Just thought I would share our expeience of using stair lifts. Problems
arise when the operating instructions for the stair lift are not displayed
at the bottom and top of the landing, instructions ought to be VERY simple
the print needs to be clear and large enough to read from a few steps back.
There needs to be a telephone near the stair lift so that if a problem
arises contact with Security or similar can be made.
Initially our stair lift was turned on during university opening hours but
we found our Stores people used the stair climber rather like a goods lift
for delivering items, also students tended to play around with it often
over loading it. Consequently, it spent a great deal of time being
repaired. Currently, we leave the key with staff located near the stair
climber, a second key is in the Security office and a third key is issued
to the student for the semester. Key pick up areas are displayed on a
notice board next to the operating instructions.
Hope this helps.
Kerri Heavens
>There are a couple of locations on campus where it seems appropriate to fit
>stair lifts (i.e. there is not the room for a conventional lift). Does
>anyone have experience of using these? Are there pitfalls or problems that
>we ought to be aware of before we fit any? (We are NOT looking for
>suppliers; we have some in mind already).
>
>Alistair Edwards
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>Department of Computer Science, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD
>phone: 01904 432637, fax: 01904 432767
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>Web: http://www.cs.york.ac.uk/~alistair/disability/AoD.html
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