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Standing Wheelchair

Standing Wheelchair

This wheelchair allows the occupant to move around without while keeping the body in a standing position.
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Frustrating - this is very pricey equipment that could still be used by a lot of people.
Lynne
Tue 05-09-2006
I was wondering about that myself Lynne..... it's too bad that this stuff couldn't be offered up to those in need!
Jude
Tue 05-09-2006
Well, i took a summer course at a hospital, and when they told me what a wheelchair costed i didn't belive them. It's a waste to just let them stand unused like this..
hrm
Tue 05-09-2006
I'm amazed by how much equipment was just left behind, now unused. It doesn't seem like it would cost too much to transport things such as wheelchairs. We're such a wasteful society...
Charisma
Tue 05-09-2006
The joys of a state-run facility. Now, if this were a private facility that closed, you can believe that anything salvagable like this would have been put to good use somewhere else... It's a shame that the government isn't willing to do that to help out some of the smaller places that can't afford nice new equipment like this!
Dr Sketch
Tue 05-09-2006
I'd think that at least some volunteers could be organized to transport some of this equipment to other facilities in need.
Husher
Tue 05-09-2006
I agree. All that equipment is just laying around, waiting for someone to pick it up. It's odd how everything was just left behind.
Johnnsy
Tue 05-09-2006
is it my imagination or is one of the wheels bent on that?
Joe
Wed 05-10-2006
Even so, a wheel is not the most expensive part to replace. My chair ran me over a grand, and it was not the nicest model (but it was a sports model)
StareGirl
Wed 05-10-2006
Sports wheelchairs have the wheels tilted in a bit so's they don't tip over when you are booking.

http://lenmac.tripod.com/sports.html
http://www.ncpad.org/get/ppt/acces...extMostly/Slide15.html
Lynne
Wed 05-10-2006
I can't say where this stuff is, but if somebody really wanted to see it go to further good use, It may not be that tough to do. Here, for me, I would go see some folks I know at Hands On Atlanta. Maybe their web site has some links to organizations in your area or something. Indeed that stuff is not cheap, and could definately help somebody. It IS possible.
autoguy
Thu 05-11-2006
we are all thinking the same thing. What awaste
CSA fr USA
Mon 10-23-2006
The only problem is that now that it has been sitting for so long, chances are the stuff is full of toxic mold and crap like that. I'm sure there'd be a way to detox it...
Nemorov
Fri 06-08-2007
again i suppose it was great for the person using it but for someone with a bad back it probably was very fun
todd
Tue 06-26-2007
GADS!
Guitorman
Tue 01-22-2008
Fascinating...never heard of such a thing!
Amazed
Sat 02-23-2008
For about 2 years, I was an outpatient @ a Behavorial Health clinic @ a county hospital/medical center.( I also had a close friend who worked as a CNA @ the same hospital for a year) They serve clients psychatric, developmental and physical disabilities. One of the long term patients i used to see on my weekly appointments used a similar sort of wheelchair/walker combo, only in pink( I THINK he might have had either Downs syndrome or CP)
CelticDream2008
Wed 05-28-2008
i know soo many people that could use this piece of equipment, it's very upsetting to see it just rot away to garbage!!
monkey
Mon 09-08-2008
The stuff here is much more hi tech than some of your other locations, and it's a little upsetting that it's not bewing used! Nice to see the old equipment though, very cool xD
Kath
Mon 09-22-2008
I wonder if any of the agencies serving people with developmental disabilities near where this facility is located know about all this equipment that has just been left here. If they do know, I wonder if they have asked the state about acquiring it. Sometimes all it takes is someone asking for it, or letting advocates know about it, and letting them work to get it to the people who need it.
dme
Tue 10-07-2008
fancy wheel chair. never seen one before.
TYREX
Tue 11-30-2010

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