A wheel chair lift can be pivotal in your ability to get out, move around, and enjoy life. There are handicap wheel chair lift models that help you ascend stairs, enter vehicles, transport your mobility chair, swim in a pool, navigate a multi-level building, and even help you get out of a comfortable chair.

Stair Lifts:
Built and installed to fit the stairway in your home, a stair lift provides a smooth, powered ride up and down stairs in a standing/perching or seated position, depending on the model and the requirements of the user. Standing stair lifts are preferred if bending at the hips is challenging. Standing lifts have a small high seat with a back and arms in which to lean as you are carried up and down the stairs. Seated stair lifts feature seat, back, armrests and footrests that can be adjusted to ensure a safe, comfortable fit.

Building Lifts:
More lifts are being installed in homes, churches, transit stations, shopping centers, offices and in other commercial space to allow disabled people greater access. Vertical elevating systems allow mobility chair users to make their way over stairways, landings, stages and other elevated surfaces that will not accommodate wheeled traffic.

Vehicle Lifts:
Handicap wheel chair lifts come in a variety of sizes and models, and can be easily installed in vans, cars, buses and trucks. Some lifts are designed for wheelchair transport only. Other models are specifically developed to accommodate the wheelchair with the user sitting in it. Powered ramps are a form of vehicle lift and can be installed in a van to allow the wheel chair user to enter and ride comfortably (with appropriate chair tie-downs and seat belts). Vehicle lifts are typically electronically operated so one person can operate it without assistance.

Chair Lifts:
If you are not confined to a wheelchair but experience difficulty standing up after sitting for a while, you may want to consider purchasing a handicap wheel chair lift that attaches to your favorite living room chair. Then when you are ready to stand up, the lift elevates you off the chair cushion to an upright position.