A DISABLED woman says she has been stuck in her home for nearly three years because she can't get her wheelchair through the front door.
It means the only time Jenny Rigby has been outside since 2010 is when she was taken to hospital on a stretcher.
"I feel like a prisoner in my own home," said the 67-year-old. "I have no way of getting out."
Miss Rigby has rheumatoid arthritis in both arms and knees as well as osteoporosis and asthma.
It means she is no longer able to stand up to fold her wheelchair to get out of the door.
She has asked Nottingham City Homes to widen the door but to no avail and is waiting for a new home.
Miss Rigby said: "I feel like I've been abandoned. I have had my bathroom door taken off to give me more room as I used to barely be able to shut it because of my wheelchair." Miss Rigby, a mum-of-five and grandmother-of-two, hurt her back when she fell down a flight of stairs in 1977. The former nurse was paralysed from the waist down for months. This improved but she was left in a wheelchair because of arthritis.
She moved into her home in Amber Hill, Bestwood Estate, in 1991. Her daughter Anna gets her shopping while a carer visits almost every day.
Bestwood councillor Brian Grocock said: "Nottingham City Homes have been trying to find a suitable home for Miss Rigby, but the fact she needs one with a wide doorway is proving tricky. Hopefully the situation can be resolved quickly."
