Your accessibility at home is majorly affected by changes in level: there’s a fall on stairs every 90- seconds in the UK(1)!
And that doesn’t include similar obstacles such as raised thresholds, steps in/out of the door.
To make life safe for those variations in height round the home environment you often have to install physical equipment- stairlifts, through-floor lift, ramps.
And if you live in a flat, those stairs in ‘common parts’ cannot be physically adapted.
So you are faced not just with the impact on health & wellbeing of physically not being able to do every day activities.
It also impacts you by your home being aesthetically- and physically- altered, or being confined to inside.
That need not be the case.
Our stair-climbing wheelchair (or stairclimber) the S-Max discreetly opens up accessing areas of varying level without any need for alterations to the home environment.
Because S-Max is completely portable, you need use just the one piece of kit - on multiple flights of stairs in townhouses, over thresholds to outside, on stairs in blocks of flats,
It can even take you out into the wider world.
Carefully designed to be easy to use, and adjustable to suit the height of each operator, S-Max can attach to most common wheelchairs.
Or we can be supply it with an integral seat for optimal comfort and security during the movement up and down stairs and steps.
The Sella stairclimbing wheelchair can even cope with turns and spiral staircases!
Sella is battery-operated, so there’s no need for mains connection, and each charge powers up to 300 steps!
You can fold it compactly away for storage out of sight.
S-Max has a 20+ years’ track record of making stairs safe, the length and breadth of the UK.
Our highly-trained team make a full assessment of the person and their environment to ensure whether S-Max would be the right solution
And we can even accessorise the kit for optimal passenger stability, comfort and safety.
Find out more and book a free no obligation assessment here: www.aatgb.com/s-max/
REFERENCE:
(1)https://www.shponline.co.uk/resources/stair-safety-day-25-facts-about-stair-safety/
Any MOU over two storeys should have a lift.
But what if that lift is out of order- a common occurrence and outside the realms of PEEPS(2), or if the MOU is only two storeys.
If the tenant has impaired mobility- the most common limitation- they become a prisoner in their home.
A stairclimber/ stairclimbing wheelchair such as AAT’s top-selling S-Max delivers safe egress.
Unlike conventional evacuation chairs, it also delivers safe ingress.
Thus the disabled tenant is able to come and go as normal.
A portable, mobile unit, S-Max means there is no permanent nor temporary fixture to the stairway, thereby common parts are not impeded for other tenants.
All that is needed is a person trained in the equipment to control the battery-powered unit- whether someone who cares for the tenant, or the building manager.
AAT’s S-Max can travel 300 steps from a single battery charge- equivalent to a 20-storey block of flats.
The standard unit can be easily attach to most common wheelchairs; the Sella version incorporates an integral seat with support arms and harnessing for optimal safety for the passenger.
Using this technique, the disabled tenant is safely able to get in and out of the building, into their home and into the outside space and beyond.
Use of stairclimbers in MOU’s is increasingly popular up and down the country- proven in practice from East London to Yorkshire.
They are a cost-effective, non-disruptive way of enabling the tenant to remain in their home, for the social housing provider to meet their legal obligations and to provide short-term safe access/exit until the lift is repaired/operational.
The housing association has an asset it can re-cycle/re-use when the original recipient no longer needs it to manage risk with other tenants should they become disabled whilst more suitable, ground-level accommodation is found for them or when the lift is repaired/operational again.
For each recipient, AAT provides in-depth assessment of the person and the ‘environment’ top assess suitability, and trains the operator in the stairclimber’s safe use.
Full details of the S-Max stairclimber can be found at https://www.aatgb.com/s-max-sella/ where a free, no obligation assessment can also be booked.
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References:
(1) https://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disability-groups-call-more-accessible-housing-privaterentershttps://www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disability-groups-call-more-accessible-housing-privaterenters
(2)Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan
