You will eventually need one for a wheelchair evaluation if you want
insurance to pay for it. I have a family I'm working with to get a stander
for their daughter, called the company, they sent a rep out to the house.
Eventually we'll have to utilize the local medical provider to because they
are authorized to work with Medicaid.
Beth t.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Kathleen Salkin
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:00 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Wheelchair
>
> No, I'd no idea! Do they actually come to your house? Do
> you need a script for that?
>
> Kat
>
> On 31 Aug 2006, at 15:53, Elizabeth Thiers wrote:
>
> Did you know Kat that a lot of wheelchair vendors will let
> you sit in their chairs? At least in Peds, when I get in a
> case earlier enough, I can get vendors to bring samples of
> their products to the home and show how they
> work and let families try them out. Especially if you are not a
> complicated sitting client, they can get you samples that
> meet your need such as self-propelled, lower to ground
> (higher to ground), specific wheel types. I would contact
> the company that manufactures the chair personnally.
> Both Invacare and Quickie make excellent chairs that often
> come down to personnal preference especially when it comes to
> things like cushions, backs, wheel placement, colors, ease of
> portability, etc.
>
>
> Beth t the OT
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Kathleen Salkin
> > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:49 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Wheelchair
> >
> > Problems are:
> >
> > 1) I don't like the tilted back - it's more difficult to push when
> > tilted back a bit.Es
> > 2) The back wheels are too far back, thereby requiring me
> to push in
> > shorter strokes and therefore more pushes just to get where
> I want to
> > go.
> > 3) The footrests are two low down and can't be adjusted any
> further to
> > accomodate my short legs.
> > 4) The armrests are not flip-back so I can't get closer to
> a table or
> > desk w/o completely removing the arms.
> >
> > I could write more but I have to get out of here and go to work.
> >
> > Later!
> > Kat
> >
> > On 31 Aug 2006, at 07:34, Meir Weiss wrote:
> >
> > Umm
> >
> > Can I do a little research before you move to a FINAL DESCISION
> >
> > Can you send me full details re the chair you are having problems
> > with?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Kathleen Salkin
> > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 07:13
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Wheelchair
> >
> > Hey, y'all -
> >
> > I'd like to bend the ear of you manual wheelchair users.
> I am in the
> > market for a new chair. My brother-in-law was so kind and tried to
> > help me by buying me a Guardian Escort chair which has
> turned out to
> > be a rather hard chair to use.
> > The basic problem is, it seems to be a chair designed more
> for someone
> > to push a person in it, rather than for the user to push
> himself. The
> > back wheels are too far back and the back is angled backwards which
> > drives me crazy.
> >
> > I loved my B-I-L and he's a real sweetheart and I hate to
> disappoint
> > him but I need to find something else and I see two chairs that are
> > possibilities at
> > spinlife.com:
> >
> > http://www.spinlife.com/critpath/spec.cfm?productID=115
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.spinlife.com/Sunrise-/-Quickie-Breezy-Ultra-4-Lightweight-
> > Wheelchair/spec.cfm?productID=74650
> >
> > Has anyone used either of these two chairs? What was your
> experience
> > - positive or negative?
> >
> > Many thanks!
> >
> > Kat
>
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