Depending how much you want to spend, they do sell them online. Just type in portable collapsible, electric wheelchair. Quite on the expensive side, but they are out there.
Why does it have to be electric? Will Mom be able to operate it?
There are WCs called transporters. They have 4 small wheels instead of 2 large ones and 2 small. You can get lightweight ones at WalGreens. Sometimes they have them on sale for $100 or less.
Depending on your destination and method of travel it might be cheaper and easier to rent one where you are going. A lot of tourist destinations are starting to have rentals or list the ones nearby. Most major beaches even have beach wheelchairs with big air tires that roll on the beach.
There are lightweight scooters that fold into a trunk. Put in search "Lightweight scooter that folds into trunk". Many pop up. Medicare and insurances may pay fully or partially with a doctors order.
Specialty pharmacies have durable medical equipment, often on display.
Doctors often write an order for the needed wheelchair, and insurance can cover some or all of the cost.
Lifting the wheelchair into the trunk of a car requires the lightest of weight, so an electric wheelchair will not work.
A scooter or electric chair in addition to the travel lightweight collapsible might work for mobility, but it would require a handicap van to transport the heavy chair or scooter. Or, an attachment to the car carries the heavy equipment. Not even easy to lift.
You can also try Amazon online. Google durable medical equipment.
Also: lightweight AND electric... it depends what you mean by light in weight. The lightest ones you still wouldn't want to drop on your foot - because batteries are heavy, the minimum seems to be about 45lbs or so. Does it have to be electric?
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There are WCs called transporters. They have 4 small wheels instead of 2 large ones and 2 small. You can get lightweight ones at WalGreens. Sometimes they have them on sale for $100 or less.
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"Lightweight scooter that folds into trunk". Many pop up. Medicare and insurances may pay fully or partially with a doctors order.
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Mullaney's Pharmacy & Medical Supply
7846 Cincinnati Dayton Rd, West Chester, OH 45069
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Doctors often write an order for the needed wheelchair, and insurance can cover some or all of the cost.
Lifting the wheelchair into the trunk of a car requires the lightest of weight, so an electric wheelchair will not work.
A scooter or electric chair in addition to the travel lightweight collapsible might work for mobility, but it would require a handicap van to transport the heavy chair or scooter. Or, an attachment to the car carries the heavy equipment. Not even easy to lift.
You can also try Amazon online. Google durable medical equipment.
Often, a tax deduction.
Also: lightweight AND electric... it depends what you mean by light in weight. The lightest ones you still wouldn't want to drop on your foot - because batteries are heavy, the minimum seems to be about 45lbs or so. Does it have to be electric?