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Merry Christmas!

A sister-in-law has multiple health issues and unfortunately has resided on the second floor of a four-plex for decades, not wanting to move. She has been having falls and lives alone. I mentioned maybe investigating stair lifts. I thought maybe some folks in Forensic or LCP might have some opinions. I don't know much about them. 

1) Is there a best/preferred brand

2) Do Landlords generally give them a green light.

Much obliged!

We had one installed in a second floor rental unit for my brother-in-law, who is undergoing cancer treatment, and was very weak and having some issues with balance. 

We Received price quotes from $8000-$20,000 depending on if we If we were going to install it in a front stairway that had a landing and a turn which was closer to $20,000 or a back stairway that was straight but narrow and the stair lift took up the entire width of the stairway($8,000). We purchased a Bruno and it was very reliable, and we had a nearby, local servicing company.

They can be leased or rented, but in Boston, we found the cost for the lease was not that much less than purchasing it. The chairlift companies would install them and remove them and for six months it was going to be about $5000.

 There also was a market for purchasing used ones (Craigslist /Facebook marketplace) but you need to have a company service inspect and install them.

Time

my parents have a traditional two level colonial with no bathroom on the first floor and  the VA paid $15,000 to have one installed in their home for my father when he couldn't walk up and down the stairs anymore

So the cost depends on if it's a straight stairway or a curved stairway, the length of the track, if it is exposed to the outside, and the width of the stairway. 

Although the seat and the foot rest fold up, you need a fair amount of clearance around the chair in the stairway and you have to consider if there are other people walking up and down the stairway

Merry Christmas!

A sister-in-law has multiple health issues and unfortunately has resided on the second floor of a four-plex for decades, not wanting to move. She has been having falls and lives alone. I mentioned maybe investigating stair lifts. I thought maybe some folks in Forensic or LCP might have some opinions. I don't know much about them. 

1) Is there a best/preferred brand

2) Do Landlords generally give them a green light.

Much obliged!

We had one installed in a second floor rental unit for my brother-in-law, who is undergoing cancer treatment, and was very weak and having some issues with balance. 

We Received price quotes from $8000-$20,000 depending on if we If we were going to install it in a front stairway that had a landing and a turn which was closer to $20,000 or a back stairway that was straight but narrow and the stair lift took up the entire width of the stairway($8,000). We purchased a Bruno and it was very reliable, and we had a nearby, local servicing company.

They can be leased or rented, but in Boston, we found the cost for the lease was not that much less than purchasing it. The chairlift companies would install them and remove them and for six months it was going to be about $5000.

 There also was a market for purchasing used ones (Craigslist /Facebook marketplace) but you need to have a company service inspect and install them.

Time

my parents have a traditional two level colonial with no bathroom on the first floor and  the VA paid $15,000 to have one installed in their home for my father when he couldn't walk up and down the stairs anymore

So the cost depends on if it's a straight stairway or a curved stairway, the length of the track, if it is exposed to the outside, and the width of the stairway. 

Although the seat and the foot rest fold up, you need a fair amount of clearance around the chair in the stairway and you have to consider if there are other people walking up and down the stairway

Merry Christmas!

A sister-in-law has multiple health issues and unfortunately has resided on the second floor of a four-plex for decades, not wanting to move. She has been having falls and lives alone. I mentioned maybe investigating stair lifts. I thought maybe some folks in Forensic or LCP might have some opinions. I don't know much about them. 

1) Is there a best/preferred brand

2) Do Landlords generally give them a green light.

Much obliged!

We had one installed in a second floor rental unit for my brother-in-law, who is undergoing cancer treatment, and was very weak and having some issues with balance. 

We Received price quotes from $8000-$20,000 depending on if we If we were going to install it in a front stairway that had a landing and a turn which was closer to $20,000 or a back stairway that was straight but narrow and the stair lift took up the entire width of the stairway($8,000). We purchased a Bruno and it was very reliable, and we had a nearby, local servicing company.

They can be leased or rented, but in Boston, we found the cost for the lease was not that much less than purchasing it. The chairlift companies would install them and remove them and for six months it was going to be about $5000.

 There also was a market for purchasing used ones (Craigslist /Facebook marketplace) but you need to have a company service inspect and install them.

Time

my parents have a traditional two level colonial with no bathroom on the first floor and  the VA paid $15,000 to have one installed in their home for my father when he couldn't walk up and down the stairs anymore

So the cost depends on if it's a straight stairway or a curved stairway, the length of the track, if it is exposed to the outside, and the width of the stairway. 

Although the seat and the foot rest fold up, you need a fair amount of clearance around the chair in the stairway and you have to consider if there are other people walking up and down the stairway

Merry Christmas!

A sister-in-law has multiple health issues and unfortunately has resided on the second floor of a four-plex for decades, not wanting to move. She has been having falls and lives alone. I mentioned maybe investigating stair lifts. I thought maybe some folks in Forensic or LCP might have some opinions. I don't know much about them. 

1) Is there a best/preferred brand

2) Do Landlords generally give them a green light.

Much obliged!

We had one installed in a second floor rental unit for my brother-in-law, who is undergoing cancer treatment, and was very weak and having some issues with balance. 

We Received price quotes from $8000-$20,000 depending on if we If we were going to install it in a front stairway that had a landing and a turn which was closer to $20,000 or a back stairway that was straight but narrow and the stair lift took up the entire width of the stairway($8,000). We purchased a Bruno and it was very reliable, and we had a nearby, local servicing company.

They can be leased or rented, but in Boston, we found the cost for the lease was not that much less than purchasing it. The chairlift companies would install them and remove them and for six months it was going to be about $5000.

 There also was a market for purchasing used ones (Craigslist /Facebook marketplace) but you need to have a company service inspect and install them.

Time

my parents have a traditional two level colonial with no bathroom on the first floor and  the VA paid $15,000 to have one installed in their home for my father when he couldn't walk up and down the stairs anymore

So the cost depends on if it's a straight stairway or a curved stairway, the length of the track, if it is exposed to the outside, and the width of the stairway. 

Although the seat and the foot rest fold up, you need a fair amount of clearance around the chair in the stairway and you have to consider if there are other people walking up and down the stairway

Merry Christmas!

A sister-in-law has multiple health issues and unfortunately has resided on the second floor of a four-plex for decades, not wanting to move. She has been having falls and lives alone. I mentioned maybe investigating stair lifts. I thought maybe some folks in Forensic or LCP might have some opinions. I don't know much about them. 

1) Is there a best/preferred brand

2) Do Landlords generally give them a green light.

Much obliged!