Hello World! Welcome Friends! If you or someone else in your home is going to be using a wheelchair from now on, it’s vital to consider the ways in which your home can be adapted to make life easier for that individual. There are big and small changes that can go a long way towards improving a disabled person’s quality of life in the home. So if you’re not sure where to start, the guide below should provide you with the information you need.
Make Everything a Little Lower
When things are too high in the home, such as countertops and things like that, it makes navigating the home much harder for someone who’s using a wheelchair. That’s obviously not what you want so you should try to do what you can to make your countertops and other important things a little lower. That way, the wheelchair user in your home will be able to carry out basic tasks too.
Install Wider Door Frames
Wider door frames might have to be put in place too. And even if the wheelchair can just about fit through the door. It will make life easier if there’s a little extra space. You don’t want the person using the wheelchair to feel like they always have to be extra careful to make it through each door without hitting the frame as they do so.
Change the Flooring Throughout the Home
It might also be a good idea to take a look at the flooring throughout the home and see if it should be changed. Laminate and wood flooring solutions are obviously better for wheelchair mobility. Thick carpet can make life harder as the wheelchair won’t be able to move as smoothly over the surface for the floor and that can be a problem. You could also put up indicators of these changes so that people in wheelchairs can feel more comfortable. Make sure to have some Custom ADA signs made for your home to show people the way. This will help make sure everyone in the house is aware of what changes have been made and where they’re located inside the home. That way, when wheelchair users come into the house, no one has to worry about them feeling out of place or disadvantaged in any way.
Install a Ramp for Entry
It might also be a good idea to have an ADA ramp installed. This should probably be one of the first things you do because entry into and exit from the home will be far harder than it needs to be if there is no ramp. Wheelchairs and stairs don’t mix too well, so find the ramp that you feel is going to work best for you and your property.
Create Extra Space and Install Rails in the Bathroom
Finally, you should think about how the bathroom might have to be adapted. Creating a little extra space in the bathroom will definitely make life a lot easier and the extra space created can also be used to have rails installed too. Those extra railes can make independently using the bathroom far easier for a person who uses a wheelchair.
Each of the changes that we’ve mentioned here will serve to make the life of a disabled person that little bit easier and that’s the thing that matters more than anything else. Adapting to life using a wheelchair is often challenging, but it’s much easier when the home is well adapted.
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