saxavordian

saxavordian

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Hello Gang.
Some advise needed in concerns with aiding a wheelchair bound passenger via the front seat. I have tried adapting a wooden platform to aid a wheelchair to gain even height to the passenger seat. But I would like to improve this make this more safer to and from the wheelchair. I would be very much interested from fellow drivers with similar predicament or better solutions.
 
saxavordian said:
Hello Gang.
Some advise needed in concerns with aiding a wheelchair bound passenger via the front seat. I have tried adapting a wooden platform to aid a wheelchair to gain even height to the passenger seat. But I would like to improve this make this more safer to and from the wheelchair. I would be very much interested from fellow drivers with similar predicament or better solutions.
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hi

can u install any grab handles etc inside the vehicle , ref ur ramp , if it makes the wheel chair level with the car seat-would something like a slip mat or board to aid the passenger to slide across into the seat

assume the wheelchair has removable sides

just ideas
 
gstuart said:
http://www.focusondisability.org.uk/disabled-car-motoring-aids.html

http://www.rica.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/pdfs/mobility/getting-into-and-out-of-car.pdf
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Cheers for that. My mum has limited hand power due to arthritis. The issue revolves around the power she had in her knees or lack of now. Ironically she had both knees replaced but last one worked for a while but now regressed to a point were I have to be the powerlifter. I have read a few article on a transfer board and I inquired about a special attachment to extend the seat side but the latter was rejected by the company seller for Freelanders only standard cars.
 
You should email Colin Furze. He'll get her wheel chair going so fast, she won't need to get in your car. :)

Other than that, I'm afraid I have no experience/advice.
 
GrumpyGel said:
You should email Colin Furze. He'll get her wheel chair going so fast, she won't need to get in your car. :)

Other than that, I'm afraid I have no experience/advice.
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Might perk her up a bit knowing the police around here trying to catch here for speeding.:rolleyes::p:D. Seems like you have to buy a dedicated vehicle these days to bypass an issue with getting out of cars. :( I can see the problem she has but when you're frazzled and pea for my brain getting mushy and not having great amount of funds to opt for alternative frankly any solution to keep my Freelander 1 is a must. There is not a lot of room to play with to ensure safety is compromised when lifting to and from passenger and wheelchair without causing harm. I will look at a transfer board as the cheaper option and give it some serous thought.;)
 
Ref transferring from the chair to the vehicle:
My brother is wheelchair bound and he uses a banana board to slide from his chair into the car seat. They're quite slippery to make it as easy as possible to slide across. Not sure if this is helpful or not but thought I'd mention it.

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saxavordian said:
Cheers for that. My mum has limited hand power due to arthritis. The issue revolves around the power she had in her knees or lack of now. Ironically she had both knees replaced but last one worked for a while but now regressed to a point were I have to be the powerlifter. I have read a few article on a transfer board and I inquired about a special attachment to extend the seat side but the latter was rejected by the company seller for Freelanders only standard cars.
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sorry to hear about ur mum and must also be upsetting for ur mum

i spent a year in a wheel chair after serious back surgery and understand even the slant of the pavement can be challenging

just an idea , i wonder if u used a board from the wheelchair to the seat , ie, installing some drawer like runners screwed onto the board with a seat on top, so the seat on top of the board can slide from one end of the board to the other

but of course have the issue of then getting off the board , or how about a sliding seat on the board that goes from the side of the wheelchair to the same level as the car seat , like a small table that has a sliding seat on top,

does that make sense and just a thought

as a side note , it was one of the other reasons i bought the D3 so i could drop the entire suspension , no longer need a wheelchair but helps a lot i can get in easily , also my parents who are nearly 90 find it a lot easier than trying to get into a car where the seats are lower
 
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Like Gary, I bought a Discovery 3 simply so I could take my paralysed dad out on family trips. The dropping suspension made access easy when fully down, and exit easy when at normal hight.
I did sell it on once his condition worsened and he became bedridden.


There'll be a solution though, there always is. Sometimes we just need to think outside the box. ;)
 
Nodge68 said:
Like Gary, I bought a Discovery 3 simply so I could take my paralysed dad out on family trips. The dropping suspension made access easy when fully down, and exit easy when at normal hight.
I did sell it on once his condition worsened and he became bedridden.


There'll be a solution though, there always is. Sometimes we just need to think outside the box. ;)
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so sorry to hear that
 
Hi being disabled my self I understand your problem ,can your mum stand at all as I had a friend who was very badly disabled and to get him in my car I had a small step the he could step onto and then sit on the seat and twist around but know for twisting around you can get a disabled rotating piece sorry I can not think of the name also your mums knees and I speak from personal experience you need to keep walking , if I am stuck in the house because of bad weather my knee tightens up and is bad to move , as soon as the better weather is here I am getting an excersise bike I can not go through another winter like this , and believe me when it is cold my knees ache .
 
teddywood1 said:
Hi being disabled my self I understand your problem ,can your mum stand at all as I had a friend who was very badly disabled and to get him in my car I had a small step the he could step onto and then sit on the seat and twist around but know for twisting around you can get a disabled rotating piece sorry I can not think of the name also your mums knees and I speak from personal experience you need to keep walking , if I am stuck in the house because of bad weather my knee tightens up and is bad to move , as soon as the better weather is here I am getting an excersise bike I can not go through another winter like this , and believe me when it is cold my knees ache .
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She struggles as I have to handle the powerlifting side. I read on Amazon a few comments about the Yellow Banana transfer board apparently they feel it maybe a bit to short for car usage. Pity but Ill persevere and look a a longer version for more stability.
 
gstuart said:
sorry to hear about ur mum and must also be upsetting for ur mum

i spent a year in a wheel chair after serious back surgery and understand even the slant of the pavement can be challenging

just an idea , i wonder if u used a board from the wheelchair to the seat , ie, installing some drawer like runners screwed onto the board with a seat on top, so the seat on top of the board can slide from one end of the board to the other

but of course have the issue of then getting off the board , or how about a sliding seat on the board that goes from the side of the wheelchair to the same level as the car seat , like a small table that has a sliding seat on top,

does that make sense and just a thought

as a side note , it was one of the other reasons i bought the D3 so i could drop the entire suspension , no longer need a wheelchair but helps a lot i can get in easily , also my parents who are nearly 90 find it a lot easier than trying to get into a car where the seats are lower
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There is a version of that mention on Amazon but the price is over 300 beerchits Also you will face a weight issue to compensate for the seat and runners and passenger.
 
Have you spoken to Motability about getting a suitably adapted car? (It might be your mum who has to 'own' it in some way, but at least they know all about adapting vehicles for disability, they'll have done thousands just like this.) Sorry if that's already old news to you of course!

Might have to liaise with her GP to make sure she's on the right benefits to qualify - must admit I don't know anything about that particularly (for a change...).
 
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