The Most Common Types Wheelchair Lifts and Their Features

Small domestic lifts can be very helpful for those having mobility related issues and especially those forced to live their life in wheelchairs.

For these people, vertical platform lift for home is nothing short of a boon, as it allows them to access any part of the home easily and without any assistance.

Here in this post, we will learn some interesting things about this option and also about the features that make them safe and so useful for people confined to wheelchairs.

What Is A Vertical Lift For Home?

• According to the vendors and manufacturers, these lifts are either run using the power of the hydraulics or the power supplied through electricity.
• With the help of wheelchair lift for home, a wheelchair with a person sitting on it along with an attendant or partner can be elevated or lowered between different floors.

• The good thing is that for this, there would be no need of leaving the wheelchair and this means not facing the embarrassment caused in the public when two people lifts you up from the wheelchair.
• According to the manufacturers of inclined platform lifts, a wheelchair lift for home can be found in different makes and models and some of them have been described below.

Enclosed Model-

• In this version, the user, with a wheelchair can be on the platform that is enclosed with walls on all four sides for additional safety.
• These walls would ensure more stability and safety for the wheelchair and its occupant as the lift elevates and descends down.

Shaft way Model-

• This model of wheelchair lift for homes can fit within the walls just like contemporary elevators and it can be installed at hones as well as commercial establishments.

Stage Model-

This model is simply a platform with no walls on all four sides and because safety related features are missing, it is mainly used for shorter heights only.

Apart from this, there is another model given the name of “opal model” that is very identical to enclosed lift that has walls on all four sides.

The only difference is that it does not have a ceiling and this is why it is mostly used in the indoors.