Hi My gran is about 5ft 3inches tall and weighs 100lbs. This will be our first mobility device. If anyone has any advice as to what brand or type is best for small person it would be a great help. thanks
The transport chairs that are ordered and Medicare pays for are heavy. Not as heavy at the big wheel chairs but hard to get into a truck of a car unless, the handles come out and the back folds down. I may look for one where the side goes up for easy transport from the chair to a car. I don't think with Mom weighing 100# u have to worry about tipping. Just make sure the wheels are locked.
Walgreens has a sale on their transport chairs every so often. Actually the reg price is not bad. These chairs are very light weight. Since ur Mom is small, one maybe perfect for her.
The idea to get her a child size one is also good. At work we had one donated to our closet and it was a small woman who borrowed it.
I've used wheelchairs and transport chairs. I really love transport chairs more so because the doorways are a struggle in our older home when it comes to fit. And I absolutely hate lifting that darn wheelchair out the back of my vehicle.
Wheelchairs are better if in an outdoor area that will be rocky but has not been a problem with sidewalks (dodge holes if possible) or door thresholds (at least so far). Dad is about 5ft 9 and 125lbs.
I've also found that I have to help dad a bit more getting up and down out of the transport chair to make sure it does not tilt over more so than when using the wheelchair.
I've been curious about that wheelchair that converts between a transport chair and a wheelchair.
When my husbands doctor prescribed a transport chair for him, the medical supply place called me to ask what his weight and height were, so they could have the right size chair ready when I went to pick it up. That was probably 4 years ago, and I'm guessing perhaps that things haven't changed much since then. Good luck.
No advice about brands but if you are planning to use this outside then larger wheels will make it much easier to deal with sidewalks, pavement and curbs, not to mention door thresholds.
Just want to be clear that when I mentioned big wheels I wasn't talking about a full sized wheelchair, there are transport chairs like this https://handi-house.com/product/transport-chair/ that have bigger wheels but are still smaller and lighter than a regular wheelchair.
Walgreens has a sale on their transport chairs every so often. Actually the reg price is not bad. These chairs are very light weight. Since ur Mom is small, one maybe perfect for her.
The idea to get her a child size one is also good. At work we had one donated to our closet and it was a small woman who borrowed it.
Wheelchairs are better if in an outdoor area that will be rocky but has not been a problem with sidewalks (dodge holes if possible) or door thresholds (at least so far). Dad is about 5ft 9 and 125lbs.
I've also found that I have to help dad a bit more getting up and down out of the transport chair to make sure it does not tilt over more so than when using the wheelchair.
I've been curious about that wheelchair that converts between a transport chair and a wheelchair.
Good luck.
I would look at children's chairs for someone as tiny as her.
https://handi-house.com/product/transport-chair/
that have bigger wheels but are still smaller and lighter than a regular wheelchair.