The Government's new Healthcare Plan aims to transition services from hospital to community and prevent illness rather than treat it.
We are uniquely positioned. Our equipment- the top-selling stairclimbing wheelchair S-Max Sella- is already in almost every local authority social care department and NHS Trust across the UK.
One of the primary causes for delay in hospital discharge is appropriate social care for patients, be it short- or long-term. According to NHS data, modifications to stairs is the first change required to a home.
Mobility is the biggest limitation affecting people in their homes(2). There are 1m+ accidents on stairs every year(3), resulting in 43,000+ hospitalisations(4).
Our S-Max Sella makes stairs safe for almost anyone with impaired mobility, with the help of a carer.
The battery-powered stairclimbing wheelchair is “plug and play”. It requires no structural alteration nor installation. It can cope with almost every common staircase design, even turns and spirals!
Sella reduces risk and manual handling. It can traverse onwards from the flight of stairs into whichever room is the final destination. It can even navigate external steps.
Our unique re-issue capability for the Sella further delivers value. When the original recipient no longer needs the equipment, it can be re-prescribed to another person.
We assess each potential recipient, their carer and their home environment. We personally train the carer(s) in the Sella’s safe operation as part of the process.
No other stair solution has that capability.
“Making stairs safe is one of the biggest obstacles to all involved in social care- be it effecting efficient hospital discharge or preventing hospital admission in the first place,” says Peter Wingrave, AAT Director.
“We ar perfectly positioned to be the first call in addressing this. We have presence within social care equipment stores, a nationwide team and speed of resolution. All it takes is a telephone call…”
Full details of AAT’s S-Max Sella and its re-issue can be found @ https://www.aatgb.com/ots/ or call 01327 340083.
REFERENCES:
(2) https://www.statista.com/statistics/449279/disability-prevalence-impairment-united-kingdom-uk/
(3) https://bregroup.com/press-releases/bre-report-finds-poor-housing-is-costing-nhs-1-4bn-a-year/
(4) https://www.rospa.com/campaigns-and-fundraising/current-campaigns/safer-stairs
