Stair Lifts

[Western]

Since it's outside, you could put MIL on a scissor lift to the second floor.

And that could double as a deer blind!

 

[sandman2234]

Years ago my roommates Dad started having mobility problems, and couldn't get up the dune to the beach house, so a few poles were added and four x six timbers were run up the poles, like we were going to build a ramp on them. Then we added aluminum angle iron on the top of each timber, sitting like this ^ and built a 30 x 30 inch cart with wheels that had a V cut into them to sit on the angle irons. The cart was built to stay flat at all times, a cable was added with a trip wire and a brace was added to prevent falling off the cart. The cable was pulled by a drum mounted on a right angle gearbox, with a 1/2 hp motor turning it.
Not quite OHSA approved, but it sure worked slick until the salt enviroment took out the electric motor. Salt air is hard on most things metal...
David from jax

 

[jamesonmedical]

Stair lifts are the best device to resolve mobility issue in your home. Its is very helpful for those who have any issues while climbing stairs. Its very easy to install in your home staircase.

 

[RobertN]

I never followed up on this thread...

We bought a lift on-line shortly after I posted this. Company provided a worksheet for stair length, tred, and landings. Filled that out to get the right length and mounting parts. It was a simple install; took a couple hours. The lift works well. Fortunately, the stairs are ~4' wide, because the lift rail and assembly to take up space where you would walk.

Unfortunately, my MIL had a debilitating stroke a year and a half after this thread started. She is in a care home now, requiring more care than we can provide at home. Due to a fall when she had the stroke, she had to go out on a backboard, with full c-spine precaution. We actually rested the backboard on the stair lift to get her down the stairs. There was no way to get the gurney up/down the stairs. I'm a local volunteer FF/EMT; one of our Engines and Medic units responded.

My MIL got 1.5 years of good use from the stair lift. We have not removed it yet; not sure what we want to do... We're renting the Granny Flat to a friend to help pay for the care home. The lift is out of the way, so we just have not done anything with it yet.

I would have to dig in to records to remember what brand/model it was. I think it was Ameriglide.

 

[Mike_Kanzer]

My mom had a stair lift for my dad. When he died and she sold the house she found a company on the internet to buy the used stair lift. They were some where down south but they sent a truck up to New York to pick up the lift.