Developed in conjunction with Occupational Therapists, AAT’s new Universal Seating System means just one system simplifies stairclimber prescription and re-issue.
It adjusts quickly and easily to safely support clients with the top-selling S-Max Sella stairclimber, whatever their requirements, initially AND as they change over time. It improves safety on stairs for users young and old.
The System features a core range of four sizes of back panel with adjustable lateral, hip and head supports and harnessing and two sizes of seat. The seat depth is also adjustable, meaning the client has appropriate and comfortable support whether child or adult, and, from the carer’s perspective, constancy for the stairclimber’s centre of gravity and balance point.
This flexibility means almost any user from infant to adult up to 100kg/ 15st can be safe and supported on stairways without the need to prescribe and purchase/fund numerous different accessories for each person.
It also enhances the equipment’s ability to adapt to the client as their needs change without funding of additional accessories.
The adjustability of the System extends the stairclimber’s already proven ability to be re-issued/re-prescribed to another client.
Further, because it is quick-release design, the Universal Seating System can be easily removed and the stairclimber folded compactly down and away when not in use. This frees often limited space within the home for daily living and occupations. It leaves the stairway unrestricted for the other members of the household.
The Class 1 Medical Device certified Sella is Britain’s top-selling stairclimber. The German-engineered machine is itself adjustable- handle height and climb speed- to suit individual operator preference. It is light weight so easy to manoeuvre, not just up and down the stairs but onwards throughout the home with no need to transfer from the Sella.
The Sella can be used on almost any staircase, without need for installation. With the number of Sellas already sold to local authorities (almost every Council in the country has at least one), OTs have a practical, fast and cost-effective way to manage the risk of stairs.
"The Universal Seating System/Sella combination is transforming prescription of stairway access already,” says Peter Wingrave, AAT Director.
"It’s great for OT’s: it means they can manage the risk of stairs for almost anyone with mobility issues- fast: the kit falls within Equipment Stores’ ambit so no need for the delay of DFG funding. It’s portable, so no need for installation. Its flexibility means that it’s quick and easy to re-prescribe to another user. Plus, our nationwide team will support the OT in assessing the client, carer and environment, and train the carer(s) to ensure the set-up is correct for all involved.
"It’s great for the users: it makes staircases safe for the client. It’s easy for the carer to use. And it folds away when not in use.”
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Adopting a policy of funding recyclable equipment could simultaneously address the multiple facets of:
- enabling people (young or old) to remain safely in their own homes,
-avoiding their admission into residential care,
-providing short or long term support to facilitate hospital discharge
-stretched social care finances and
-managing the risk of falls by preventative measures.
Importantly, the comparative low capital cost of buying just one stairclimber (stair climbing wheelchair), that can be used over its lifetime by numerous people, achieves best value.
With our S-Max Sella typically providing a practical working life of 12 years, its annual cost- including re-issue to an average three people during its life, equates to less than a typical week of residential care(1).
“Mobility- with its associated issues of getting up and down stairs and falls- is possibly the biggest single reason why social services have to find- and fund- a solution, whether it’s a home adaptation or someone going into care,” says Peter Wingrave AAT Director.
“Even acknowledging a stairclimber is not a solution in every case (albeit in our experience being the answer in 95% of cases where stairs are a problem), its provision can be a disproportionately significant step in easing the financial constraints being faced by Councils up and down the country.”
Full details of AAT’s S-Max Sella and re-issue facility can be found on its website www.aatgb.com.
With our innovative re-issue capability, one of our stairclimbers can help support multiple clients in need of social care to address mobility and difficulties with stairs in- and outside- their home. Full set-up to each recipient and training is provided.
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(1) http://(https://www.ageuk.org.uk/information-advice/care/paying-for-care/paying-for-a-care-home/Residential care cost of £800/week S-Max Sella purchase price £4650, re-issue x 3 £3000/ 12 years= £637/annum.
