Case study: Council’s assistive and smart tech service helps mother and daughter live independently at home
Maureen and Rosemary Monmouthshire County Council’s Assistive and Smart Technology Service, along with the Social Care and Health directorate, provides technological solutions to help people…
Case study: Lady receives life-changing multi-grip prosthetic hand from NHS trust
A woman born with one arm has had her life transformed thanks to pioneering prosthetic technology from Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Julie…
Case study: Powerchair that can easily climb steps and stairs enables teenage boy to regain freedom
Precision Rehab recently delivered the first iBOT PMD powerchair in the UK to 14-year-old David Dee from Manchester. David has Type 2 SMA which affects…
Case study: Curved stairlift ensures lady can continue living in her family home
Sheelah has lived in her family home for nearly 40 years but had noticed in recent years that climbing the stairs had gone from being…
Case study: OT prescribes life-changing stairclimber to enable former research fellow to go downstairs
Contracting Covid and suspected Lymes Disease literally changed Sarah Chadburn’s life. The former research fellow at the University of Exeter was unable to get out…
Case study: Tilt-in-space wheelchair helps man with his breathing and posture
When Carl Fox from Kings Lynn, Norfolk needed a new wheelchair, his mother, Petra, thought it would be easy to find a suitable model. However,…
Case study: Infinitely variable posture cushion helps disabled teenager comfortably enjoy family film nights
Quadriplegic cerebral palsy has meant teenager George Merry’s family has always struggled to make him comfortable and correctly supported to enjoy daily life and special…
Case study: Curved stairlift installation helps Robert use stairs safely and independently
Robert Anderson on the Flow X curved stairlift from Access BDD Access BDD, an accessibility specialist, in conjunction with one of its North American business…
Case study: Stairclimber solves the problem of reduced mobility in flats
Robert Mcleod sourced an AAT stairclimber to answer the problem of how stop his sister Irene – who lives on the top level of a…
Case study: Wheelchair power add-on means Vicky can go out and about independently without being pushed
When Vicky Hill from Kidderminster was left as a full-time wheelchair user as a result of complications following major heart surgery, she was adamant she…