It’s that wonderful time of year again – Christmas! The house is looking all festive. Families gathered altogether. A sprinkling of snow if you’re lucky. Santa is on his sleigh ready to delight the children on Christmas Day. Some people aren’t able to enjoy Christmas as much as possible, this is when a stairlift comes to the rescue! Let’s tell you a little story about how a stairlift helped our family at Christmas:

Home From Hospital, Christmas 2017
– Colin and Coral, Managing Directors

Hospitals tend to discharge patients before Christmas who are well enough to go home and let’s face it, you’d much rather be at home at Christmastime than stuck in hospital! While people who are discharged from hospital might be well enough to go home, they may still struggle with the stairs when they get there.

Last Christmas, Colin’s Mum was in hospital for around a week before the festive period. A few days before Christmas, she was discharged, well enough to go home but still rather weak. She lives in a bungalow so stairs aren’t an issue, but we didn’t feel comfortable leaving her home alone, fresh out of hospital and an hour away from where we live.

Therefore we decided that she should come and stay at our house. This would give her a chance to recuperate and pick her strength up over the festive period. However, we have stairs…

We could have made a downstairs bedroom, but it wouldn’t be very private. It would also be quite a big task to clear out a room downstairs and disassemble the whole bed in order to manoeuvre it downstairs and set it back up again (not to mention having to put it all back when she leaves!).

Although we have a downstairs toilet, the shower and bath are upstairs. So what did we do? We installed a temporary rental straight stairlift for her coming out of hospital. She had access to the whole house, her own bedroom upstairs and access to the bathroom. She was comfortable, she slept well, regained her strength and had a great Christmas!

We can help you and make your life easier if:

• You’ve got someone coming to stay with you over the festive period who can’t cope with the stairs. Like us, you don’t want the upheaval of converting a room downstairs into a temporary bedroom.  Rental stairlifts are fitted in just a few hours and will make life easier and more comfortable for your loved one. Just call us when you don’t need it anymore and we’ll take it away, all included in the price!
• Someone you know is being discharged from hospital and they can stay in their home but can’t manage the stairs. We can install a temporary rental stairlift until they get back on their feet and more mobile. Don’t forget, we offer the option to buy the existing rental lift that you have at a later date, if you decide you need it on a more permanent basis.

Did you visit family members this Christmas and realise they can no longer manage the stairs?

Christmas is generally a time that families get together after some time. You may notice there has been a change in your loved ones health. Perhaps, they are struggling getting up and down the stairs and look unsafe on the stairs?

This happens every Christmas to more families than you can imagine and is very common. It’s time for action! Get in touch with us to discuss the possibilities and find a safe solution for your loved one! We can help with a stairlifts, home lifts and free advice. We also have many articles and information online in our free resources section. Check out our dedicated pages for straight stairlifts, curved stairlifts and home lifts!

Give us call us on 08000 19 22 10. We offer free home visits & no-obligation quotations!

All I want for Christmas is (to help) You have a very merry Christmas!