Electric Wheelchair News

my grandmother has passed away two days ago and we are all trying to go through her house and decide what to do with items. she has a $10,000 electric wheelchair and we are not sure what we are supposed to do. this is all very new to us. we do not have a number for the company. do we donate or return it? does anyone know or been through this?

thanks so so much

First, let me say – I’m so sorry for the loss of your grandmother.

I would suggest you go through all of your grandmother’s paperwork to find any info on the wheelchair. Sometimes Medicaid/Medicare will pay RENT for items that may be used temporarily, so giving the chair away could be a problem. If you find out the chair has been paid for in full, I would suggest contacting a retirement home to see if someone there could benefit from it.

The Little Sisters of the Poor have facilities all over the U.S. and their vocation in life is to care for the elderly poor – you can find the address of the one nearest you by googling "Little Sisters of the Poor, residences" They would be incredibly grateful to have such a nice chair for one of their needy residents.

Good luck and take care.

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For paralyzed people not being able to move around on their own is a difficult fact of life. But now one Israeli scientist is helping to change that with a new and exciting piece of robotic technology. Here’s a closer look.

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Paralyzed for the past twenty years ex-paratrooper Radi Kaiof enjoys a new sensation – walking.

[Radi Kaiof, Former Paratrooper]:
“For me standing up and walking – I never even dreamt about it. I’ve been wounded for 20 years and I never dreamed I’d be able to walk.”

Radi’s dream has become a reality thanks to ReWalk, a remote-controlled suit developed by Argo Medical Technologies. Working somewhat like the exoskeleton of a crustacean, the system consists
of motorized leg supports and body sensors. A computerized control box is carried in a backpack while crutches help with balance.

But for Dr. Amit Goffer who invented the device, the greatest benefit to the user is the psychological impact.

[Dr. Amit Goffer, 'ReWalk' Inventor]:
“We shift the person, the moment the person is being shifted from a wheel chair user status to crutch user status it’s.. it’s a whole world, it’s a real revolution actually.”

But joining the revolution isn’t cheap. It’s estimated the product will sell for around 20,000 U.S. dollars.
While expensive, it’s a life-changing aid, allowing those who would otherwise be confined to wheelchairs a freedom to movement similar to able bodied people.

ReWalk is now in clinical trials and slated for commercial release in 2010.

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I get a round-round-round-round I get around!

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just watching coronation street and saw the girl in the electric wheelchair drinking a pint. you can be charged for riding bicycles and little kids toy cars.

Yes any powered vehicle or even a bike, any vehicle on the road under the influence and you can be arrested

help need to know! she want to take her daughter. i need to know 10 points!

I do believe they have wheel chairs at the fair. I haven’t been in some time, but seems like I recall seeing them, even years ago. There should be a phone number you can call to verify this. Fair Park is open all year long, even when the fair isn’t there … check your Dallas phone book or whitepages.com

I hope this helps.

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