Residential elevators lifts is definitely a cost-effective method to reduce the number of staircase related incidents which are on the rise in the US.
(prHWY.com) May 31, 2012 - 2 Easter Park, United Kingdom -- Residential elevators lifts is definitely a cost-effective method to reduce the number of staircase related incidents which are on the rise in the US. Research performed by leading scientists in Aging and Geriatric medication has figured that with growing age, people find it tougher to negotiate stairs. Age-related alterations in the gait of a person give rise to the risks an old person faces during ambulation. Psychological aspects make the elderly less assured of his capability to negotiate the steps. Poor lighting in other words the waning vision can make it doubly tough to step properly. It was discovered that most incidents happened during descent when individuals made the error of anticipating the landing and missing the steps.
Residential stair lifts work on battery and are very economical when compared with residential elevators. Eliminating the role of electricity decreases the probability of disruption caused in the event of electricity failing. According to them, residential stair lifts are popular because they involve very little set up work and simply no builder work.
If we are to consider the kinds of
residential lifts, we can create a rough category into 4 groups.
1. Seated Type
2. Standing Type
3. Wheel chair Type
4. Semi-Seated Type
The first and the fourth are very similar in that both provides for seated transport, only difference is that wheel chair type residential stair lifts have an empty platform on which a wheelchair will be mounted. Seated type stair lifts are for those people who are not wheelchair but find it tough to climb stairs.
If an individual can stand but not easily incline stairs, standing stair lifts are ideal for him. The seated variety, as its name indicates, has a seat to ensure that a person can perch on it for a convenient ride. With the semi-seated stair lifts version an individual cannot anticipate much but to lean on it on the way down or up.
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