Hi there, I have a young man who is bedbound due to a near drowning.
He probably
will not be in a wheelchair again but will remain in bed. We have found
that he
can use eye gaze successfully with an sgd. We cannot use the rolling mount
due
to the size of his bedroom and the space needed to care for him. We wanted
to
mount it overhead from a beam across the ceiling that already has his dvd
player. We thought of the idea of a plate with a swiveling ball joint aka.
the
viewmaster. But our a.t. consultant is very adamant that the weight
of
the device and mount puts it at risk for falling (this is earthquake
country)
and could harm our user and put the consultants at great risk. We are
considering drilling a hole in the floor and inserting a pole with a cross
piece that holds the sgd and will swivel for his sight line. This is pretty
hard to figure out. Daessy has a wall mount-but I am not sure on it’s
length. We have to leave room between the wall and his bed for his feeding
machine. Any ideas? Deborah Bell, Santa Cruz, CA |