The thought of having a lift chair is nagging at me. Myaged Care might help to provide one but it's dependent on a report from an Occupational Therapist ... and they are very rare in this part of the world and we were told the waiting period for assessment was over twelve months. As an aside, when I needed an OT at Giant Steps, I had to import one from the Philippines. Over the years I brought in two; they took citizenship, and are now well established in Launceston and still at Giant Steps. However, it was a sad loss for Hope Intervention Center in Calamba.
Dependent on the results of that assessment, Myaged Care might pay something to the cost, but the average price for a chair from their preferred supplier is $2500. We decided that, rather than wait, we might be better to get one from Kogan at, say, $500, and forget the OT rigmarole.
However, the $500 chair was going to cost $269 to get to Longford.
Plan B: I found a site call Lasoo who had a wide range of chairs and they offered 'free shipping nation-wide'. Sounds good; I found a chair I liked for a reasonable price, clicked to purchase, and a sign came up '"$150 shipping to that address'. By this time I was fed up, so pressed 'Complete Purchase' and left it at that.
It will be here in a few days and we can set about re-organising the loungeroom.
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