I was due to visit the prospective X^4 today. But she messaged me to
tell me that where she lives the lift has broken down, and I can't do
stairs any more. She's on the first floor (UK).

Given that she lives in sheltered accommodation and that there is
another floor above her, where most elderly folks rely upon the lift, I
do wonder why there is no alternative. Here, where I live in a similar
situation, we have a lift and a stair lift.

It is a different company though.

Time for a tracked mobility scooter that can climb stairs safely?

It possibly could be done if the tracks can be angled to fit the stairs.
Using AI I'm sure that could even be automatic; the chair would be kept
upright whatever the tracks do.

Gissa grant.

Or campaign for a stair lift.

Tone

Tone <tone@email.com> wrote in news:ucvbo0$e0db$1@dont-email.me:

> I was due to visit the prospective X^4 today.

I've lost track. I guaxed that we were up to X^6 now.

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Peter
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On 02/09/2023 15:51, Peter wrote:
> Tone <tone@email.com> wrote in news:ucvbo0$e0db$1@dont-email.me:
>
>> I was due to visit the prospective X^4 today.
>
> I've lost track. I guaxed that we were up to X^6 now.
>

I'm losing count.

Tone

On 02/09/2023 14:01, Tone wrote:
> I was due to visit the prospective X^4 today. But she messaged me to
> tell me that where she lives the lift has broken down, and I can't do
> stairs any more. She's on the first floor (UK).
>
> Given that she lives in sheltered accommodation and that there is
> another floor above her, where most elderly folks rely upon the lift, I
> do wonder why there is no alternative. Here, where I live in a similar
> situation, we have a lift and a stair lift.

It seems to be a depressingly common situation in east anglian sheltered
schemes. Eastern Daily Press has a standard story set up for it I think!

There appears to be no commonality of lifts, and limited/no stock of
spare parts meaning it can be several weeks before service restored.

Doesn't seem specific to one provider either.

James

In article <ud044p$haqe$1@dont-email.me>, James Heaton
<heatonandmoore@gmail.com> on Sat, 2 Sep 2023 at 20:58:17 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
>On 02/09/2023 14:01, Tone wrote:
>> I was due to visit the prospective X^4 today. But she messaged me to
>> tell me that where she lives the lift has broken down, and I can't do
>> stairs any more. She's on the first floor (UK).
>>
>> Given that she lives in sheltered accommodation and that there is
>> another floor above her, where most elderly folks rely upon the lift, I
>> do wonder why there is no alternative. Here, where I live in a similar
>> situation, we have a lift and a stair lift.
>
>It seems to be a depressingly common situation in east anglian sheltered
>schemes. Eastern Daily Press has a standard story set up for it I think!
>
>There appears to be no commonality of lifts, and limited/no stock of
>spare parts meaning it can be several weeks before service restored.
>
>Doesn't seem specific to one provider either.
>
>James
>
Its a problem of the 'just in time economy'.

While I can understand it (just) for underground escalators which they
claim each is unique. But lifts in buildings, I ask you!
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"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

What about one of those things they use at airports. High Lifts, they use
them to get people in very wide wheelchairs on and off of planes. They are a
kind of concertina/pantograph design raising and lowering the body of the
vehicle. Of course you then need an opening in the wall to be made which
might not be that convenient.
Brian

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"Tone" <tone@email.com> wrote in message news:ucvbo0$e0db$1@dont-email.me...
>I was due to visit the prospective X^4 today. But she messaged me to tell
>me that where she lives the lift has broken down, and I can't do stairs any
>more. She's on the first floor (UK).
>
> Given that she lives in sheltered accommodation and that there is another
> floor above her, where most elderly folks rely upon the lift, I do wonder
> why there is no alternative. Here, where I live in a similar situation, we
> have a lift and a stair lift.
>
> It is a different company though.
>
> Time for a tracked mobility scooter that can climb stairs safely?
>
> It possibly could be done if the tracks can be angled to fit the stairs.
> Using AI I'm sure that could even be automatic; the chair would be kept
> upright whatever the tracks do.
>
> Gissa grant.
>
> Or campaign for a stair lift.
>
> Tone

On 02/09/2023 14:01, Tone wrote:
> I was due to visit the prospective X^4 today. But she messaged me to
> tell me that where she lives the lift has broken down, and I can't do
> stairs any more. She's on the first floor (UK).
>
> Given that she lives in sheltered accommodation and that there is
> another floor above her, where most elderly folks rely upon the lift, I
> do wonder why there is no alternative. Here, where I live in a similar
> situation, we have a lift and a stair lift.
>
> It is a different company though.
>
> Time for a tracked mobility scooter that can climb stairs safely?

There is the reverse of this, the evac chair - SWMBO was involved in
selling these about a decade ago. Some were used getting people out of
the twin towers on 11/9, very successfully. You can wheel people down
stairsw, but not up.