Hello , I am wondering if anyone has found the best suited car/ SUV for an elderly person. My mom is currently riding as a passenger in a Hyundai Santa Fe (small SUV). I would like something for her that's lower to the ground. Any suggestions? Thanks!!
Easiest vehicle for mom to get in and out of is my friends' Toyota minivan. (Plus a Toyota will still be running when all the other makes have fallen to pieces...and I say that as a Ford owner!)
for a while when she was in rehab at home we taught her how to get into and out of the back seat. At that time it was the perfect thing to do, for both of us.
The Hyundai Tuscan is lower than the SF. Also if Mum is not going to be driving herself have her try to get in and out of the back seat. More often than not it is a bench seat, there is the seat in front to grasp and generally easier to access.
We are about to go car shopping, the Santa Fe is moms which she bought 8 years ago, can no longer drive. It is the height of the chassis (?) that's the issue, to tall for her to step up and swing legs in. So as much as I hate giving up the hatch, I think we'll have to get our version of the Queen Mary. we both don't like the feeling of a low car. But it's about her safety , guess we'll get used to it. Maybe someone out there had/has a similar situation?
Thanks.
If I had used Dad's Olds sedan, it would take him 10 minutes to try to get out as he had trouble lifting himself up from a sitting position, it was painful to watch. I couldn't help as I was a senior myself.
On the other side of the coin, my Mom had a very difficult time getting into my Jeep and she didn't like the "truck ride", so she would refuse to ride in it. Thus I had to use my folk's Olds sedan for her which I hated driving... darn thing made me carsick just backing out of the driveway and the thing was so wide I felt like I was driving the Queen Mary down the highway, hard to park, too :P