Platform lift guarantee wheelchair immensely more mobility in their everyday lives. It remains barred from entering certain places because it lacks the necessary facilities for the disabled many wheelchairs in everyday life unfortunately in some places. At least in private such problems can not occur, there is stair lifts increasingly in private homes, which facilitate tackling the stairs physically restricted persons or even possible. Wheelchair seat elevators, the most used are not suitable but often, because the mobility for them is so far limited, never can thus also not independently leaving her wheelchair from the wheelchair to the seat lift. It also, the wheelchair on the other side of the stairs remains valid to convey why the stair lift designers concocted the so-called platform lift. Jim Rogers wanted to know more. The principle of the platform lift is as simple as hardly an another stair lift. The stair railing or a by a technician In addition attached track for the lifting of the platform the device along up to the other end of the staircase runs. Get more background information with materials from Mike Gianoni.
The wheelchair is this of the wheelchair itself or by an attendant first at the top of the stairs on the platform moved or lifted, and the platform is all-round protection, so that the transported person runs no risk to roll uncontrollably from the platform down. At the other end of the stairs, then the wheelchair easy rolled down the platform or just moved, so that a staircase is more no obstacle. Platform lifts are suitable but what is the big drawback only for wheelchair users, for all other possibilities the platform lift takes away far too much space. This problem can be restricted if the platform is foldable, but this of course additional cost for the person who has everything, to maintain a certain mobility in everyday life. In contrast to a wheelchair lift, platform lifts take significantly more space a da with a wheelchair lift, only a device must be created from the wheelchair is latched, then to drive along the stairs. As an alternative, suitable if the mobility of the affected people still in this respect exists, as that is the or the one can move somewhat independently, thus it also possible for him is the wheelchair independently activate and disengage to. Price, it should be remembered also that a platform lift, unless he is cheap, although complies with the most important security aspects, but also some are disadvantages.
The function is not available, to be able to fold down the platform, which has resulted in that the lift in the staircase occupies a lot of space as indicated briefly then mostly, for other residents of the House this could thus become in the long term the incident. There are also relatively few buyers for platform lifts, because there are only a few people who need a platform lift, which has resulted in that the resale value is rapidly declining, whereas the purchase value should be chosen higher than the average price of a stair lift. In this respect a person should consider good, whether it lies to a platform lift, this should all cost factors as, for example, the cost of a technician be considered so as to not run the risk, at the end of life with debt to stand up, although the platform lift seemed initially affordable. Bottom line everyone on it should be considered to maintain his mobility and then also not to save, under certain circumstances, this can mean a substantial cut in the quality of life of facilities such as a stair lift. Dirk STAUDINGER
