People with limited mobility are faced with lots of different aids they could invest in to make their daily lives a bit easier to manage. Although it is great to now be able to have a much wider choice than in previous years, it can be difficult to choose which equipment will be most beneficial.
For those living in houses with two or more stories, stairlifts are essential if you are unable to climb the stairs, or you are finding it increasingly challenging to do so.
Many disabled people end up creating a bedroom out of one of their ground-floor rooms. However, not everyone has a bathroom on the bottom floor, which means they still have to manage the stairs to go to the toilet, often in the middle of the night when it is dark and they are less alert than during the daytime.
What’s more, not everyone has extra living rooms they can transform into bedrooms, which means they are forced to remain on the second floor.
Even if they are able to create downstairs sleeping space, if there is nobody else living in the house, this would mean a whole floor or two is deserted most of the time and damage to the property can creep in without them even knowing.
By having a stairlift, however, they are able to have free access over the whole house, enabling them to remain in their bedroom for as long as possible, use their upstairs bathroom and move more freely around their home.
This allows them to enjoy living by themselves for much longer, and remain more confident in their own abilities, which is priceless.
For more information on installing a stairlift in Leeds, give us a call today and we can help you.
