On Apr 22, 7:21*am, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
If this person will be with you for a while, might consider
having the rugs removed. A couple folks have suggested
runners. I'd think that the phone book yellow pages under
wheel chairs or carpets might provide some one who has dealt
with this.

I'd expect runners to have a problem of being higher than
the carpet. Hard to get from floor up to runners, or down.

Not really. Those clear plastic runners have a tapered edge and if the
pile on the carpeting is indeed as deep as the OP says, they will sink
in flush and not cause any problems whatsoever.