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.

Over Christmas we were pleased and surprised to see that we sent out so many accessories as gifts to people to enable those with difficulties such as poor eyesight or arthritic hands to continue to play cards – and we have now taken an order from a retirement home for more! The Warden at the [...]

I have just found a super new product to list on our site – the Life Story books. These beautiful books are available as single books at £5.85, or in packs of 11 for £49.50 (great for care homes). These are memory aids, where, often with assistance, the recipient records details of his, or her [...]

I’ve been reading the story of Kerry Robertson and Mark McDougall, who are in the news today after Social Services in Ireland have taken their newborn baby boy, Ben, into care. Kerry and Mark ran away from Scotland in the middle of the night after being told that their baby would be taken into care [...]

I have been researching disabled-friendly holidays with a difference, and have found a wheelchair friendly Nile Cruise. Nile by Night – Photo by Choctaw_Ridge I found details of this unusual option on www.responsibletravel.com, who have a section dedicated to disabled travellers.  There are not many wheelchair accessible holidays in Egypt, where disability is not yet as well [...]

Struggling for ideas for gifts for a disabled or elderly person that are actually useful and wanted? Jean gives her advice! Having set up The Disabled Shop some years ago, I have quite a bit of knowledge about the many aids on the market, but having recently had a hip replacement operation myself, I can [...]

Pomegranates have already been hailed as a super-food but a team of scientists from Kingston University in South West London has found a new use for the deep red fruit. The team, led by Professor Declan Naughton, has discovered that the rind can be turned into an ointment for treating MRSA and other common hospital [...]

The BBC reports that the National Audit Office has urged the Department of Health to live up to its ambitious promises set out in its dementia strategy, published last year. The strategy document include actions to boost diagnosis and ensure better patient and carer support. The NAO praised the ambition but has questioned whether the [...]

BBC News reported on Thursday that UK scientists have developed a technique for detecting early signs of Alzheimers using a simple eye test. The test works by using florescent markers to show up dying cells in the retina which could give an early indication of brain cell death. The test has so far only been [...]