where ever they want to go or whatever they want to do they can do it with full enthusiasm. In market there is wide range of mobility devices available according to varied needs of physically disabled people and individual’s choice.
Mobility devices available are not so expensive and one can buy them according to their requirements. Mobility devices which are available includes Power Base Electric Wheelchairs, Foldable Electric Wheelchairs, Heavy Duty Electric Wheelchairs, Electric Wheelchairs, Power Chairs, Adjustable Beds, Manual Wheelchairs, Mobility Scooters – Power Scooters, Elderly Scooters, Lift Chairs, Stair Lifts, Wheel Chair Lift, Wheel Chair Ramps, Portable, Wheelchair Ramps, Canes and Crutches, Walkers and Walker Accessories, Commodes. The power wheel chairs are operated by an electronic device or by tiller.
Motorized wheelchairs are good for them who cannot perform mobility effectively. There are canes, walkers which can be used at home in very easy manner. Then there are two positions lift chairs which can be used for sitting, reading, and standing positions. For full recline positions there is Infinite Position Lift Chairs. People with heavy weights and are taller they can have Heavy Duty Lift Chairs. Seat lifts are good product that turns any chair at home into a lift chair. They come in both manual and power models. In wheelchairs there are Transport Wheelchairs, Standard Weight Wheelchairs, Ultra lightweight Wheelchairs, Sport Wheelchairs, and Tilt/Recline Wheelchairs. All these are good for those who spend their most of the time in wheelchairs. They can also be used for mountain tracking with wheelchairs have everything from tennis and basketball to skis and hand cycles.
There are mobility scooters like three wheeled or four wheeled scooters by which person can go anywhere and help them to travel in road, for broken leg or lifelong disability there is standard crutches. So these mobility devices are important and good means for disable and old people. They can lead an independent and decent life with the help of these devices.
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Drive Medical Duet Transport Chair/Rollator, Black
- Easy converts from rollator to transport chair and back again
- Comes with padded seat and pouch
- 300lb weight capacity
- Seat height can be raised up to 2″
- Large 8″ wheels are ideal for indoor and out doors.
Duet Transport Chair/ Rollator combines the features of a transport chair and rollator; so an individual can ambulate by themselves or be pushed by a caregiver. The two position padded contoured back rest can be attached to the front or the back to provide maximum comfort and convenience. Large 8″ wheels are ideal for outdoor or indoor use. The duet comes with a set of 2 spacers to raise the seat up to 2″. For your comfort the Duet has a padded seat and a pouch to store your belongings. Weights
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Question by Donnas: HELP! my coworkers are being very mean toward me and my mobility scooter?
HELPS ME OUT! ok? i just got a new mobility scoot to helps me get arounds town due to my large 6’5″ 200 llb frame. i am not a handicapped as i am only 43 years old, i just dont enjoy to walk very oftens and unnecessarily so i inquired about a mobility scoot and purchased a new one to helps me transport around town and the offices. The office i am at is not very acomoding to mobility scoots and they are making it very difficulted for me to gets up on the elevate and scoots around my cubby and to the bathrooms. I have removed my officed chair to make room for my mobility scoot but i still find it very cramped and so does my cubby cube mate. Helps me out, how can i get the offices to be more acceptable toward my mobility scoot and my personal preferences?
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Answer by lovely232
tell them to deal with it and accept the fact that you’re cooler than them.
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Great multi purpose machine,
I bought the Duet for my mother to replace a rollator (rolling walker/wheeled walker). She would walk a short distance and then turn around in sit in it and expect my dad to push her. It was pretty hard on dad. I suggested that we get her a wheelchair, to which she responded, absolutely NOT. A wheelchair would make her look old and frail (never mind she is 92 and frail) ;->
So here are the great reasons to buy this unit.
Wheels are larger than most rollators (wheeled walkers), this is important as it makes it easier to go over bumps on the floor (metal carpet joints, elevator entrances etc.) while sitting in the unit.
The seat height is adjustable, this is working out for her because she tends to sit in it and pull herself along with her feet (walking without standing)- sort of the antithesis of a walker.
There is a fold away foot rest. Lift it up and she can walk for herself, fold it down and she can put her feet up and just ride along.
There are handholds going in both directions, a place to hold on to while she is being pushed or motivating herself around.
The seat lifts up and has storage underneath.
Light weight and easy to handle, my father (90) can fold it up and put it in the trunk of the car (yes I know that’s scary).
The back rest is reversible. It can be easily changed from a rolling walker to a transport chair simply by removing the back and putting back on the other side, no tools needed.
Now for the problem. One of the fork fasteners has stripped out. The unit comes with a limited lifetime warranty so I’ll follow up with an update on what it takes to get service.
I gave the unit 5 star rating because of the utilitarian design and the initial experience.
****** 9/10/2010 Now for the update on the repair.
The problem initially was a squeaky wheel that was hard to move. When I took a look at it the whole front wheel assembly fell out of the rollator/transport chair (this isn’t really a problem because there is almost downward pressure on the wheel holding it on to the chair). The bolt that held the assembly to the chair had stripped out about top half inch. It really is easy to get at and I could fix it temporarily by removing a lock washer on the top and reattaching the fork assembly with the bolt (there is a jam nut to lock it in place). The repair only took 10 minutes.
I called the place where mom got the chair, they gave me the name of a repair service that they use and told me to call. I called and had them order the part, it was to take a week or 2 to get the part in and I’d have a friend install it for mom (I live out of town). I let mom know what was happening and left for home.
2 days later mom forgot what I had told her and called (sort of fortunately) the same repair place, they came out picked up the chair to fix it. Now there wasn’t communication between the repair and parts depts. so they ordered a second part. Why would a medical device repair business pick up a working unit, stranding a 92 year woman without her chair without knowing if they had a part for it? And then keep the chair for a week or more waiting for a part? After they got the unit and the part they determined that the other front fork fastener was also bad, so they held the chair up for another week+.
Now for the warranty, apparently the manufacturer, Drive Medical, warrants the device to the dealer – BUT NOT THE END USER!! Strange concept. I contacted Drive Medical a couple of times over this and they sent me back to the dealer that sold the device to my mother. The dealer was at a loss on how to handle the problem – because I had dissembled the chair and was describing the problem in detail to a nice lady that wasn’t very mechanically inclined, they sent me directly to the repair firm.
When the repair was finished there was a bill for parts and service. I spoke to the repair shop and their position was that the repair would have been free if she had purchased the chair from them, but because she bought it from someone else there was a charge for services. I now entered into a email campaign CC and/or BCCing the manufacturer, the sales dealer and the repair shop. I pointed out the limited warranty was posted on the manufactures web site and failed to mention having to return the device to the selling firm. After enough bitching and moaning, the selling firm and the servicer got together and took care of the bill, so mom didn’t have to pay anything for the repair (there really shouldn’t have been a charge for this failure, it was a manufacturing flaw and was a warranted item).
The chair is still in service. And well worth the price on Amazon sells it for. My mother paid $100 in insurance deductible to purchase her Duet chair (I’d love to know how much more…
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The rollator works good but when we received it, it had a part missing, albeit, cosmetic, it bothered me that we spent that much money and it not be whole. I called Amazon and we would have to send the whole chair back because they would not call Drive and get the part. Drive will not deal with the public but said that the dealer could get the part from them and send it to me. They would not even try to do that. I think the chair also needs to have a softer seat. My Mother does not have a lot of weight and the chair hurts her backside. Other than that it works good.
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Very happy with the quality of the product and it’s ability to switch into a transport chair. The main purpose was to assist a physically limited person through a vacation. It made transporting much easier thru airports, parking lots, buildings, etc. Great price for a great product. One local vendor wanted $300 for it.
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|If you are too lazy to walk you need the services of a psychiatrist.
You are just plain lazy. I’m not suprised that they are being mean to you! Sell the stupid mobility scooter and start walking, you lazy sod!
Hey, scooters are fun even disability ones but do it on your own time if you have to. I am 5′ 7″ at about 184 lbs. My wife is disabled and has a scooter but I admit at first for a while that I had some fun using it obviously that passed within a few days
I really hope this is a passing phase for you, otherwise I am inclined to agree with other people’s comments here.
Well, your in an office. I can’t imagine that your office is so big that after sitting in your chair for 75% of the day, that you can’t get up and walk to the bathroom or stand on the elevator. In fact, I’m guessing its not since you have problems getting the large scooter in the small spaces. Your not that big of a woman, very tall yes, but your weight is not seriously heavy for your height. And you are only 43 years old. What do you expect from these people? Can you please explain why you just don’t feel like walking around? Do you have arthritis? Knee problems? Anything that actually makes walking difficult, or you just feel like being lazy because you are tall? Maybe just leave it in the car for the mall or something, walk around the office. If you keep this up, you won’t be able to put weight on your legs in much longer and you will then be seriously overweight for your height. You should really put some more thought into this situation. Walking is not an unnecessary thing, it keeps our bodies healthy. Don’t you want to be healthy? Or do you want to be bedridden by the time you are 60?? Aren’t your kids only teenagers still? Don’t you want to enjoy life with them? Right now there is nothing preventing you from doing just that, but stay on the track you are on, and you’ll never live to welcome grandchildren into this world.