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Human lifts (for falls)
Have you fallen and been seriously injured? If you have difficulty getting up, like myself, then you know how difficult and painful it can be. After many struggles of trying to get up and actually getting more hurt in the process we invested in an Indee lift. It has been amazing. Now when I fall I scoot (if not seriously injured) or have the lift brought to me, then I slide into the seat and it stands me up. Before it would take 3 EMTs and over 30 minutes of waiting to get up after a fall. I have even fallen alone and been able to get up by myself with my human lift. It has been as freeing as using my power chair when it comes to my independence.
Here is a link to patient lifts:ceiling and portable lifts
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This is such an important question. I have always been able to get myself up but I think I am at the point now where if I don’t have some sort of a prop, a chair or step of something higher to push myself off of, I may not be able to. I don’t want to try because I’ll just hurt myself. But I always worry if and when it happens and I don’t have something to use, how I’ll manage. If I fall at home I can get myself to something. But on the streets I worry. Ugh. A human lift may also be in the future but for now I’m hoping that the development of the electric powered leg braces might be an answer. The only problem is that they will be expensive. See example
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7amrN558eao&feature=youtu.be
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