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The slide board does not work well. Any other options?


There comes a point when if it is no longer safe to take someone out in your car and the trip is necessary you have to arrange a medical transport or a van or bus that can accommodate a wheelchair.
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Beatty Aug 29, 2024
Yes. My family are at this stage now, with 2 members. LOs both have good standing strength, but one has an ankle injury & trouble turning. There is risk the ankle will give way. The 2nd also has trouble turning & lifting legs in. It is just too hard for me to get either in a car.

Too high risk of falls for them +
too high risk of hurting myself.

Wheelchair taxi transport is now used.
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I've been looking around online and found thecarstool.com. Has anyone tried it before? It's a stool to help with the transfer. Seems like a safer and simpler option. Still it's $159 bucks
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@Fortunept:
I just took a quick look at the Car Stool.
It looks like it would work as long as the person in the wheelchair has the strength to maneuver themselves. This does not look like it would work if the person has little upper body strength, has dementia or if they need a lot of assistance with the transfer because it does not look like there is enough room to have the device, the wheelchair and 2 people gathered around the car door.
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I've been looking around online. Check out thecarstool.com. It's a stool to help with the transfer. Seems like a safer and simpler option. Still it's $159 bucks 
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We need two strong people to get my LO in and out of the car. We stow a foldable lightweight transfer chair in the trunk.
Slide boards don't work for us, either. I looked at the recommended car stool and it looks unsafe IMO. Too easy for your LO to fall.
At this time, we use an in-home caregiver to help with the car transfers to wheelchair and vica versa to and from appointments or events. Our caregiver goes with us to assist both at the destination, and after we get back home because going anywhere actually requires 6 car transfers. Your LO will probably run out of strength typically after 2-3 car transfers.
Otherwise we use a local non emergency transport service.
There's also a company called Mobility Works, (they have locations all over the USA) that sell a multitude of products for car transfers by one person. But they're pricey.
www.mobilityworks.com/seating-solutions/
Good luck.
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