Posts Tagged ‘Society and Culture’

Portable Stair Lift and Power Stair Chair Review – Fulfills Growing Stairlift Demand

Friday, November 27th, 2009

The demand for portable mobility products is rapidly increasing due to several factors:

1) People are living longer and the average age in most of the world is increasing. According to a recent study by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social affairs, “In most parts of the world, the 80 and over age group is growing faster than any other, and is expected to continue as the fastest growing segment of the population for at least the next 50 years.”

2) Obesity is on the rise. Two thirds of Americans (60 million people) are overweight or obese, some 3.8 million weigh over 300 lbs.

3) A study recently conducted by several professors at Ohio State University and Colorado State University concluded, “There is undeniably a link between obesity and injury risk in adults, efforts to promote optimal body weight may reduce not only the risk of chronic diseases, but also the risk of unintentional injuries.”

4) According to the U.S Census Bureau, 54 million people in the U.S. are classified as disabled. The United Nations estimates there are 650 million people in the world that are disabled.

With an ever increasing percentage of the world’s population facing disability as either an eventual outcome or a current limitation, the handicapped look toward modern innovation to formulate solutions to accessibility. These solutions often come in the form of rehabilitation (rehab), outpatient care, wheelchairs, scooters, and a want for a method to navigate the endless flights of stairs that haunt the society that we all live in. Those with residences which include stairs to access a second story or the basement are also faced with the high cost of installing expensive stair lift equipment, a residential elevator or even worse, purchasing a new single story home.

As real estate becomes more and more expensive, homes are being built up and down as opposed to single story making the possibility of transitioning to a single floor layout not always plausible. Additionally, installing an expensive stairlift inside a home, only provides a solution for that particular stairwell and does nothing for the patient/disabled person, once they leave their home.

Despite becoming disabled, a vast majority of the disabled do not want to sit idly by waiting for their lives to transpire with them on the sidelines. The desire to continue their daily activities, and fulfill many of their life’s ambitions continues on. Many want to travel the world, where ADA compliance and accessibility often go completely unaddressed. Considering all the stairs that exist in Europe, few hotels or tourist sites offer accessibility options for the disabled. Perhaps justifiably for officials, disabled accessibility for most European sites would be very difficult, if not impossible, to implement to much of a degree in light of the buildings and entire infrastructure being built thousands of years ago without much regard for those that were physically unable to climb the narrow stairways.

Health and Fitness – Stair Lifts

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Excellent quality of mobility devices are of urgent need for persons with physical disabilities. One of the most popular products in the list of the mobility of the equipment used by physically disabled people are stairs lifts.It is among one of the best products on the market these days that helps people with physical disabilities in relation to their daily tasks of climbing up and down through them.

Climbing stairs is always a difficult task for people with physical disabilities. They must have help from others to perform this daunting task. Even a person is unable to help physically disabled people climbing on top. To resolve this problem of the mobility of the equipment manufacturers have begun the development of lifting devices to help disabled people to make this task easier, without additional efforts. Stair lifts are one of the gifts of the latest advances in technology that helped the disabled and members of his family very much.

These stairs have been installed elevators, along with the staircases in the different environment to provide facility to people with physical disabilities, while not disturbing the normal way of the stairs. The installation of these stairs that the lifts are used depends on the type of stairs. That can be installed directly or spiral turn to 180 degrees, 90 degrees or with great turning radius. There is no strict rule after installation type. It is always identical to the type of ladder. Service providers are responsible for the installation and accessories.

Typically, these stairs lifts battery, which can be loaded easily with standard battery chargers. Even electronics use less energy so batteries last longer. Battery operated another advantage is that you can use these stairs lifts, even if a power failure or power outage. Yu do not have to wait to use these lifts stairs.

These lifts are used to transport people along with them very easily without any problems. They can carry different amounts of weight depending on the weight of its users. The seats and leg rests are also adjustable. You can adjust as needed. These devices became a blessing for people with physical disabilities.