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The Different Types Of Stairlifts

Tue 15 Jan 2008 - 13:51

The Different Types Of Stairlifts
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Jenny_Jim]Jenny Jim

These are usually powered with batteries and have operation controls.

A lift can be installed in the same day that it was purchased. And when it is not desired anymore, it can be full away and the staircase will take very little sign of it. There are four universal varieties of stair lifts: "seated stair lifts", "status stair lifts", "perching stair lifts", and "stair lifts with a wheelchair platform".

A seated lift is the most joint variety found in homes. It is value for a self who survives to march by himself but just cannot touch marching up and down the stairs, especially if the slant of the staircase is steep. But a self with crutches may also use the seated variety. As greatly as promising, such lifts must permit the self to use it lacking assistance from another self. A seated stair lift usually has a twirl chair and lift-up armrests to help the consumer simply negotiate transfers against and off the seat. Seat belts will add to the wellbeing of a seated stair lift.

Station stair lifts are also for people who are able to march and deposit by him or with the aid of a marching thrust, but cannot survive to go up and down the stairs by themselves these may also be valuable for a self with a stiff leg, a leg in a cast, or a knee that cannot be bended. A status lift is value, too, when the staircase is narrow. Instead of seat belts, it must have watch rails for the consumer's wellbeing.

A perching stair lift is like a status variety, but there is a small seat (or bench) in which the consumer may rest on, or perch on, while the entire lift moves up or down the staircase. This is value for self's who desired to back their back, but do not want to seat completely. A perching lift is also good for narrow staircases. It has watch rails but no seat belts.

A lift with a wheelchair platform is finished for a handicapped who wishes to be independent in open up and down the stairs. He does not have to get out of his wheelchair. All he wishes to do is reel into the platform, manage the stair lift, and then reel out again. Clearly, this variety will divert a lot of plot and your staircase may not be open enough for it. The platform, however, can be folded.

All other varieties of stair lifts that are advertised just go by the name of their manufacturers and disagree only in their skin. For example, an outside stair lift is a stair lift that can be worn outside.

Jenny Jim writes for http://www.stairlifting.com where you can find out more about stair lifts and other topics

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