Question 17849 — dependency

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Mr. Gérard Leseul draws the attention of the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and Disabled People, responsible for autonomy and disabled people, to the need to better guarantee the maintenance and continuity of operation of stair lifts installed in the homes of elderly people, losing their autonomy or disabled people. As part of the adaptation policy from housing to loss of autonomy, the State encourages and financially supports the installation of equipment allowing elderly people or people with disabilities to continue living at home. As such, the installation of a stair lift is among the work that can be covered under MaPrimeAdapt'. The National Housing Agency also presents the stair lift as equipment allowing stay at home safely and preserve your autonomy. However, if the public authorities financially support the installation of this equipment, no general guarantee comparable to that applicable to elevators seems today to ensure their regular maintenance, their long-term availability or their return to operation within a time period compatible with the situation of the people who depend on them. This situation is particularly worrying for the most vulnerable people. For an elderly person losing their independence or a person with a disability, a stair lift is not a piece of comfort equipment. It can constitute the very condition for access to the floor where the bedroom or bathroom is located, but also, in certain configurations, the only possibility of leaving one's accommodation. Its breakdown can thus lead to a real situation of house arrest, preventing access to care or essential services and increasing the isolation of already vulnerable people. It therefore appears necessary to question the existence of a real right to the continued operation of equipment essential to maintaining a home. A person who has benefited from public support to adapt their housing should not be able to find yourself permanently deprived of the use of this equipment due to a lack of maintenance, excessive intervention time or the unavailability of a spare part. Also, he asks what measures the Government intends to take to establish a regulatory framework guaranteeing the upkeep and maintenance of stair lifts installed in the homes of elderly people, those losing their autonomy or those with disabilities.

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