I agree with the others who think a stairlift is a good idea! Mine has been in use since about 2001 with many trips up and down my basement stairs. Like Sally, I have to go out to my backyard through the basement so a powerchair upstairs and formerly a scooter down, was great. My friends who help me clean, do chores, etc., around the house, use it for carrying heavy things like 50 lb bags of birdseed, the box with my Christmas tree in it, etc., and for those with arthritis and advancing age, it's really a big help!

When it was new, my grands thought it was like an amusement park ride, but now that they're older it's lost it's appeal. Go for it.......our disease isn't going away any time soon and the price will probably keep going up every year. Good luck!!