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[quote=Anonymous]My mom had MS and was in a scooter and we had to modify her house to meet her needs.  She lived by herself after my father passed away.  Her house only had one step from the house to the garage so that is where we built a wood ramp and she entered and exited the house through the garage using the automatic garage door opener.  We put an automatic closer on the door between the house and garage with a rope pull so she could open it in more easily in her scooter and the door closed on it's own behind her.

We also got a natural gas generator installed because she always had to make sure that her scooter was charged so she could get out of the house in case of an emergency and have safety lighting.

We didn't have to modify the interior bedroom doors because they were wide enough for her scooter to fit through.  The bathroom was more challenging.  The 2 bathrooms in her house were very small and only had 24" doors which made it difficult for her to get into the bathroom in her scooter in case she was unable to shuffle to the toilet, so we actually had the entire wall between the master bathroom and master bedroom removed so she could access the toilet and sink more easily.  For privacy, she just closed the hallway door to the bedroom if she needed it.

One of the other things we did that was very helpful was to get a remote light switch for the room that she slept in that was kept by the recliner chair that she sat it and fell asleep in so she didn't have to get back into her scooter to turn the light off in the room.

I hope this helps. [/quote]

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