Generous mobility aid donation lifts patient’s spirits
Kerry Wloskowicz, of the Harrow Community Palliative Care Team, with the newly installed stairlift in Tixie’s home A Community Palliative Care Team in Harrow has…
“Revolutionary” customisable nurse call system launches to support residential and nursing care homes
Connected care and health solutions provider Tunstall Healthcare has announced the launch of its new innovative nurse call system: Tunstall Carecom. Already supporting over 60,000…
Prize-winning ideas sought on future of accessible design to meet disabled people’s needs
Habinteg has announced its 50th anniversary essay competition on the future design of accessible homes and neighbourhoods. After 50 years of pioneering accessible homes and…
Appello acquires telecare business to increase connections and improve digital monitoring service offering to clients
One of the UK’s largest telecare monitoring providers, Appello, has announced that it has acquired Medvivo Careline, a telecare and out-of-hours call monitoring service business…
“Ground-breaking” powerchairs prove popular amongst OTs at dedicated event
Precision Rehab has reported a successful OT Show having used the event to launch two “ground-breaking” new powerchair models. Matthew James, Director of Precision Rehab,…
Helpful dementia aid can play memory-prompting messages and reminders to assist with daily routines
Giving dementia patients important reminders, alarms and memory prompts, the MR2 MemRabel 2i Memory prompting daily calendar clock is a clever device that assists people…
Shocking figures show over 200,000 children on health waiting lists in Ireland
As revealed by RTÉ News, just under 215,000 children are on waiting lists for healthcare services in Ireland, which has been described as an "appalling…
University researchers create squeezy soft sensors to aid rehabilitation and monitor patients’ health in their own homes
Imperial College London bioengineers have discovered a way to create stretchy and squeezy soft sensing devices by bonding rubber to electrical components, which could help…
Study shows whole-body vibration significantly improved balance in children with spastic CP compared to core stability program
Published in the journal ScienceDirect, a comparative study has revealed that whole-body vibration was more effective than a core stability program in improving balance in…
Three-door glass lift with increased visibility proves popular amongst occupational therapists
After having a successful OT Show, Terry Lifts said its new prototype three-door glass lift generated significant positive interest amongst attending healthcare professionals, which accommodates…