Tips and tricks from people with spinal cord injuries (SCI).
Central vacuum cleaner
Cleaning with central vacuum cleaner is convenient for wheelchair users, though it taking out the long hose can be difficult.
User vacuums
The house has a central vacuum cleaner with outlets on both floors. The hose is 9 meters long and stored in the cleaning closet.
Users comments
Lotta finds it difficult to take out the 9-meter long hose and usually has help for this part. Once the hose is out, however, she thinks vacuuming is easy.
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User inserts vacuum cleaner hose into wall outlet
Tipsare: Lotta
Together with her husband, her daughter, three dogs and a cat Lotta lives in a two-story house in the countryside. She is working as a volunteer for Rekryteringsgruppen (an organization of persons with spinal cord injuries). She was injured in 1983 and has a high paraglegia (TH 3). She does not have any personal assistance.
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