| Avoiding wheelchair theft could save virtually any | | | | the ability to be nestable take the guesswork out |
| hospital between $19,000 to $25,000 a year. | | | | of where and how the valued equipment can be |
| Unfortunately, with so many in need of mobility | | | | stored. Many transport chairs are stolen because |
| assistance a place like a hospital annually reports | | | | of a mistaken identity. It's easy during the rush of |
| hospital patient transportation theft. With well | | | | getting a patient or loved one into a vehicle to |
| over 32 million disabled Americans, wheelchairs | | | | reach for the chair, fold it, and store it away in |
| have become a national necessity; ramps, wide | | | | the trunk. A transport chair that doesn't fold is a |
| doorways, and hallways have become routine | | | | good way of getting the rushing mind of that |
| accommodations. Across the country, hospital | | | | individual to realize that the chair is not supposed |
| directors now have to budget for a 10% loss of | | | | to leave. In this instance, a chair that would have |
| their on hand quantity of handicap equipment. It's | | | | accidentally been stolen, now remains the |
| expected that despite the need to have several | | | | property of the intended facility. A mobility chair |
| hundred chairs available they may very well fall | | | | that requires the push of another individual may |
| below 200 wheelchairs. Helping to prevent mobile | | | | prevent theft. The patient release forms have |
| chair theft begins with the type of chair you | | | | been signed and now the individual is ready to |
| purchase. A uniquely designed wheelchair is harder | | | | leave and meet their party outside. If the only |
| to steal. There are wheelchair manufacturers that | | | | way a mobility chair can be moved is by |
| offer their clients not only a variety of | | | | someone pushing it, your staff has more control |
| eye-catching colors, but the ability to chose a | | | | of when and where the mobility chair goes. When |
| custom color. More than likely, when wheelchairs | | | | only your employees move chairs, all non-qualified |
| are stolen, no one notices because of the high | | | | personnel can be observed more easily during a |
| volume of people coming and going. With a | | | | mobility chair theft. When handicap patients or |
| custom color chair, or a bold color red chair, staff | | | | those that are temporarily disabled come to your |
| can more easily spot chairs leaving without a | | | | facility, amongst their list of expectations is the |
| proper escort. Being able to store wheelchairs in | | | | expectation of accommodation. In today's fast |
| designated areas also helps prevent theft. It's not | | | | pace world, it's almost unheard of for a handicap |
| uncommon to go to a hospital and find | | | | person to be turned away, or inconveniently |
| wheelchairs in odd locations. Almost at every turn, | | | | delayed due to a lack of available wheelchairs. Help |
| one can find a wheelchair left haphazardly in a | | | | retain your investment by purchasing uniquely |
| corner, or alongside an empty bed in a vacant | | | | designed chairs that are nestable, non-folding, and |
| room. To a casual observer, it looks as if there's | | | | require the push of your hired staff. |
| no place to store them. Wheelchairs that have | | | | |