Lift chairs

[Guest guest]

Simone,

We spent about $1,800 on a lift chair which we had sent out by air express

as it was the only practical way to get it to Guam. It was apparent we had

made a mistake soon after we got it. The chair was well made and did

everything it was supposed to do. The problem was that it was way too big

for Peg - and Peg is a fairly large woman. She could never sit in it

comfortably. In addition it had dual motor controls which means that to get

to to do what you wanted you had to use two levers correctly. Because of

Peg's eye hand coordination problems, she was never really able to use the

chair by herself. If we had to do it over, we would go to a shop that

carried a dozen or so chairs and try them out until we found one that was

the right size for Peg. In addition we would only get one with a very simple

control to use.

Good luck.

Peg and Jim from Guam

Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 08:44:59 -0400

Subject: Re: Digest Number 1606

My fathers condition keeps worsening. I have asked his neurologist to write

a prescription for a " lift " chair. I think insurance (Medicare) should pay

for some of the $900 quoted for the chair. Has anyone out here used such a

chair....was it helpful? Also did insurance cover it at all? Thanks.

Simone

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