Mobility Equipment And Homecare

According to figures released by the NHS in March 2009, there has been a 5 percent increase in homecare. 4.1 million hours of care were provided to 328,600 households, for an average of 12.4 contact hours per household. Furthermore, a majority of these households receiving homecare include the elderly and the disabled.

Home hazards are one of the main causes of falls for over 65 year olds. These hazards include tripping up over objects and falling down the stairs.

Handrails and handgrabs often prevent home hazards from happening. The patient is able to hold onto the handrail whilst climbing up or down the stairs which helps avoid falls. This type of equipment is also often fitted in bathrooms where slippery surfaces can also cause falls.

If the patient has trouble walking, using a chairlift minimise the possibility of them being victim of a home hazard that can quite often lead to fractured bones. They also adapt to every type of staircase, including curved and outdoor staircases. That way they are able to benefit from every room in their house and move around independently. What's more, when a stair lift is combined with other mobility equipment in order to further increase a person's mobility.

A restricted mobility does not only reduce a person's mobility inside their home, it also can hinder their independence in the outside world. Equipment like mobility scooters and wheelchairs are the perfect complement to a stair lift, particularly if the patient has difficulty walking. Furthermore, most public places are now equipment to accommodate this type of equipment with most buses also equiped to host at least one wheelchair user. What's more, some public places are sometimes equiped with a stairlift in order to make it easier to evacuate disabled people out of the building in the event of an emergency.

Mobility equipment such as stair lifts, wheelchairs and mobility scooter allow elderly and disabled people to be more independent at home as well as in the outside of it. It also makes it easier for them to access homecare because devices such as stairlifts increase their mobility within their property.

Visit the Acorn website to find out more about how a stairlift can improve homecare.

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