Free Wheelchair Buyers Guide       

Should I get a Wheelchair Assist Seat?

You might be wondering what the heck is a wheelchair assist seat. This is a cushion seat that goes on the seat of wheelchair. When activated it helps people up to their feet by slowly raising the seat at a slight incline. This all the individual to rise slowly and not hurt themselves.

A wheelchair assist seat can be extremely expensive and most folks are going to need help buying one. For people who do not have private insurance Medicare will sometimes cover about 80% of the cost for both the wheelchair assist seat and the wheelchair. If you have a secondary insurance they will usually cover the rest.
 

The problem is that to get wheelchair assist seat you have to quality and meet certain criteria.

The wheelchair assist seat must be used for mobility reasons and the individual who wants the wheelchair assist seat must have severe mobility restrictions. In addition to get an electric wheelchair or wheelchair assist seat you can not be able to use a normal manual wheel chair. For people who are too weak, old, or sick this works out pretty well.

However, for people who are younger and would like some extra help there can be problems in acquiring a wheelchair assist seat. If you feel like you need a wheelchair assist seat then speak to your doctor. He will need to write you a specific prescription for a wheelchair assist seat and then you will have submit a request to medicare. (Recommended reading: Karma Reclining Wheelchair)