PLANNING A
SUMMER HOLIDAY?
ARDOO 140
Personal Multi-Use
Portable Hoist
nLightest smallest folding hoist
nSafe transfer into front/rear car seat
nUse in bathrooms & tight spaces
nTake holidays/day trips with family
& friends
nLifts from floor, wheelchair, stairlift,
toilet
nFolds & erects in less than 40 seconds
nEasily converts to use as Stand Aid
Ardoo Caresafe Ltd
Hitech Building
Ballycoolin IDA Business Park
Blanchardstown
Dublin 15
Tel: 01 8976 223
M: 0864007850
E: [email protected]
www.ardoohoists.com
Make New Friends
Nightly Entertainment
Activities & Day Trips
Wheelchair Accessible
Transport Available
“What’s great about Cuisle is that
I can go there on my own, knowing
I have support if I need it”.
Enquiries and Reservations
Cuisle Holiday Centre, Donamon, Co Roscommon
Tel: 090 6662277 • Email: [email protected]
www.cuisle.ie
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE HOLIDAY HOMES
Our holiday
advisors will
help you choose
the holiday home
that best suits
your needs
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Lakeside Holiday Homes, Killaloe, Co. Clare
Lisdoonvarna Village Holiday Homes, Co. Clare
Heyward Mews Holiday Homes, Swords, Co. Dublin
Spiddal Holiday Homes, Spiddal, Co. Galway
Crystal Fountain Holiday Homes, Tralee, Co. Kerry
Dingle Courtyard Cottages, Dingle, Co. Kerry
Aherlow Woods Holiday Homes, Glen of Aherlow, Co. Tipperary
Seacliff Holiday Homes, Dunmore East, Co. Waterford
Call us now on 01 201 8488
www.tridentholidayhomes.ie
Come on
your own & meet
other young people
or come with a group
Bed & Breakfast,
Half Board
or Full Board
Available!
Discounts for groups
of 20
TRAVEL
Holidaying at home
Spring, with its promise of better weather and longer days, is the ideal time to
plan some adventures for the year ahead. Kiara Lynch researches two accessible
accommodation options
Athlone Springs Hotel
Athlone
Co Westmeath
Tel: 090 644 4444
Web: www.athlonespringshotel.com
The Athlone Springs Hotel is an ideal location
for you to enjoy a fun-filled holiday or relaxing
break away. With state-of-the-art leisure facilities,
including a swimming pool, treatment rooms,
cocktail bar, and restaurant, and just five minutes
away from lively Athlone Town, you will be spoiled
for choice. The main entrance is flat, and there
are four designated parking spaces outside
reception and another four outside the leisure
centre. There are four wheelchair accessible
bedrooms on the first floor, accessed via lift. Each
accessible room has low pile carpet and lowered
hanging rails in the wardrobe. Each en suite has a
high toilet with surrounding grab-rails, and a roll-in
shower with a fixed shower seat and surrounding
grab-rails. The bar and restaurant are fully
wheelchair accessible. The hotel is a ten-minute
taxi journey from Athlone rail and bus station.
Kilmore Cottages
Kilmore
Co Wexford
Tel: 053 913 5487
Web: www.kilmorecottage.com
These self-catering cottages are situated on an organic
working farm, in a peaceful rural location, with many
beaches nearby. There are three cottages on site. The first,
Kilmore Cottage, offers two twin rooms and a bathroom
upstairs, and a wheelchair accessible double bedroom
downstairs. The accessible bedroom features wooden
flooring, space to fit a hoist under the beds, an en-suite
with a standard toilet with grab-rails (toilet seat raisers are
available upon request) and a roll-in shower with a moveable
shower seat and grab-rails. The second and third cottages,
Teach a Trí and Teach Eile, both offer wheelchair accessible
double and twin bedrooms with wooden flooring, and space
to fit a hoist under the beds. In each, the main bathroom
has a standard toilet and a roll-in shower with a moveable
shower seat, both with grab-rails. There are lever taps, and
low-level light switches and electrical sockets throughout
the cottages. The cottages are a twenty-five minute drive
from Rosslare Harbour.
FIND OUT MORE: Although IWA does its best to ensure the information provided is accurate, we always advise you
to contact the accommodation provider directly before booking to ensure facilities meet your requirements.
HOIST HIRE: In the east, JS Dobbs, Baldoyle, Dublin 13. Tel: 01 839 1071. Web: www.jsdobbs.ie.
In the north/north-west, Evolution Healthcare, Co Tyrone. Tel: +44 28 8772 7855. Web: www.evolutionhealthcare.co.uk.
In the south, O’Flynn Medical, Cork. Tel: 029 217 99. Web: www.oflynnmedical.com
PORTABLE HOIST PURCHASE: Ardoo Portable Hoists (nationwide service), Blanchardstown, Dublin 15.
Tel: 01 897 6223. Web: www.ardoohoists.com.
SOMEWHERE TO RECOMMEND? If you have visited a good hotel, or perhaps are a hotel owner interested
in having your hotel featured, email: [email protected]
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Creating new opportunities for wheelchair users
Commenting on the customer response, Ardoo’s
Ardoo Caresafe Ltd have now introduced to the market the
Ardoo 140 multi-use portable hoist, weighing only 23kg it
Katie Boland was very enthusiastic, “The feedback from
customers has been overwhelmingly positive and we are
is the lightest, folding multiuse hoist available.
seeing significant interest already from overseas through
Designed and Manufactured in Ireland it has already
established strong sales and is currently exported to the
our website sales”.
For further information and availability on this unique hoist
UK, Mexico,Trinidad and Australia.
visit www.ardoohoists.com. Alternatively, call Katie on
Its unique front lifting boom, as against overhead,
facilitates safe and precise movement allowing for example
01 897 6223 or Kieran on 086 174 6377
placement in the front or rear seats of a vehicle, and it’s
small footprint allows use in restricted spaces. The hoist
folds easily to fit in the boot of a car and can be taken in
the hold of an aircraft.
The versatile Ardoo 140 can also be adapted for use
as a stand aid - a major benefit saving time, money and
space. It can be operated safely by one carer and no
tools are required to fold it or to convert it to the stand aid
(conversion kit available).
According to Kieran Byron of Ardoo Caresafe Ltd - “Our
customers want more value for their money these days
and that is exactly what they get when choosing the Ardoo
140 - multi-use hoist all rolled into one. The healthcare
providers are saving significant amounts of money while
the quality of life for both the carer and those being cared
for is enhanced.”
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