I ran across this video on Youtube showing Matt, a young man who has ALS- Lou Gehrig’s disease, using the EasyStand stander. Shartrina is Matt’s wife and caregiver, and demonstrates how she transfers Matt into the stander and gets him into the standing position. She also has some tips on making it more comfortable, adapting it for use with a ventilator, and more.
Matt and Shartrina have an inspirational website called the Matt White Cure ALS Foundation where they have documented their story and are educating others on ALS. I encourage you to check out www.cureals.org to read about their story.
What do you think of the video? Do you know a person who has ALS?
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Very good tip here on using a towel to scoot the person back in the stander. Wonderful caring wife!
Recent news is that the VA has Reclassified Lou Gehrig’s Disease as a service related disability. Here is a link to a press release about it http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080929/NEWS01/809290335
She is a wonderful caring person. Matt is so inventive. As a former caregiver there is nothing that he can’t come up with to make things easier.
Im a active tretment cordornatinor, I need help in finding some activity for people in wheelchairs
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