For many elderly people with inconvenient legs and feet, wheelchair is a necessary travel tool. A suitable wheelchair can improve the elderly's travel experience.
There are many kinds of wheelchairs, such as booster wheelchair, electric wheelchair, back wheelchair and so on. How to choose the right wheelchair for the elderly? We will start from the two categories of wheelchairs - manual wheelchairs and electric wheelchairs to explain the selection strategy of wheelchairs in detail.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of different types of wheelchairs? Here is a detailed introduction:
01. Manual wheelchair
Small manual wheelchair
Advantages: suitable for semi disabled and disabled elders, suitable for the shallow and narrow home environment, more convenient than other wheelchairs.
Disadvantages: it can only meet the basic needs, the auxiliary effect is limited, and the comfort is low.
Nursing manual wheelchair
Advantages: it is suitable for semi disabled or disabled elderly people with nursing requirements. Multiple components on the wheelchair can adjust the angle, which has strong auxiliary effect and is relatively safe.
Disadvantages: suitable for wide space, high demand for travel equipment, and relatively high price.
Functional manual wheelchair
Advantages: suitable for semi disabled and disabled elderly. With targeted functions, such as defecation function. Compared with the nursing manual wheelchair, it is more functional and more nursing.
Disadvantages: the price is more expensive than the nursing manual wheelchair, and the space required is larger.
02. Electric wheelchair
Electric wheelchair
Advantages: suitable for the disabled elderly who often go out alone. Its biggest characteristic is the remote control drive, the operation is sensitive, comfortable and convenient. Compared with the manual wheelchair, it can meet the needs of the elderly to travel alone, and the travel assistance effect is the strongest.
Disadvantages: the price is more expensive than that of manual wheelchair, which needs to be charged regularly.
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