@walkinggirl @stanleyhudson

Thank you for your comments. Dad has done well with his pacemaker! The lift chair became a moot point, as his easy chair holds a lot of sentimental value to him (it was my moms), plus he wanted to continue to exercise those muscles required to stand on his own—fearing further atrophy. That has worked fine until the past few days and now we may have to rethink the lift chair.

His cardiologist said a lift chair would not be a problem, so long as we did not get one that offers massage. He felt that that could hold potential problems.

We have learned a little something that most people probably already know, but that was a learning curve for us: Even though dads pacemaker is MRI compatible, only specialized MRI machines can do the imaging and the techs need to communicate with the pacemaker company and his cardiologist before hand. Where we live the hospital group where dad used to get MRIs every three months (thankfully no longer necessary), not all locations have the specialized machine and the ones that do book up much further in advance as compared to the regular imaging. So plan very far ahead just in case this is a thing for you too!

Take care and stay well!