A great deal of us know of or live with someone that has difficulties with mobility. Of course, with this comes a lot of responsibilities, ensuring that they can enjoy all the luxuries of life and the necessities that become so quickly thoughtless to us. If you do happen to know someone facing such difficulties, you may need to buy and implement mobility aids into your homes to ensure this ease.
These can become expensive purchases, and you can find yourself shelling out vast sums of cash to meet these requirements. Of course, they’re a loved one; you care about them deeply and want to do everything in your power to meet their needs so that they can live as comfortably as possible. However, if you know anything else about purchasing mobility aids, you’ll also be aware that the difficulties do not stop at their prices. For one it is hard to find the best places to offer exactly what you may need. Quality and durability are also major considerations (you don’t want your ramp busting on you after one use, now do you!?). Many ramps, for instance, are made with a generic design that, while allowing some areas for adjustment, are not purpose-built for every door. Thus many wheelchair users are left with an almost defunct product that you can only use on a select few doorways. It goes without saying that this is sub-optimal and can leave your loved one disheartened.
If you’re looking for that perfect ramp, you’ll be wanting something sturdy, something durable and perhaps chief among the requirements, something that fits within the contours of your doorway (a trickier demand than you’d expect!). Many companies offer ramps, and many offer help in finding a ramp suited to your home. The National Ramp offers a wide range of ramps ideal for any home and a number to meet the many needs of a home. Not all homes are created equal, after all! However, most houses do not require large snaking ramps that curl around your driveway (although they offer that, too!). No, the majority of houses, (for the most part) are relatively accessible save for the doorway itself: with quite high thresholds that make it an almost impossibility to get a lot of chairs over.
The Threshold Ramp offers a range of options to meet the specific height width requirements for your homes. They are made with lightweight aluminum but are built to last with their durable design. After you’ve settled on the right size, you need only screw them securely or place them on an anti-slip mat which they also offer. They even provide a helpful video detailing the installation process, which is clear and accessible, much like their ramps! It is quite easy to get a quote and it’s they’re job to make sure you are left satisfied with all of your needs met.
Looking after a loved one shouldn’t be a painful process; it should come effortlessly to us as a display of our unique affection for them.