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• Bathing

  Baths and bathing

  • Equipment to get in and out of the bath
  • Baths
  • Bath accessories
  • Bathroom suites

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  Showering

  • Showers
  • Shower seating
  • Shower cubicles and trays
  • Shower accessories
  • Shower screens and enclosures

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  Bath and shower safety

  • Bath water level indicators
  • Non-slip flooring
  • Bath temperature thermometers and alerts
  • Slip resistant products

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  Personal care

  • Small personal care aids
  • Hair dryers and holders
  • Body dryers
  • Weighing scales
  • Medication management

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  Bathroom fixtures

  • Wash basins
  • Taps
  • Rails

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  Living made easy has been created by our team of occupational therapists. Read their advice on bathroom equipment. Read more

• Bedroom

  Beds

  • Variable posture (profiling) beds
  • Combination beds

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  Mattresses & overlays

  • Pressure relief mattresses
  • Pressure relief overlays
  • Waterproof mattresses

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  Getting in & out of bed

  • Bed raising equipment
  • Leg lifters
  • Lifting poles
  • Moving and handling equipment

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  Maintaining your position

  • Pillows and supports
  • Wedge shaped supports
  • Free standing backrests

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  Moving and turning

  • Self lifting blocks
  • Grab handles

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  Bed safety

  • Bedside safety rails
  • Padding for bed safety rails
  • Bedside padded floor mats

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  Eating & other activities in bed

  • Tables & trays
  • Reading

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  Bed and mattress hire

  • Beds & accessories for hire
  • Mattresses & overlays for hire

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  Bed accessories

  • Pillow securing straps & bedding grips

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  Living made easy has been created by our team of occupational therapists. Read their advice on bedroom equipment. Read more

• Chairs

  Chair types

  • Riser and recliners
  • Support and positioning chairs
  • Chairs with a high back
  • Bariatric chairs with capacity above 190kg
  • Settees with a high seat height

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  Seating accessories

  • Leg rests and footstools
  • Waterproof chair pads
  • Tables for chairs
  • Lap trays
  • Floor standing bookrests
  • Manual leg lifters

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  Sitting to standing equipment

  • Individual chair raising blocks
  • Interconnected chair raising blocks
  • Riser cushions

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  Living made easy has been created by our team of occupational therapists. Read their help and advice on chairs.

• Children

  Beds, cots & accessories

  • Beds
  • Cots
  • Mattresses and overlays

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  Buggies & accessories

  • Four-wheeled buggies
  • Three-wheeled buggies
  • Tilt-in-space buggies

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  Car seats & accessories

  • Car seats - fixed
  • Car seats - swivel and tilting
  • Belts & harnesses for vehicles

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  Chairs

  • Activity chairs
  • Armchair-style seating
  • Corner or floor sitting chairs

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  Clothing

  • Daywear
  • Nightwear
  • For sensitive skin

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  Dexterity & co-ordination

  • Dressing skills
  • Scissors
  • Balls

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  Eating and drinking

  • Bowls and plates
  • Cutlery

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  Personal care

  • Using the bath
  • Using the toilet

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  Play equipment

  • Indoor play equipment
  • Outdoor play equipment

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  Puzzles & games

  • Dominoes
  • Dice
  • Bingo

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  Sensory toys & equipment

  • Tactile (touch) stimulation
  • Visual (sight) stimulation
  • Multisensory

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  Switches

  • Pressure activated switches
  • Touch activated switches
  • Movement activated switches

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  Toys

  • Switch operated toys
  • Disability awareness toys
  • Toys to encourage speech

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  Walking equipment

  • Walking sticks
  • Walking frames
  • Crutches

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  Wheelchairs & accessories

  • Manual wheelchairs
  • Powered wheelchairs
  • Wheelchair cushions

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  Living made easy for children has been created by our team of occupational therapists. Read their advice on daily living equipment for disabled children.

• Kitchen & household

  Food preparation equipment

  • Cutting and slicing
  • Peelers, mashers and graters
  • Food preparation boards
  • Weighing and measuring

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  Drink preparation equipment

  • Kettles and water heaters
  • Teapot and kettle tippers
  • Liquid level indicators for a cup or mug

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  Cooking equipment

  • Ovens, hobs and accessories
  • Talking microwaves
  • Saucepans and saucepan accessories
  • Timers

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  Slip-resistant material

  • Large sheets, reels or rolls of slip-resistant material
  • Slip-resistant mats
  • Self-adhesive slip-resistant material

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  Living made easy has been created by our team of occupational therapists. Read their help and advice related to kitchen products.

• Stairs

  Hand rails

  • Stair rails
  • Newel rails

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  Stair safety

  • Lighting on your stairs
  • Slip resistant & high visibility treads

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  Stairlifts

  • Seated stairlifts
  • Standing and perching stairlifts
  • Stairlifts with wheelchair platform

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  Living made easy has been created by our team of occupational therapists. Read their advice on equipment for the stairs. Read more

• Telecare

  Telecare systems

  • For the home
  • For sheltered and group housing
  • Outside the home

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  Simple solutions

  • Alarms for use within a house
  • Wandering alarms
  • Medication reminders
  • Memo and voice minders
  • Remote control electrical sockets
  • Intercoms and door entry systems
  • Key safes

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  Activity monitoring and personal locators

  • Personal locators
  • Wandering alerts
  • Activity monitoring systems

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  Environmental controls

  • Push button operation only
  • Switch compatible
  • Voice activated

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  Living made easy has been created by our team of occupational therapists. Read their advice on telecare and telehealth equipment. Read more

• Advice

  Bathing

  • Considerations before purchasing an alternative bath
  • Is my bath suitable for equipment?
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  Bedroom

  • Glossary
  • Manual vs electric operation of bed
  • Tips for a better night's sleep
  • Useful links
  • Variable posture beds
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  Chairs

  • Assessment by a Physiotherapist
  • Chairs case studies
  • Equipment provison through local authorities and direct payments
  • Essential measurements for a new chair
  • Making complaints or reporting unsafe products
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  Children

  • Charitable funding for children's equipment
  • Disabled Facilities Grants (DFGs) for children
  • Healthcare professionals working with children
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  Kitchen & household

  • Choosing a new peeler
  • Choosing a new tin opener
  • Food preparation and chopping boards
  • Saucepans and accessories
  • Using a microwave oven

  Stairs

  • Considerations when choosing a stairlift
  • Funding a stairlift or through-floor lift
  • Stair safety, the causes of falls
  • Stairlifts: Questions and answers
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  Telecare

  • What is telecare?
  • Concerned about falls
  • Ethical issues with assistive technology
  • Obtaining help in an emergency
  • Telecare glossary
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Bathing

Living made easy's bathing section provides information and advice on the equipment available to help with bathing, showering and personal care for domestic use. The site includes advice about product features of bathing aids and factors to consider before choosing equipment. This site has been totally reviewed and expanded to include bath safety, multi-functional shower, toilet and commode chairs and taps with non-standard features.