11-20-18 20:30 NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM about Re: vehicle trends
Howdy! Nancy,

 NB> {at}MSGID: 
 -=> Quoting Dave Drum to Nancy Backus on 11-17-18  12:52 <=-

 NB>> We were transporting people in wheelchairs or with push-walkers that
 NB>> could at least do a stand-pivot transfer... and the salient features
 NB>> were the slim outside-of-car-to-seat so that one could just sit down
 NB>> and swing the legs around, and the seat being able to be raised enough
 NB>> to make that a smooth sit and rise again...

 DD> The cross-overs seem better than the vans for rear seating. Many of
 DD> the placarded/licenced Caravan or Odyssey or Windstar vans I see have a
 DD> Braun Mobility sticker where the model name usually goes on the back.

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 NB> I can still easily get in and out of my Volvo... I sit back on the seat
 NB> and swing my legs in... and getting out, I reverse that, and use the
 NB> door to hang on to to pull up... but it doesn't need much effort... And
 NB> some mobility challenged friends we still transport have learned to do
 NB> the same, and also find it easy enough...  :)

The 3 Door Grand Caravan I bought used had a plastic Step Stool placed
in the space between the Second Seat and the Sliding Door.

The previous owner said He put it there to help an older person get
in the van by their sitting on the step stool (facing away from the van)
and turning to their left to get their feet on the floor and then sliding
over on to the seat.

We kept it, and several people have used it when they get in Our van.

Thought I'd pass the idea along to the other folks in this echo.


... She kept saying I didn't listen to her, or something like that.
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