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Mrs zip’s mum now lives downstairs in her house as she’s so wobbly.
She is so bloody stubborn that she wouldn’t have a stair lift fitted. The ones that go through the floor look like a good solution.
Has anyone had one fitted? How much and was there much upheaval?
Can't directly answer your question but in all the houses we are currently building we make provision for a future lift, so power supply there and floor joists already trimmed out etc.
Has she been referred to your local Occupation Therapy service? Going through them should be your first step to see what help they can offer for various things.
My wive's an OT, I'll ask her, but obviously it's a fair sized space needed in a suitable location, big holes in floor/ceiling, electrics etc....
Just to add my mam has lived downstairs for years, luckily the bathroom is down stairs. She probably hasn't even been up stairs for 10years or more, only we do when we visit. Is there an actual need to go upstairs?
@ long dog ,the downstairs loo involves a long walk (big house) and steps to get to.
Upstairs the loo is right next door to her old bedroom.
Plus if she can get upstairs it’s easier to convert her bath to a shower than have a whole new room fitted downstairs.
Mrs LD says get one with a seat. Depending on model they're around 4' by 4', but you need to allow space for door to swing open up and downstairs and would need the upstairs room to be full height too, not a gable. It obviously take a good chunk of space out of both rooms.
You'd have to pay private as no LA will put one in where a stair lift could be fitted instead . She says £10k to £15k for one fitted.
She says a stair lift is a lot easier to fit and remove and a lot cheaper £2k to £4k with no structural work needed.
Good luck. My mam is similarly stubborn, it's taken us an age to let us get her a bath lift in (adamantly refuses any sort of shower), and then train her how to use it 😂
Yes. I had put one in to a conversion for my in laws. It’s a Stiltz trio wheelchair - slightly odd cut-out, which bemused the builder, but has been great. https://www.stiltz.co.uk/trio-home-lift-overview/
Paid £18K including fitting and a 2 year warranty.
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Platform lifts not too difficult IF you have the space in the right place, luckily we could for my mum (but 20 odd years ago), look up a local supplier and get a survey.
Not much help but during renovations I removed a home brewed version from the 60s. Used a fork lift motor If you are short on funds and have some engineering knowledge I imagine it could be done for a fraction of the price companies are charging.
We didn't get that far with MIL - had a stair lift but had to be used with care as she was a big lady, and her knees would catch the wall on the way up. She lost alot of mobility, in that she had to be wheel chaired to her bed in the dining room, 10 feet away.
We had one of those fancy washing toilet's fitted downstairs, but she only used it a few times as her mobility got bad, and she would just use the commode next to her. This was mainly her being stubborn and not trying, same with her insisting on being wheel chaired to and from the bed.
You will have a battle OP.
It's a vicious circle - use it or lose it. After an illness, MIL had to go into a Nursing Home for the last 3 years of her life as she refused to try and get up and move - needed hoisting in and out of bed which was not possible at home.
Had one installed for my late wife, wheelchair sized one in 2014 cost £8k its still in place as its £2k to have it taken out 🙁
I've left it in as the M-I-L is a bit poor on her feet so handy when they visit.
Don't remember it being much upheaval fitting took the firm about a day & half with three of them. Most of the time its now a store for the vac & carpet cleaner.
We took one out of my parents house when they moved in. Couldn't sell it, gave it away in the end for help with the removal. Worth considering.
Purely anecdotal and no details: a wealthy (and actually quite fit - skinny and golf every day) couple moved next door to us. They gut renovated their house and wanted one put in as future-proofing. The builder (who seemed pretty good everywhere else) just couldn't get it all to fit together and built in, and they sent the whole lot back to manufacturers after weeks of messing around.
As a lift engineer I would recomend a Terry Through the floor lift.
Of all similar units (Pollock and the like)Terry are the best and made in the UK.
If you want some specific informaiton then please PM me.
https://www.terrylifts.co.uk/lifts/harmony-through-floor-lift/
As a lift engineer I would recomend a Terry Through the floor lift.
also as a lift engineer I’d stay away from Terrys products to be honest. Design has some massive flaws, that they get around by including things nobody else does in their ‘service schedule’ which once out of warranty are a big ongoing cost. Things that on most other lifts are not even considered service items as they do last that long, is a service items to be replaced at X year’s intervals on Terrys.
I’d recommend a stiltz product. I don’t work for them and am completely impartial but they are currently the market leader, and modern looking which is something the industry hasn’t really ever taken onboard until recently.
I'm actualy needing to sell a stair lift, going through Probate for my nan.
The company might do a buy back scheme but I've not inquired yet as to what they'll offer for it. Might be of interest...
It's a standard rail type thing with a folding chair.
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The Physio that visited my mum as she was recovering after a fall recommended having a additional hand rail fitted on her stairs plus a handle on the corner rather than a stair lift, and then arranged for these to be fitted for free. Then she came and got my mum acustomed to using the stairs again.
My mother has got on well with these and climbs and descends the stairs slowly but safely, I gave her a over the body sling bag (from Decathlon) that she uses to carry things in so she can have both hands free to use the hand rails.
She is 91 with a pacemaker and issues with her back - uses a rolator or a stick for walking outside the house
The exercises the physio has taught her to do, and she now does every day, have really helped her to maintain her mobility and confidence.
The community services have been very effective in keeping her at home.
That's really good