[joefer20]

Hi,

There’s no point pretending i am not more than a tad new to all this and while i have done some research into various vehicles, i am a bit unsure about how best to proceed and so thought i would ask you guys for some advice.

Basically, my mum has parkinson’s and after a recent fall her mobility has taken a step back. I have a vauxhall astra estate 2023 with pretty low milage on it, but as i am my mum’s primary carer and she is only just able to get into it, i am looking for a new option. My mum doesn’t have the enhanced rate of mobility – parkinson’s arrived when she was already a pensioner – and so she cannot get motability and i will have to change my car, no doubt with a fair amoutn on top, to find something to better support her. My question is whether any of you have considered swivel seats instead of a full-blown WAV and how that experience went in terms of the pluses and minuses? If i am honest, i would really rather avoid a trading in my car for large WAV for as long as i can, but if the swivel seat alternative is really more trouble than it is worth then i’d rather know in advance.  Do any of you have any experience with swivel seats? I mean in terms of usage, insurance cost increses and even in the event you want to sell/trade in your car later on and how that went?

 

Thanks,

 

Joe

 

 

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[Callmejohn]

I am a Spina Bifida Paraplegic, but on top of that I took a stroke and seizure in January of last year and was left unable to drive or transfer in and out of the car. I thought I was left with the only option of a wav, which I did not want, until a salesman pointed out that I could go for a in-car person hoist, which could be fitted to most non electric cars,

 

I ordered it with my new Motability car which cost me an extra £600, but if I had wanted the hoist fitted to any other car, it would cost £2,000.

 

For me it was the preferred d option and remembering that sadly your mother’s condition is only going to get worse, it might be an option worth looking at, if you can afford it, instead of a WAV or a swivel seat which might not work out well in the long tern.

 

The hoist works well apart from trouble with the cheap and tacky remote control. You do not need to use the remote control. The hoist builds up in three or four parts and can be kept in the boot when not in use.

[DumfriesDik]

At a recent show, I saw the car seat double as the seat for the wheelchair. The frame of the wheelchair was carried separately. And the whole seat moved in and out of the car electrically. Well worth getting along to a Live event when one is near you, whereby you can get all touchy feely and try things out / ask questions etc..

I have no experience of such things. But here is an example.

Best wishes to you and your mum.

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