Preventive maintenance isn’t an option – it’s a necessity. Maintenance of mobility aids increases both their life span and productivity. Preventive maintenance plays a key role in providing long-lasting, safe, and reliable accessibility aid. At Manafeth Mobility Solutions, our customers’ safety and satisfaction are our priority. So, our team always ensures proper regulation and maintenance of each product we offer. Maintenance varies from product to product and time duration (maintenance can be regular, weekly, or monthly). 

Maximize Your Safety with Preventive Maintenance 

Our team is always there to guide you on all details about the mobility aid’s maintenance. We also offer maintenance services to all our customers to make sure their products are working correctly. The primary purpose of having preventive maintenance is to identify minor issues within our accessibility products early to avoid future harm. Maintenance also helps to improve the safety, minimize the risks of uncertain breakdowns, and also extend the working quality. 

Add Freedom and Comfort in Life With Preventive Maintenance

People like patients, seniors, children, and those with physical limitations mostly require mobility products. Improper functioning of the mobility aid can affect the freedom and comfort of the user. For this reason, Manafeth Mobility Solutions provides professionally designed accessibility products that fulfill all mobility requirements of a person. 

In this blog, you will go through preventive maintenance of different categories of equipment provided at Manafeth Mobility Solutions, along with its importance and how to do it. 

Wheelchairs

Wheelchairs are medical equipment that is easy to use and ideal for the disabled people, seniors, or children. To ensure the accurate working of your wheelchair, its maintenance is mandatory. There are two different types of wheelchairs: manual and electric wheelchairs, discussed below! 

Manual Wheelchairs

Manual wheelchairs require some physical strength. It can be used for both indoor and outdoor activities. Its maintenance is essential to secure the user from facing any accidental harm. 

Importance of maintaining a manual wheelchair

You must be thinking, Why is it important to maintain a manual wheelchair? Here comes the answer to your query. 

• Maintenance helps save your money in the long run.
• This helps to increase both performance and the user’s safety. 
• You can fix the faults of the wheelchair in advance.

How to maintain a manual wheelchair?

Maintaining a manual wheelchair means you are adding ease to your own mobility. You can maintain a manual wheelchair in the following way. 

• Regularly check brakes, tire pressure, and wheels.
• Lubricating axles, joints, and the folding mechanism is important for a smooth and comfortable use of the wheelchair. We always recommend the best lubricant to all our customers, ensuring compatibility. 
• Make sure the wheelchair frame isn’t damaged from any point; this could affect the user’s safety. 
• Have a timely look over the wheelchair accessories to enhance your wheelchair use experience. 

Electric Wheelchairs

Electric wheelchairs are suitable for people who are physically weak and require proper assistance. User gets independence only by simply learning the controls to operate the electric wheelchairs. 

Importance of Maintaining electric wheelchairs

Maintaining an electric wheelchair maximizes your safety while using the electric wheelchair.

• Maintenance helps to increase the lifespan of the electric wheelchair as well, and the user ensures the safety and stability.
• If you keep your aid up-to-date, it will prevent sudden accidents from happening, like motor, wheel, or brake failure.   
• It also helps to improve the performance and the user’s experience. 

How to Maintain an electric wheelchair?

Here are points for maintaining a wheelchair. 

• It’s mandatory to check all the controls and seating adjustments before using it.
• Make sure the electric wheelchair has proper alignment and tightening of bolts. 
• Keep a check on the battery to ensure it’s functioning properly and reliably for the long term.  
• Contact us for a professional maintenance check after a few months or a year for quality maintenance services to make you feel independent. 

Mobility Scooters

Mobility scooters are lightweight and the best recommended mobility aid for people with limited mobility. It is most commonly used for outdoor activities. So, it requires more maintenance for a safe ride for the user.   

Importance of Maintaining a Mobility Scooter

Here are the reasons why maintaining a mobility scooter is important. 

• Its proper maintenance prevents the motor and battery from getting damaged. 
• It also increases the travel reliability of the user. 
• Make sure the scooter has a proper braking and steering system. 
• This also enhanced the performance and speed controls of the mobility scooter. 

How to Maintain a Mobility Scooter?

The mobility scooter you bought can be your personal assistant in the long run, only if you maintain it as necessary. Maintenance of a mobility scooter requires following the steps to follow. 

• Make sure that the scooter is properly cleaned and free from any dust, especially on electrical parts. 
• Don’t forget to inspect brakes, tyre pressure, and treads for punctures. 
• Keep on monitoring battery charging and health daily. Also, inspect connections for corrosion to avoid unwanted harm to happen.  
• Schedule an appointment with Manafeth Mobility Solutions to have professional maintenance of your equipment. 

Driving Aids

Driving aids are the solutions for people who want to travel but face mobility issues. There are different driving aids, and people have them according to their needs. A few modifications are made to vehicles for these driving aids.

Importance of Maintaining driving aids

Here come the key factors that why maintaining driving aids important.

• This helps to keep road safety while driving.
• It helps to keep the aids within safety standards and reliable for the long term.
• It helps to avoid any uncertain system failure during driving. 
• It helps to ensure an accurate response to controls. 

How to maintain driving aids?

Doing these important things, you will be able to keep the driving aids maintained for a more extended period. Follow the following for maintaining purpose.

• Always clean and lubricate the mechanical components.
• Check the working of electrical parts and hand controls regularly before use.
• Don’t forget to schedule professional safety checks. Our team will make a detailed examination of every aspect to make sure that driving aids are in good condition for use. 

Stair Lifts

Stair lifts help people with limited mobility to have safe and comfortable movement between different levels of the building. 

Importance of Maintaining Stair Lifts

Maintaining such mobility aid means maximizing our users’ security while using it.

• It adds confidence and safety for the user.
• Ensure safe and secure transfer of the user.
• It also helps to avoid sudden jerks or stoppage of movement.
• Timely maintenance will also protect you from costly emergency repairs. 

How to Maintain a Stair Lift?

Follow up the bullet points to maintain a stair lift. 

• Remember to test battery backup systems weekly.
• Always check seat belts, controls, and sensors before using. Keep the tracks and rails clean.  
• Never avoid unnecessary sounds, and report to us immediately for checking. 
• If you find any harm to the stair lift, contact us immediately to have professional servicing.

Wheelchair Lifts

Wheelchair lifts are suitable for people to move to different floors while being in their wheelchairs. People like seniors find it challenging to live in multi-floor houses, but with such a mobility aid, there will be no issue. Wheelchair Lifts must be adequately maintained to eliminate any accidental risk. 

Importance of Maintaining a wheelchair Lift

Now, you can have a lift to serve you for a long time without any errors. Here comes the importance of maintaining lifts.

• Make sure that there is safe lowering and lifting.
• Maintenance will reduce the risk of having an accident.
• It also helps to prevent electrical and mechanical failure.
• It will help to maintain load-bearing strength.  

How to Maintain a wheelchair Lift?

You can maintain a lift for its effective and long-term use by following these points.

• Always check the safety locks and controls before using it. Keep the lifts’ electrical parts clean from dust and water, especially. 
• Lubrication is important to have a smooth use of the lift. You can contact us, and we will offer you detailed monitoring of the lift and lubricate all mechanical components. 
• Remember to inspect cables, hydraulic systems, and motors. Also, look if there is any damage to the wheelchair lift that could be harmful in the future.  
• Better to schedule a professional inspection regularly. This will enhance your wheelchair lift performance without any expense.  

Turny Seat

Turny seat is an ideal mobility aid for handicapped people who travel a lot. Such multi-directional seats allow safe pick-up and landing of the user from the vehicle. It allows the user to drive independently, overcoming mobility issues. 

Importance of maintaining Turny Seat

It is important to maintain the turny seat for its better performance.

• By maintaining the turny seat, you are improving your driving experience.
• Your turny seat will work effectively for a more extended period if it is maintained properly.
• Proper maintenance helps you add freedom and comfort to your life. 

How to maintain a turny seat?

You can maintain a turny seat by following these important things.

• Always check the seat functioning, adjustment, and stability before using it.  
• Examine the hand controls and proper rotation of the seat to avoid issues during driving. 
• Remember to lubricate the mechanical parts to regulate the smooth movement. 
• Contact us for a detailed professional maintenance check to avoid any inconcequences. 

Medical Bed

A medical bed for the comfort of people who can’t stand or sit due to some surgery or other medical issues. Having a medical bed at home allows the user to have comfort and stability while being at home. 

Importance of maintaining a medical bed

Here are the points that why it important to maintain a medical bed. 

• Proper maintenance of a medical bed adds to your safety and security. 
• It allows the user to have ease and comfort, along with safety, while being at home. 
• This also ensures that the medical beds work efficiently for a long time. 

How to maintain a medical bed?

Here comes the point that you should follow to maintain a medical bed. 

• Remember to lubricate all the important mechanical components for smooth use of the bed.
• Look for proper adjustment, seating, and stability of the user during use.
• If you found damage to any side of the bed, contact Manafeth Mobility Solution soon to ensure safe use.
• Don’t forget to have a monthly professional maintenance checkup to avoid harmful incidents from occurring. 

Other Accessibility Equipment and Its Maintenance

Manafeth Mobility Solutions also provides a wide range of other mobility and accessibility equipment, other than all mentioned before. Preventive maintenance is also required for all those mobility aids. This up-to-date strategy will allow all the equipment to function properly, effectively with high performance. Regular serving, professional inspection, and cleaning will help reduce the downtime of the equipment. 

Add freedom and Safety in your life with the best Maintenance services

To have a safe and dependable mobility aid, preventive maintenance must be the foundation. At Manafeth Mobility Solutions, we know the importance of life and freedom. For this, we provide the best and high-quality mobility equipment that is safe to use in every aspect. 

We help people to maintain their safety, ease, and independence with maintained accessibility equipment. Your investment in maintaining your equipment won’t be wasted. So, contact us today and have the best maintenance services at affordable rates all across the UAE. We are there to serve you 24/7.