Wheel chair bags for Veterns!!
01-31-2011, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
Looks great! but you might want to add ties at the lower corners to tie to the sides of the walker. This keeps it from shifting from side to side and flapping front to back if the walker is not one that is pushed. THis is how they wanted the bags made at my mom's nursing home.
I had hoped this fabric would work for the walker bags, but the flags were just not large enough. So, when the Veterns Hospital Nursing Unit Staff asked for a pocket/wheelchair bag ,I decided to give this fabric a chance, and it seems to be just the size they requested.
These are the walker bags. They have several heavy duty snaps that hold them in place.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-95600-1.htm
01-31-2011, 06:11 PM
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That is so cool. I showed that to my husband who is a disabled Veteran, but not in a wheelchair, but he said if he were in a wheelchair, he would LOVE to have one of those. So there ya go. I bet they all would like one.
01-31-2011, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Airwick156
That is so cool. I showed that to my husband who is a disabled Veteran, but not in a wheelchair, but he said if he were in a wheelchair, he would LOVE to have one of those. So there ya go. I bet they all would like one.
I'm a retired nurse, with lots of Nursing home/elder/ handicapped experience and I thought it looked like it would met their needs... Our local VFW ( who I work thru) has a w/c at the VFW club , I plan to try it out tomorrow while I'm there... was a bit unsure of how long to make the ties.....
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