by Steff Green In Part 1 of Creating an Accessible Retirement Home, we discussed the importance of good, adjustable lighting, of contrasting colours, and how to create accessible signs. Today, we’re going to have a look at other aspects of accessibility for disabled people in a retirement home. Stairs, lifts and ramps Stairs are a [...]

by Steff Green As our population ages, more and more people are experiencing age-related disabilities, including arthritis, vision and hearing loss, and mobility issues. But despite these disabilities, many people are active, fit and healthy. Moving in to a retirement home can be a wonderful experience – you get to be part of a vibrant [...]

A recent study published in the American Academy of Sleep Medicine shows that patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis experienced greater pain and discomfort when they do not get enough sleep. “The primary finding of our study is that poor sleep quality is associated with greater functional disability among patients with RA and this relationship may [...]

Thanks to Tim Parry, Senior Media and Communications Office at the The Alzheimer’s Research Trust, for judging the entries in our recent Alzhimer’s Competition and for his comments below: The Winner Daily activities for late stage Alzheimers Disease patients An excellent blog – Linda identified a need for more information about caring for someone with dementia in [...]

Win your own online store… Have you ever thought of starting an online business or store? For people with disabilities, it can be the ideal business – a business that you can run from home, and one that requires little more than a computer or a printer to set up. Until recently, though, there was [...]

by Denise Watson Were you ever witness to your grandmother unpicking one of your granddad’s jumpers, so she could knit him a new one? It was my job to unravel the spaghetti pile and, sometimes, it was easier to snap the wool at both ends of the unforgiving tangle and knot the already rolled wool [...]

This touching post is by Ellen Denton and is a submission for our disabled blogging contest The Lost When I brought my father, who was in his eighties, to California from New York to place him in an assisted living facility here where I could be close to him, he was in the  advanced stages of Alzheimer’s and [...]

We have had some feedback recently on the most useful items for Alzheimer’s and dementia sufferers, and I thought I would let others know what might assist at this very difficult time. First, the Alzheimer’s Society has an excellent forum, offering peoples’ own experiences and solutions. Our own customers, often buying for grandparents and parents [...]

Afer years of negelct and ignoring pleas for assistance from  charities and mental health organisations, the Government has today (very shortly before the next General Election) announced a “radical shift” to their mental health strategy and approach. The strategy is aimed at preventing the development of mental health conditions amongst “at risk” victims of abuse, [...]

Did you know, on average, 8,000 older people fall each day in the UK? Here are some great products to detect falls and put your mind at rest.