Are there people who have houses with a hoist, a high-low bed and shower aids?
Hello everyone, I am posting this message for someone who wants to become a member, but does not know whether it is useful, because the house they are going to must have a lot of aids. Due to a muscular disease of her son, a high-low bed and a hoist must be present and of course more is needed to shower. I know that there is a filter for wheelchair-friendly houses, but that is different of course. I think there are no other filters in the field of aids, except for lifts, but I cannot check this at the moment, because there seems to be a bug for the search function.
The family lives in the Netherlands (I actually do not even know where yet) and would like to go to houses in the Netherlands or very close by, so Germany or Belgium. If there are no houses that meet these requirements, it is of course not useful for them to become a member.
If you have these aids, please respond!
Thank you in advance.
I do not think you will find many homes with these aids. It might be worth it for them to network with families with similar child needs where they want to go. so for example on board for the muscular dystrophy association. I also do not know perhaps there are places to rent medical equipment which could be an option.
I dont think they have it, a network, I mean. They are a member of that association and it refered to HomeExchange β¦ They do know about renting the equipment, they have done this last year. I have adviced them to contact homes that may have room enough for those extra aids, based on the pictures and desciription, and reach out and see if the owners would be okay with those (temporary) extra aids.
They might go on and seek hosts in the specific area who might be able to exchange. Forums for these conditions exist or join HE without paying since you donβt need to pay until the exchange set up. There is more activity I think on facebook than here. It is tough even if you screen for WC accessible they might not have these things. Good luck!