> 2) I guess this is Vanagon content - since my Mom can't get in the van. I > never thought, when I was getting the A.B. up and running, that my Mom > wouldn't be able to get in. She is 82, uses a cane, and her quad muscles are > very weak. I got a step stool and tried to get her in the back of the van, > but she couldn't make it with that one step and without something to hold > onto. I'm thinking of something akin to those steps with rails that roll up > to an airplane - only on a small scale. Also, I'm temporarily impecunious, > so it has to be cheap. > > Thanks, > Maggie > '85 Subaru-Westy "Anne Bonney" Can you place a cushion on the floor at the sliding door or not, have her turn her back to the door & sit down on the cushion, then turn her legs so that she rotates into the van. Then help her up onto the seat? Tom-we'll all be there someday? |
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