Tag: wheelchair ramps

ROCHESTER, Minn. – Lifeway Mobility is expanding its coverage area in southeastern Minnesota. The company will now offer stair lifts, wheelchair ramps and a variety of basic transfer aid solutions to those living in Rochester, Minn., and surrounding areas. “We are looking forward to providing extended coverage to welcome even more satisfied customers from the Rochester and surrounding communities in south central/eastern Minnesota to the Lifeway Mobility family,” said Bruce Stevenson,...

INDIANAPOLIS - Employees of Rehab Medical recently participated in Servants at Work, a program that builds wheelchair ramps for low-income, permanently disabled individuals. Ten staff members from the corporate office, including marketing, inside sales, IT and billing, weathered frigid temperatures on Nov. 12 to build a ramp. Rehab Medical also donated $2,500 to cover construction costs. The company offers all employees eight hours of paid time each year to volunteer in their local community.

RICHMOND, Va. - If a person comes out of a hospital needing a temporary wheelchair, they don't want to permanently own a ramp. That's where Kaye Crenshaw comes in. “We've been hearing about this need at in-services and facilities we visit,” said Crenshaw, president of Richmond, Va.-based Mobility Supercenter. “We have always sold ramps, but we didn't keep a large inventory. With this new rental program, we decided we're going to go into ramps full bore.”Mobility Supercenter...

GREENCASTLE, Pa. - When Gail Redick's multiple sclerosis led her to begin using a wheelchair, she quickly realized that most of her world wasn't accessible.“We become prisoners in our own home because of a simple step or two that keeps us from visiting family or friends,” she said. “But you're still trying to live life like everyone else.”Her saving grace: wheelchair ramps, which got her out of the home and back into the community. She launched wheelchairrampfriends.com, which...