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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.

Choose the Most Suitable Straight Stairlift

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

Millions of people in the United States have mobility problems that restrict them from easily accessing staircases. Straight stairlifts are ideal devices to help such individuals negotiate straight stairways. When buying these equipments, it is important to choose the most suitable straight stairlift system catering to individual requirements.

A range of stair chair lifts with great utility features are available in the market and users can choose the ones appropriate to their houses. Besides passengers, straight stair lifts can carry heavy loads between floors.

Space saving stairlift models are available in the market for outdoor or indoor applications such as B.07 straight stair chair, Step saver straight chair, Citia stair lift, Flow stair lift, Electra-Ride LT, Electra-Ride Elite, StairGlide stair lift, Electra-Ride II and outdoor Electra-Ride Elite. Most standing and sitting stairlift models work wonderfully on staircases.

You have to be cautious when choosing chair lifts since these are devices that move between floors and safety is therefore a major concern. Choose the most suitable stairlift that comes with safety features such as seat belt and lockable option for extra security. Other utility features to look for are swivel seat, fold-up seat and footrest, smooth start/stop action, remote call stations and charging points. Straight stairlifts are available in a variety of color choices to fit your home or workplace décor. When buying a stair chair lift, it is also important to take account of the user’s weight. Also make sure that the length of the track you select is a perfect fit for your stair and that the controls can be easily operated by the user.

Most of the stair lifts are fitted with electronic and mechanical braking system to stop immediately whenever necessary. These have built-in sensors, which automatically stop its ride whenever they sense obstacles on the path. Chair lifts operate both with AC electricity and battery, the latter option being the better one since the devices powered by battery can function even during power outages.

Today, you can choose from stairway lifts that feature silent operation; these are designed to work on narrow, as well as steep staircases. These safe-to-use stair chair lifts are easy to install on staircases that don’t have any curves or bends.

Manufacturers and dealers can recommend the stair lift most suitable for your purposes. Take care to buy these products from reputable manufacturers who provide stairway lifts that have warranty.

Buyer Beware! – Our “Cut And Shut” Stair Lift Safety Concerns

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
It has been brought to our attention that the number of consumers have been deceived into believing they were buying a curved stair lift manufacturer, when instead of a third, actually had bought a number of lanes of age, short and soldered together to resell as a new curved element.

The term “cut and shut” is derived from an evil practice in the automotive industry in which two vehicles written off are welded together to form a “new” car that is sold to unsuspecting motorists. Now it seems that this “cut and shut” the practice is raising its ugly head in the elevator industry of the stairs. Announced as new or reconditioned models, suppliers of potentially dangerous these lanes are not intended to inform their clients of their real origin.

This practice is dangerous and we urge our readers to be especially attentive to respond to ads for “bargain” stairlifts. It is always better and safer than buying directly from the manufacturer or one of its authorized commercial distributors. If in doubt, always check with the manufacturer that its dealers are. Most companies offering this kind of “cut and close lanes usually only offer a warranty of 12 months due to the increased likelihood of problems.

Home » Curved Stairlifts

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Curve stairlifts are available in many kits to fit the contours of the staircase from almost any application. Kits I can custom curved stair lifts manufactured to fit inside curves, outside curves and corners stairlifteven landings or rollover. Curved stair lifts can be extremely truths solutions for your home to measure.

Curve stairlifts keep the chair of the route of the stairs when not in use the stairs helping your useable by others.

Most curved stairlifts to operate on two 12V batteries along with a powerful 24v motor. When using the ladder chair runs on batteries that permits its use even during power outages. When not in use the chair is attached at the top or the bottom of the stairs where they automatically reconnect to the source of energy to keep the load so its always ready for use.

Curved stair lifts are more expensive than generllly stairlift narrow little brothers. In the homes of Manny curve model may be the only option. There are many kits stair lift to Stanard acoomodate standard designs and curves. Stairlifts custom can be installed in a greater cost. Do not forget to check your personal care plan health insurance for certain what your coverage is and how much you pay your new stair lift curve.

Installation Curved stair lift
Will the added complexity of the curves, its recommended that your stairlift professionally built and installed.