FlexStep

Top Family, Denmark

Søren Top suddenly had a blood clot which left him paralyzed the left side and he was dependent on a wheelchair. Søren and his wife, Birthe, immediately became aware of the challenges that could be at home when suddenly sitting in a wheelchair in a two-story house from 1898.

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Adaptation

Birthe Top says: “Suddenly my husband could only be on the ground floor. Therefore, we had to accomodate with the bedroom and bathroom in the backyard.” From the original building to the rear building there was a staircase with three steps and the couple had to find an assistive device so Søren could access the rear building.

Birthe Top says

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“Suddenly my husband could only be on the ground floor. Therefore, we had to accomodate with the bedroom and bathroom in the backyard.”

Can stay in own home

The municipality initially suggested a ramp, which however was not optimal in the couple’s opinion. Instead of a ramp, a FlexStep was installed as it could be adapted to their beautiful home. Birthe explains: “It means a lot to us that we can preserve our house, as it were, despite the big sudden changes in our lives.”

Birthe Top says

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“It means a lot to us that we can preserve our house, as it were, despite the big sudden changes in our lives.”

Same tiles

The steps in their FlexStep is in fact covered with the same granite tiles, as the floor on which FlexStep is installed. Birthe says about FlexStep: “Guests think it is a common staircase and cannot see that it also serves as a wheelchair lift for my husband.”

FlexStep

FlexStep er en innovativ og konvertibel 2-i-1 løsning, som sparer en masse plads i forhold til, hvis du skulle have både trappe og lift. FlexStep fungerer både som en almindelig trappe og som en lift for kørestolsbrugere, og den er således et funktionelt hjælpemiddel, som mange gangbesværede og kørestolsbrugere kan få glæde af i hverdagen.