Anika Lenk: My life wasn't that flexible. My mom wouldn’t want to be without this thing anymore, because she says, "Well, without this thing, I wouldn’t want to live with you anymore."
That’s the great thing about the Handi-Move ceiling lifter: anyone I can show how to use it can do it.
I couldn’t say, my sister is going to put me on the toilet now. I always had to wait until Mom or Dad came back. But now I can decide when I want to get in the whirlpool. I can say, "Mom, can you put me in the whirlpool?" and she sits next to it reading a newspaper, and we both have a relaxing time.
With the ceiling lift, you don’t always have the legs in the way of the lift; instead, it just hangs from the ceiling and is permanently installed there.
Michael Rongen: With a custom-designed lift solution, you can help people with disabilities transfer from a wheelchair, for example, to the bed or the toilet, or even from one chair to another.
The relief is really noticeable. People can say, Okay, this ordeal of having to move yourself by hand and not knowing, Will I even make it from the bed to the wheelchair today? is finally over. For caregivers, it’s obviously a physical relief as well. No more lifting, no more straining the back.
Anika Lenk: For me, a good assistive device is something that can be individually adapted to me, supported by good people, and that helps me in my daily life so that I can experience more self-determination.
