wheelchairs

I am not sure where to put this, so will put it here. Mods, please feel free to move this to a more appropriate forum. As some of you probably read in the PALS checkin post, last Sunday we installed a home-built lithium battery pack in my Magic Mobility X4. I will provide some details in this...

Bob, aged 92, and Mary, aged 89, were excited about their decision to get married. While out for a stroll to discuss the wedding, they passed a drug store. Bob suggested they go in. Bob asked to speak to the pharmacist. He explained they’re about to get married, and asked, "Do you sell heart...

Lori and I had the opportunity to go to the Grand Canyon this fall and had a wonderful trip. As I have posted before, the trips are getting harder, so much so that I have considered cancelling each of the last three trips. I am so glad that I have not! The weather was spectacular and I was...

As many of you know, I have 4 wheelchairs, one of which has been funded by private insurance. The other three we bought used for particular purposes. The wheelchair funded by insurance is a Permobil C500s VS, which was ordered 4 years ago this month and arrived in January of 2015. It has over...

I posted recently with questions regarding the Permobil F3 (I’m currently borrowing one from my loaner closet and like it so far). That previous thread is here: https://www.alsforums.com/forum/general-discussion-about-als-mnd/42619-question-you-wheelchair-geeks.html I did receive a gift of a...

How often will insurance pay for a wheelchair- is it one per every certain amount of years? And how hard is it to get approved? I can still walk but fatigue utterly after short distances. I'm worried if we request a wheelchair eval insurance will decide that my ambulation is not impaired...

Hello PALS: I am part of a student engineer design team from the University of Toronto. We are working on a project to improve the experience of PALS. One opportunity we found is that when wheelchair users come back in from outside, the wheels get dirty and it is inconvenient to either switch...

Does anyone here have any experience with cork flooring and pwcs? Specifically, how well does that material hold up to the abuse of a pwc? We are thinking of replacing our current kitchen flooring (worn-out linoleum) with cork. I like the look of cork and how it would contrast (but not...

I have been a passionate photographer for over 40 years. Like many photographers from the film era, I have many thousands of slides stored in Kodak carousels. For a couple of decades now I have been thinking about and researching various ways to scan these slides so I can share them with the...

Hello all, My husband and I just closed escrow on a single story home. We are currently in the process of remodeling (before we move in), and we have a contractor who will be making our shower ADA accessible. My husband is not using a wheelchair at this time, but will likely need a power...