Active sit-to-stand aid facilitates safe and easy single-handed care for professionals
Assistive technology supplier Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare has unveiled the first in its new range of moving and handling products, the Rise Sit to Stand Aid.…
Innovative magnetic lap belt now includes electronic sensor to support single-handed care for stairlift use
Soloc has updated its product range to include two new versions of its pioneering magnetic wheelchair lap belt: with and without electronic sensors for stairlifts.…
Multipurpose hygiene chair promises to offer easy and dignified single-handed care
Healthcare technology company Komodo Healthcare has launched a “game-changing” 4-in-1 electronic hygiene chair, which aims to improve the dignity and independence of those with reduced…
Portable mobile lifting chair is a safe solution to manual handling after a fall
Independent living specialist AAT has introduced an innovative way for carers to easily, safely and single-handedly lift care home residents after they have had a…
Upcoming webinar on D2A process using a single-handed care approach for clinicians
A new webinar that explores single-handed care and whether it has a place and impact within the NHS while it copes with COVID-19 is being…
Single-Handed Care Part Two: The winning formula
Deborah Harrison is the founder of A1 Risk Solutions, an independent organisation that specialises in moving andhandling, training, risk assessment and consultancy. Deborah started as…
New four-in-one shower chair commode set to transform independence and dignity for clients
Cortech Healthcare, a UK specialist in assisted living and rehabilitation, has launched a new innovative product called the Komodo: a powered shower chair and commode…
Bathing & toileting: Reducing costs and care intervention
In this article, Closomat's Robin Tuffley discusses how appropriate toileting technology can help reduce costs and care intervention, as well as reduce the number of…
Single-handed care Part One: The winning formula
Deborah Harrison is the founder of A1 Risk Solutions, an independent organisation that specialises in moving and handling, training, risk assessment and consultancy. Deborah started…
The OT’s Perspective: What should we all be bearing in mind when it comes to moving and handling?
Stuart Barrow, Promoting Independence As it is Occupational Therapy Week this week, which recognises the fantastic work of occupational therapists across the UK, this article…