This is the one I have. How easy is it to fold it? On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 2:36 PM, bob quinn <[email protected]> wrote:
> This Hoyer folds: > > > Hoyer "Advance" portable Hoyer Lift (folds-up for transport): > http://www.spinlife.com/Hoyer-Advance-H-Patient-Lift-Manual-Patient-Lift/spec.cfm?productID=81056 > > At 12:02 PM 3/13/2010, Dan wrote: > > Hoyer used to make a travel model. It weighed just 40 lbs. and was lower > and narrower so it could fit through 28" doorways. I rented one years age > for a trip and it was great. I don't know if they still make them. > > Dan > > > At 09:15 AM 3/13/2010, [email protected] said something that elicited my > response: > > > Hoyers don't fold. The pole is secured to the base with a lock fastener. > You can also remove the sling so that you have 3 pieces. > > Best Wishes > > In a message dated 3/12/2010 8:22:21 P.M. Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: I have the same Hoyer, but I'm not sure how well > it folds up. I have some limited space underneath one of my bench seats, but > I guess I need to try it out. I am thinking about going to a family > reunion this summer, but if I go and take my mother along I'm going to have > to look at renting a recreational vehicle big enough for the whole family > that also has a lift. That will be difficult to find. Then again, I do > remember someone at the VA having a recreational vehicle, maybe they would > be willing to rent it to me for a week or two. As for showering, it's > probably difficult to believe, but I don't shower during the winter at all. > It's just too cold for me and I never end up warming up if I do so. I just > have my PCA give me a really good bed baths and I wash my hair in a basin on > my bed. If people would think I'm dirty, they would be completely wrong. > Whenever I have been admitted to the hospital, I usually get a shower three > times a week, but when I come back home it takes at least two or three bed > baths to get back to my normal cleanliness. Sorry for writing so much, but > I would also like to know about the bricks under the bed in hotel rooms. I > have only traveled one time and in that particular case the disabled room > was wonderful. That was, however, on a military base. I was able to use a > spare bed that had the bottom completely opened up so my Hoyer could fit > under it properly.Thanks for all this information. > Q On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:34 PM, bob quinn <[email protected]> wrote: Hi > Shell Bell, > Travel has its challenges, but is do-able. Can be frustrating, but its > worth it for the stories: > Book: "Able To Travel - True Stories by and for People with disabilities" > edited by Alison Walsh - definately inspiring to hear what others were able > to accomplish, with many lessons and a lot of generally useful info. > http://www.amazon.com/Able-Travel-Rough-Guide-Guides/dp/1858281105/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268160872&sr=1-1 > My Essential equipment: - Fold-up Shower Stool - Raised Toilet Seat > (arm-less) - Sliding Board > I always travel with someone to help me transfer and use my own van > (haven't gone by plane yet and haven't rented a van ...though I know they > are available for rent). Ideally I use my portable Hoyer lift though, since > most hotels have blocks under the bed (so there is no "under"), and the > shower chair requires a slideboard anyway. > Here are some pointers: > Fold-up shower chair: > http://www.allegromedical.com//hospital-discharge-favorites-c5000/shower-chair-folding-shower-chair-w-back-p188763.html > Raised > Toilet Seat with Arms (but arms aren't conducive to slideboards): > http://www.allegromedical.com/bathroom-assists-c517/locking-raised-toilet-seat-with-padded-armrests-p560734.html > Raised Toilet Seat without Arms (varied heights) > http://www.allegromedical.com/bathroom-assists-c517/2-4-6-contoured-tall-ette-elevated-toilet-seat-standard-and-elongated-styles-p192759.html > Hoyer "Advance" portable Hoyer Lift (folds-up for transport): > http://www.spinlife.com/Hoyer-Advance-H-Patient-Lift-Manual-Patient-Lift/spec.cfm?productID=81056 > Freedom Wand: > http://www.allegromedical.com/bathroom-assists-c517/the-freedom-wand-p559409.html > hope that helps make for some more adventurous future spring breaks for > you, bob At 11:17 PM 3/8/2010, [email protected] wrote: > >Hi guys~ >It's spring break and I am still on campus... Long story short: > I am a incomplete quad. but am independent. I wanted to go to the beach but > didn't because: > >1. I don't have transportation (there is a bus system) >2. > and mainly because in order to take a shower I need my shower chair. For > those of you >who use one you know that's is not something an individual > can pack up & take with you. > >When you travel or vacation how do you do > it? I want/need to go to the beach. Do hotels have shower chairs available? > Is it possible to rent vans? ( I have my licence to drive a van with hand > controls) > >It will be 4 years since my accident and I have not been > anywhere except Mom's, the Sleep Inn over Christmas break (that was a > nightmare), and in a dorm room. >Please tell me how you guys go on > vacation, where, how do you do it? If I am ever going to go it will be by > myself. Have any of you pulled this off? > >I really need and would > appreciate your input, I am tired of "feeling" alone and want to change. > > >Thanks > >
