Wheel Chair - What needs to be consider before buying a wheel chair

A wheel chair can be very helpful for several types of patients and for older people.
But when comes to buying a wheel chair , what needs to be consider is very importent.Now a days there several kind of wheel chairs are available in the market, even we can purchase those from the internet.
Recently i bought one wheel chair for my father , it cost me around Rs:5000.
The quality point of you it was really worth it.I bought this at one of the surgical store in koti medical street in hyderabad. In those shop i was observed several kind of other wheel chairs.The range starts from 4500, bit those quality was poor. I suggest go with the standerd one because for long run it could be better.

There are also some high range products arw also available for which cost you around Rs: 8500., Which will come up with full head support and with commode (i.e. Urine pan) facility for fully bed rest people.

In my case the wheel chair which i bought was without headrest.So i was custamized it a little bit for head support purpose.
As part of customization i just bought a plywood sheet which can be setup at back of the wheel chair by taking the proper measurements. After that i made rexine finishing to that plywood sheet and attached to the wheel chair.Now it was giving a better head support as expected.
These all custamization cost me around Rs: 800..

So before choosing any wheel chair , consider the fillowing based on your need.

1. A standedised wheel chair with capacity 100 -150 kgs
NOTE: A cusion type of seat is preforabble instead of rexine cloth.

2. Better to go with rim type wheels instead of plastic wheels for better sustainability.

3. Make sure Head support needed for the patient or not.

Thank you for reading.