Furniture for an invalid

[Rule17 3]

Hello,

 

I am in Pattaya because my father (77) has had a stroke. He spent five days in the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital but is now at home.

 

Unfortunately the furniture he has is totally unsuitable for someone in his condition -- weak, trouble standing, etc.

 

I would really like to get him one of those motorised recliners/armchairs that would lift him to his feet (like this one). He could also use an adjustable-height table on wheels, like they have by your bed in hospitals.

 

If anyone has any ideas where to find such furniture in Pattaya, I'd be very grateful. I've tried Google, but it's not as helpful here as it would be at home; and I'm not even sure I'm using the best search terms. This situation is new to Dad and me.

 

Thanks.

[jacko 8,822]

Try Fascinos on Pattaya Nua, there is a chance with the table.

I had a friend suffer similarly and they seemed to manage heave-ho method, his wife sure got strong.

[BigDUSA 71]

Check out http://www.la-z-boy-thailand.com They have just what you need. They make a quality product. We have three of their recliners in our home Theater.

 

Ikea has a store in BKK. http://www.ikea.com/th/en/

Edited February 24, 2013 by BigDUSA

[Rule17 3]

Thank you both so much for taking the time to answer. I'm obviously not a regular on this forum but every post I've read has had people helping each other out, it's a lovely atmosphere and you don't find that on all online forums.

 

I'm very grateful for your help.

[MM 6,562]

Thank you both so much for taking the time to answer. I'm obviously not a regular on this forum but every post I've read has had people helping each other out, it's a lovely atmosphere and you don't find that on all online forums.

 

I'm very grateful for your help.

 

Wait till you get to know us better

 

Thanks though, and glad we could help. I'm promoting you to regular member so you can see the good stuff.

[BigDUSA 71]

Check out www.amazon.com They ship to Thailand. They probably have the table you want.

[bigmick 840]

There is also a specialist furniture place along Threppasit Road that caters for disabled people and thos who have come out of hospital and need specialist items. Sorry i dont have a link, but if you turn into Threppasit from Thappraya, its about 2 km along on your left

[bibzo 7]

Strokes have a tendency to come back

 

He could need blood thinners’ and to be close to an A/E. as he may require quickly clot busting drugs if his conidian persists

 

If it was my dad I would move him to the west .

[Rule17 3]

Thanks, everyone, for your tips. I wanted to update the thread in case anyone looking for the same things, found the thread and an update was useful.

 

Hospital-style table

 

@jacko was quite right. The tables were in Fascino on Pattaya Nua. I hadn't looked hard enough -- they're against the wall in the Hall of Walkers.

 

La-Z-Boy riser armchair

 

Thanks to the tip from @BigDUSA, I tracked down the La-Z-Boy Pinnacle (catalogue #512). It is new (to Thailand, anyway) so the shops I found that stock La-Z-Boys didn't know about it. Fortunately, I'd put a screenshot picture on my iPhone, so they believed me when I showed them, and they looked it up in their catalogues or phoned the "factory" to find out more.

 

La-Z-Boy stockists in Pattaya are:

• Central in Central Festival (Beach Road/Second Road)
  
• Home Works (Sukhumvit), and
  
• Pattaya Furniture Centre on Pattaya Nua (about a block beyond Fascino and Tesco/Lotus on the left side as you come up from the Dolphin roundabout).
  

My favourite was the Pattaya Furniture Centre. The staff were particularly lovely and they immediately offered a 20% discount (from 62,000 baht, which was their list price and the price in Central). Estimates of delivery time (from Central and Pattaya Furniture Centre were one month and two weeks, respectively). Home Works doesn't stock it and didn't offer to order it, but they did call Central for me.

 

Lastly, thanks to @bigmick for the tip about the place on Threppasit Road. I've only just seen this -- Dad's back in hospital, so we've been busy -- and I will check it out.

 

 

If it was my dad I would move him to the west .

 

I don't want to malign the healthcare anywhere, besides I'm not qualified to make comparisons, having been in this particular situation on this once.

 

The only thing I do know is that Dad's had amazing care at the Bangkok Pattaya Hospital and I'm confident he's being well looked after. Within four hours of getting him in here the first time, he'd seen a heart specialist, a neurologist, and had X-rays, and various other tests. And we were just walk-ins, no appointments. It was impressive.

 

The second time we came in an ambulance and I've no reason to believe they would have got him to hospital faster anywhere else, or that they'd have been putting him into an MRI straight out of the ambulance. And, based on his regimen, I can't imagine they could give him any more blood thinners, and anti-platelet and anti-coagulant medication than he's on at the moment!

Edited March 2, 2013 by Rule17