We've Got The County Covered
We've Got The County Covered
Earl Bahr, a resident at Sweet Nursing Home, uses a Wheelchair Glider at the facility. The device allows a wheelchair bound patient to roll onto a platform and rock themselves while still in a wheelchair. Local pharmacist Kelcey Diemert and a high school classmate, designed and patented the device as a way to allow wheelchair bound patients to add movement to their lives and reduce their stress and anxiety levels.
A chance comment by a customer to a local merchant eventually resulted in a patented product now being used at Sweet Nursing Home in Chinook. Kelcey Diemert, a local pharmacist, said, "About 17 years ago Russell Benson came into the pharmacy and said, "I was just visiting some of my buddies at the nursing home. They were all rocking away in their wheelchairs but weren't going any place. You should invent a wheelchair that rocks."
Diemert shared the idea with John Iverson, a classmate when the two attended high school in Chester. Describing Iverson as 'very mechanical,' Diemert said, "John was,...
