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Elderly market insight: China's elderly wheelchair demand/fast growth

The wheelchair market is a typical market for the elderly. According to data released by the Prospective Industry Research Institute, among the domestic wheelchair consumers in 2019, elderly people over 65 years old accounted for about 50%, and the older the age, the greater the demand for wheelchairs. But at the same time, the needs of the wheelchair market are far from being met. According to the data of the National Auxiliary Research Center, the actual proportion of wheelchair adaptation in China is only about 10%. The degree of aging in China is further deepening, and the needs of the elderly are also accelerating and upgrading, but there are many problems in the traditional wheelchair market: On the one hand, the output fails to meet the demand; on the other hand, there are many pain points in the function and design of traditional wheelchairs, which are difficult to keep up with the escalating needs of users.

2024-01-12

Wheelchairs are not optional. Have you ever heard of a wheelchair prescription?

Case: Grandma Li from Nanning, Guangxi is 80 years old. Due to lower limb fracture, she is inconvenient to move and needs to use a wheelchair. The family bought her a common wheelchair on the market. Unexpectedly, Granny Li is petite. Although the wheelchair purchased by her family has chosen a small size, the height is too high to suit her. In the process of practicing walking, Li Nainai accidentally fell down and suffered secondary injuries due to the inappropriate wheelchair. Granny Li's family took her to Guangxi Jiangbin Hospital for help. Only then did they know that wheelchairs cannot be chosen casually. In professional rehabilitation institutions, therapists will also make personalized "wheelchair prescriptions" for different patients according to their functions"

2024-01-12

Hongjiang City to Displace Electric Wheelchairs for Disabled Retired Soldiers

Huaseng Online, January 11 (correspondent Zhang Xinliang) "Thank the party and the government for their concern for our disabled veterans! We have been remembered for so many years!" On January 10, the Hongjiang City Veterans Affairs Bureau and the Hongjiang City Disabled Persons' Federation formed a sympathy group to visit the 92-year-old veteran Liao Kaike in the Baihunao Community of Anjiang Town and sent a brand-new electric wheelchair.

2024-01-12

Wheelchairs, sphygmomanometers and oxygen generators can also use medical insurance cards. Let's learn about them quickly.

Since July 1, Shanghai has launched a number of medical insurance policies to benefit the people, and continuing to expand the scope of personal account payment is one of them. After the implementation of the New Deal, the number of medical devices and consumables paid for by residents' personal medical insurance accounts increased to 34. Members of the family solidarity network can also use family solidarity funds to buy at designated pharmacies.

2022-07-28

How should patients with spinal cord injury choose a wheelchair?

Wheelchair is one of the commonly used auxiliary mobile tools, and it is a common means of transportation for those who have decreased or lost their walking function or those who want to reduce energy consumption during activities. So, how should patients with spinal cord injury choose the right wheelchair? Wheelchair is an important assistive device for patients with spinal cord injury. A suitable wheelchair can make them travel more conveniently, live more freely, and avoid the occurrence of spinal cord injury complications to a certain extent. Spinal cord injury patients choose wheelchair size should fit, can make each part of the force evenly, not only comfortable, but also can prevent the emergence of adverse consequences.

2022-01-10

Chengdu to explore rehabilitation aids community rental service pilot

By scanning the QR code, users can not only enjoy the convenience of sharing cars or sharing bicycles on demand, but now there is another way of travel sharing-sharing wheelchairs. Last weekend, Zhou Fenglian rented a shared wheelchair for her cousin who came to see a doctor with a leg injury at West China Jintang Hospital, a hospital in Jintang County, Chengdu. Because it only took my cousin more than 40 minutes to see a doctor, Zhou Fenglian did not even spend a penny using a shared wheelchair. If you use it for more than one hour, you will have to pay a fee of 5 yuan per hour and a cap of 25 yuan per day.

2021-11-12

In some hospitals or communities, patients and residents have previously been equipped with free wheelchairs.

The problem is that wheelchairs have always been used more frequently in large hospitals. Liu Guizhen, who has worked in the hospital for 13 years, said that especially when there are many outpatients every morning, it is often the case that they lend again as soon as they are returned, and the family members of the patients wait at the rented place. Unlike people with congenital disabilities, amputations, and paralyzed patients who choose to buy their own wheelchairs because of long-term use, another type of user is short-term or temporary, such as the elderly, the infirm, pregnant women, and sudden injuries. Liu Guizhu noticed that they were the main users of the shared wheelchair. The operation process is also very simple: the user only needs to scan the two-dimensional code on the wheelchair with his mobile phone, enter the shared wheelchair APP applet, and pay the deposit according to the steps. Scan the two-dimensional code again with the code scanning function of the applet, and the lock snap can be rented. At present, the deposit for using shared wheelchairs is about 300 yuan, and Alipay Ant Credit can be exempted from deposit. "To a certain extent, sharing wheelchairs complements the hospital's wheelchair facilities, and the time-limited free system avoids the waste of wheelchair resources." Liu Guizhen said that the use of shared wheelchairs is relatively simple and convenient to operate, which improves the efficiency of patient treatment.

2021-11-12

After more than a year of operation, the "shared wheelchairs" are still anxious.

Unlike shared bicycles, because the use of wheelchairs is very limited, shared wheelchairs belong to the category of low-frequency consumption. In the past year or so, Yan Honglan found that this has an important relationship with users' usage and payment habits, and "is a problem facing the industry". For example, the utilization rate of mutual medical devices in some points set up in the community is far less than that of hospitals. Yang Qi, a staff member of the Huiai Social Work Service Center in Jintang County, told Hongxing News that most of the use scenarios of wheelchairs in the community are when there are relatives at home or when the weather is good, the elderly have a strong demand to go out. In the past, the community service center will also prepare 2-3 wheelchairs for lending, will charge a deposit and mortgage documents. During the interview, the Red Star News reporter noticed that for the elderly, paying for a wheelchair is still a "new thing". On the one hand, no matter how much the cost is, the mentality of "forbearance" has allowed them to reduce this kind of demand, while on the other hand, the awareness of paying for rehabilitation aids has not been established, and many elderly people still think that "this should be free and open to the elderly".

2021-11-12

West China Jintang Hospital puts into sharing wheelchairs

The time when Hubang medical equipment was put into sharing wheelchairs in West China Jintang Hospital, a hospital in Jintang County, was at the end of August last year, that is, a year ago. At almost the same time, the Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital also reported providing shared wheelchairs. According to the openness of public enterprises and institutions in Chengdu, Chengdu Second People's Hospital also published a comparison and selection announcement on the introduction of shared wheelchairs in June this year. Sharing wheelchairs is not a new thing that has just emerged, but the reason why it has not been rolled out on a large scale includes the user's use and payment habits mentioned by Yan Honglan. In other cities, this is a common problem. In June this year, Chengdu was identified as the national rehabilitation aids community rental service pilot city. The so-called pilot project is to accumulate experience and provide demonstration for the development of national rehabilitation assistive device community rental services with sustainable and replicable policy measures and service models. To this end, Chengdu Civil Affairs Bureau, Chengdu Development and Reform Commission, Chengdu Finance Bureau, Chengdu Disabled Persons' Federation, etc. jointly issued the "Notice", which is the process of Chengdu exploring community leasing of rehabilitation aids. According to the notice, Chengdu will set up pilot projects in Jinniu District, Wuhou District, Wenjiang District, Xindu District and Jintang County, while the pilot districts (cities) and counties will set up pilot work leading groups to refine the pilot work plan for community rental service of rehabilitation assistive devices, and study and formulate supporting policies and systems.

2021-11-09

A wheelchair that can't turn uncovers the problem of "brushing the street" for the disabled.

Obstacles always appear inadvertently, which may be steps at the door, discontinuous ramps, or buses higher than the ground. This time, it is a dangerous road without any warning. On the evening of July 7, Wen Jun in a wheelchair appeared on the road, and then the paraplegic fell from the end of the road to the entrance of the underground garage about 2.2 meters above the ground. When 120 arrived on the scene, he had no vital signs. No one thought it would be the biggest obstacle to the army. As a barrier-free travel promoter, he has been trying to make the wheelchair go further. He went to Tiananmen Square to see the flag-raising and to Badaling to climb the Great Wall. His figure once appeared in Yinchuan, Sanya, Chengdu, Xi'an, Nanjing, and Inner Mongolia. Not long ago, he and his wife went to the Northeast for a 25-day trip to 3 provinces and 6 cities. travel. He has been to South Africa, Vietnam, India and Nepal. He has held 11 accessible trips for paraplegics. According to the original plan, on October 20 this year, he will lead paraplegic patients to travel all the way from Kunming, Dali and Lijiang for 10 days. This is the first time these people have tried to cross three cities. In order to inspect the barrier-free facilities in these areas, Wen Jun set out alone. He passed 15 stops from Beijing and finally arrived in Kunming after 34 hours and 9 minutes on the train. At about 10 o'clock every night, he went back to the hotel, sorted out the results of the day's investigation, and sent the puzzle to his circle of friends.

2021-11-09