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Donate Wheelchair ??

  • 27-08-2018 2:06pm
    #1
    Raven_k42
    Registered Users Posts: 358 ✭✭


    Afternoon all

    Any ideas of anywhere that might want a used wheelchair + a number of walking sticks ?. Would like them to go to somewhere that needs them. I can offer free on Adverts etc - but suspect items get hoovered-up then appear for sale !.

    Thanks, K


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  • #2
    Oink
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 2,159 Mod ✭✭✭✭Oink


    Try https://www.enableireland.ie

    They should be able to advise.


  • #3
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭lulu1


    Contact irish wheelchair assocciation


  • #4
    Tony H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭Tony H


    Raven_k42 wrote: »
    Afternoon all

    Any ideas of anywhere that might want a used wheelchair + a number of walking sticks ?. Would like them to go to somewhere that needs them. I can offer free on Adverts etc - but suspect items get hoovered-up then appear for sale !.

    Thanks, K
    hi sorry to bump an slightly old thread but did yoou have any success in donating the wheelchair ?
    We have an electric profiling bed , an electric hoist and a wheelchair with a assist motor which can be attached when needed
    our local hospital can’t accept them because of health and safety regs , they cost the guts of €5000 and were only used briefly as my father in law passed away shortly after they were purchased .


  • #5
    em_cat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,291 ✭✭✭em_cat


    If you are in Dublin contact the NRH in Dun Laoghaire they may take them. I know that items like the aluminium walking sticks are cheaper new than to sterilise them so they often won’t take them.


  • #6
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭lulu1


    Tony H wrote: »
    hi sorry to bump an slightly old thread but did yoou have any success in donating the wheelchair ?
    We have an electric profiling bed , an electric hoist and a wheelchair with a assist motor which can be attached when needed
    our local hospital can’t accept them because of health and safety regs , they cost the guts of €5000 and were only used briefly as my father in law passed away shortly after they were purchased .

    Hi could you tell me what is an assist motor please?


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  • #7
    Tony H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭Tony H


    lulu1 wrote: »
    Hi could you tell me what is an assist motor please?

    this video shows what it is

    https://youtu.be/hvElRhfChc0


  • #8
    Red Hare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭Red Hare


    I am a home care assistant. I believe I may have a person who would take this equipment as he was renting it at the moment but will have to buy soon asa far as I know.


  • #9
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭lulu1


    Red Hare wrote: »
    I am a home care assistant. I believe I may have a person who would take this equipment as he was renting it at the moment but will have to buy soon asa far as I know.

    Hi Would this person not get all the equiptment from their ot save him renting it


  • #10
    Red Hare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭Red Hare


    He doesnt have a medical car so the HSE won't give him anything - even pads.


  • #11
    lulu1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,815 ✭✭✭lulu1


    Red Hare wrote: »
    He doesnt have a medical car so the HSE won't give him anything - even pads.

    God that's terrible hope he gets sorted soon


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  • #12
    Ginger83
    Registered Users Posts: 3,540 ✭✭✭Ginger83


    Tony H wrote: »
    hi sorry to bump an slightly old thread but did yoou have any success in donating the wheelchair ?
    We have an electric profiling bed , an electric hoist and a wheelchair with a assist motor which can be attached when needed
    our local hospital can’t accept them because of health and safety regs , they cost the guts of €5000 and were only used briefly as my father in law passed away shortly after they were purchased .

    Hi does the assisted motor fit any manual wheelchair?


  • #13
    Tony H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭Tony H


    Ginger83 wrote: »
    Hi does the assisted motor fit any manual wheelchair?

    as far as I know it only fits on wheelchairs that have the connection to mount it

    the motor is used to aid a person pushing the wheelchair , I have both


  • #14
    Tony H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭Tony H


    Tony H wrote: »
    as far as I know it only fits on wheelchairs that have the connection to mount it

    the motor is used to aid a person pushing the wheelchair , I have both

    this is a photo of the wheelchair


  • #15
    Red Hare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭Red Hare


    Hi Tony - I will take that wheel chair off you if you are still offering, also I think I know a person who would take the bed and hoist .


  • #16
    Red Hare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭Red Hare


    I am sending you a private message Tony


  • #17
    Ginger83
    Registered Users Posts: 3,540 ✭✭✭Ginger83


    Did you get sorted?


  • #18
    Tony H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,513 ✭✭✭Tony H


    Ginger83 wrote: »
    Did you get sorted?

    We actually donated the equipment to The Chernobyl Greater Cause two days ago , a charity that runs hospices in Russia , had someone that would have taken the wheelchair in Dublin but had no way to get it up there .


  • #19
    SteveCloony
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6 ✭SteveCloony


    Hi Raven! The next time you'll have one, give it to a hospital or a home for the elderly. You'll receive a big "Thank you"! There are a lot fo these institutions that need equipment, especially for disabled people. The wheelchair that they have are old and might even not be functional. I'm not talking about the ones from the big cities, no, but about the ones from the little villages. Half a year ago, I and some friends bought a few wheelchairs from a Paramountind.com (enter site) and donated them to a local elderly house. And we didn't just bring and leave in the basement, we took them to the elders in need. I hope you'll have the chance to feel what we felt when they thanked us.


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