Power chair

Mom got her new power chair this morning. Hurray!! It is the Jazzy 600XL and looks just like this. Mom really likes it as it is much more comfortable that her previous wheelchair. My brother and I like the power chair because we no longer have to struggle to push mom around in a wheelchair with a bad wheel. One wheel did not like to turn.

The new power chair is battery powered and is recharged by plugging it in to the wall outlet.

It has five speeds and can go up to 5 mph. I know that second speed is all the fast one would want to move inside the house. We learned from a person whose mother had a power chair that they are fast and powerful and her mother ended up with holes in the walls of her house.

The wheels are bigger and better so it is easier to go outside. The wheels are underneath the seat. So while the seat is the same 24" size as the old wheelchair, the overall chair width is less than the old wheelchair.

I had counted on the chair fitting through the doorway to the kitchen via the living room but the chair is still a few inches too wide. I plan to move stuff from along the wall in the area between the kitchen and dining room and see if the chair can get through there. Tomorrow's project.

I am glad Medicare and Medicare Supplemental insurance picks up the cost as the chair costs over five thousand dollars.