Helping elderly Queenslanders to remain at home
Helping elderly Queenslanders to remain at home
Quality Fabrications Welding is a small family-owned company based in Townsville, providing quality steel manufacturing to customers across North and West Queensland.
Working directly with QBuild, the company manufactures, supplies, and installs ramps and handrails to enable older residents to continue to stay in their homes and have a better quality of life.
“The ramps in particular help the older generation of our community access their residence, as many walking aids and even just a small rise into their residence can be difficult to manage,” said Lyle Johnstone.
“We had one customer who had recently tripped and fallen on a 50mm rise into their home. Once notified by QBuild, we quickly manufactured a ramp so the customer could access their home safely when they returned home from hospital.”
The company has employed a tradesperson and apprentice who were facing unemployment following their company closure.
Quality Fabrications and Welding allowed the apprentice to continue their training and become a qualified boilermaker.
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- Last updated:
- 15 December 2023