Karen Terrell
My mom stayed at Quality Inn in Griffin Ga. She is paraplegic and stayed in a handicapped room. Her legs are paralyzed, and the bed was too high. I stayed with her and helped her get in bed with extreme difficulty (using a sliding board which she also uses at home).
She considered spending the night in the chair. Only someone who can stand can get in that bed easily, which is not appropriate for a handicapped room. If she had needed to get up during the night to go go the bathroom I would have had to help her get out of bed, and she said she would have spent the rest of the night in the chair.
At home she can transfer from the wheelchair to the bed by herself. Other than the bed height she liked the room. When in her wheelchair, the bed was almost as high as her shoulder. That is not…