Man, Im sorry to hear that. I can relate. My father became a quadraplegic when I was four years old. Everything becomes much more complicated. I found that everything I did had to be done twice and the second time took three or four times as long. <br><br>Bugout was never an option. I suppose you could say that we had a "72 hour" house. Winter and fires (and floods when we lived in the Tennesee valley) were the only real issues that we didnt handle on a daily basis. <br><br>Contacting our local fire department and explaining our situation was fantastic. They put us on a list of what you might call "special attention" houses. The one time our kitchen caught on fire promted a phenominal response by the fire department. They take disabilities very seriously.<br><br>Winter in the southeast is murder if you have freezing precipitation. We are not equipped to handle it and it wouldnt make sense to spend the money to do things the way they are handled in New England. If there is snow or ice you can count on the power going out. When you have a quadraplegic in the house, hanging out around a fire in the yard is not an option. It rarely gets below zero F. but the humidity is very high most of the year. Hypothermia is not just an acedemic problem in a southeastern winter. We kept 30 gallons of kerosene and two LARGE kerosene heaters year round. Do not buy a heater that doesnt have a removable fuel container. Go to a marine supply store and get a pump for filling the heaters. Eventually we added a gas powered artificial fireplace. We just thought in terms of "seige warfare" and things worked quite well.<br><br>I could get into wheelchairs, lifts, vans, how bad you can destroy your back handling a disabled person, psychological aspects etc. but I will save that for someone to ask about it. Its one of those things I would rather forget, but I would be happy to spare you some trial and error if I can.