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Category: Housing

Tips och ideas about: Elevators and lifts


  • Appliances (27)
  • Balcony (5)
  • Bathroom (64)
  • Bedroom (33)
  • Dining room (4)
  • Door opener (28)
  • Elevators and lifts (15)
  • Furniture (33)
  • Hall (4)
  • Heating/cooling (7)
  • Kitchen (84)
  • Laundry (8)
  • Living room (9)
  • Parking space/garage (10)
  • Porch/garden (32)
  • Sauna (8)
  • Security (2)
  • Storage (50)
  • Study/office (17)
  • Summerhouses (21)
  • Thresholds/ramps (21)
  • Water- and gas-taps (6)

Stairlift with chair

Stairlift with chair – can make a two-storey house with narrow stairwells wheelchair-accessible [..]

Stairlift with chair
Author Ola2012 Categories Elevators and liftsTags Low tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C7-Th1)

Stairlift safety

– user always has an alarm with him when riding on stairlift [..]

Stairlift safety
Author Ola2012 Categories Elevators and lifts, Use of alarmTags Low tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C7-Th1)

Elevator in two-storey home

– a solution to make a two-storey home wheelchair accessible [..]

Elevator in two-storey home
Author Bosse2011 Categories Elevators and liftsTags High paraplegia with impaired balance (Th2-10)

Outdoor lift

Outdoor lift – a simple way to get to a garden on a slope [..]

Outdoor lift
Author Irene2010 Categories Elevators and liftsTags Low paraplegia (Th11-S1)

Elevator and elevator buttons

Control elevator with wheelchair footrests/front wheels – an option for people without arm/hand function [..]

Elevator and elevator buttons
Author Helena2009 Categories Door opener, Elevators and lifts, Switching on and offTags High tetraplegia without function in arms and hands (C2-4)

Adapted bowl for microwave oven

Cord attached to a bowl works as handle and enables a person without dexterity to grasp the bowl and move it [..]

Adapted bowl for microwave oven
Author Gordon2008 Categories Elevators and lifts, Kitchen, Lifting and carrying, Preparing mealsTags High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6)

Mechanical elevator opener

An emergency solution that makes it possible for a user in a wheelchair with impaired hand function to open the elevator door from the inside, if this should not occur automatically [..]

Mechanical elevator opener
Author Suzanne2008 Categories Elevators and lifts, Opening/closingTags High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6)

Elevator in old-fashioned house

An elevator that fits in with the style of the house and makes it wheelchair accessible [..]

Elevator in old-fashioned house
Author Suzanne2007 Categories Elevators and liftsTags High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6)

Entrance to wheelchair accessible home

Modified home with elevator that also serves as wheelchair accessible entrance [..]

Entrance to wheelchair accessible home
Author Suzanne2007 Categories Elevators and lifts, HousingTags High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6)

Elevator in multilevel apartment

Installing an elevator makes both floors of a multilevel apartment accessible for wheelchair users [..]

Elevator in multilevel apartment
Author Max2007 Categories Elevators and liftsTags High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6)

Accessible entrance

An aluminum frame and a platform elevator make an apartment building from the turn of the last century accessible for wheelchair users. [..]

Accessible entrance
Author Max2007 Categories Elevators and lifts, Thresholds/rampsTags High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6)

Shaft elevator in accessible house

Shaft elevator in 2-storey house – suitable assistive device for wheelchair users [..]

Shaft elevator in accessible house
Author Martin2006 Categories Elevators and liftsTags High tetraplegia without function in arms and hands (C2-4)

Chair stairlift

Chair stairlift in two-story house with narrow stairway. [..]

Chair stairlift
Author Lotta2006 Categories Elevators and liftsTags High paraplegia with impaired balance (Th2-10)

Stairlift with platform

Stairlift that travels over 3 floors in a slightly curved stairway; for wheelchair users [..]

Stairlift with platform
Author Claes2005 Categories Elevators and lifts, SummerhousesTags Low tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C7-Th1)

Control unit for environmental control system

IR transmitter used to control automatic doors, lift, balcony door, speaker phone, garage and TV [..]

Control unit for environmental control system
Author Monica2005 Categories Door opener, Elevators and lifts, Use of alarmTags High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6)
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    • Appliances
    • Balcony
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    • Bedroom
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    • Furniture
    • Hall
    • Heating/cooling
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Tips by injury level

  • High tetraplegia without function in arms and hands (C2-4) (142)
  • High tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C5-6) (617)
  • Low tetraplegia with partial function in arms/hands (C7-Th1) (177)
  • High paraplegia with impaired balance (Th2-10) (187)
  • Low paraplegia (Th11-S1) (103)
  • Motor incomplete tetraplegia (C2-Th1) (42)
  • Motor incomplete paraplegia (Th2-S1) (21)
  • Tetraplegia with motor function allowing ambulation (C2-Th1) (50)
  • Paraplegia with motor function allowing ambulation (Th2-S1) (4)
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