HCPs to learn about homelift provision and client independence in CPD seminar at OTAC
Stiltz Homelifts will be presenting a CPD-accredited seminar at OTAC Southampton, aiming to enhance knowledge of homelifts and the community enablement it provides. OTAC events…
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…
DIY SOS gives disabled Karis and Bromsgrove family almighty lift
Flagship BBC TV programme DIY SOS has ensured wheelchair-user Karis Lane can avoid going into care by fitting a pioneering Stiltz home lift in her…
How Edward got his life back with a home platform lift after being left unable to walk
After a catastrophic fall from a ladder whilst putting up fairy lights with his two children in Christmas 2017, Edward Bridger-Stille was left unable to…
New manifesto capitalises on lack of suitable housing for elderly people and calls for better integrated housing policies
Handicare 1100 Stairlift The Housing and Ageing Alliance has launched a new manifesto – Time for Action – highlighting an urgent need to address the…
Negative perceptions hindering adoption of vital home adaptations
Following research suggesting that local authorities should review and simplify the home adaptation process, the Centre for Ageing Better has found that people are putting…
“Complex and varied” home adaptation process needs to be urgently simplified and funded says research
Centre for Ageing Better: Homes that Help New research has found that the “home adaptation process is so complex and varied that even professionals working…
Geberit answers BBC’s latest DIY SOS call
In the latest episode of DIY SOS, the Geberit team helped Matthew, who in 2015 was diagnosed with a brain tumour, undergoing 14 months of…
New evidence points to adaptation savings
"Using this strategic, joined-up approach, a comparatively small capital expenditure can deliver major revenue savings" Following the Government announcement of an almost doubling of funding…