Daily Living Aids
Bending & Reaching
Dressing
Grab stick
A useful gadget which comes in many different designs to help you either pick up items from floor level or to reach up and grab (light) items
Long handled shoe horn
Can aid putting shoes on if you have difficulty bending
Elastic shoe laces
Can be helpful if you have difficulty with tie shoe laces or bending
Sock aid
No need to bend to reach your feet - simply place your sock over the aid, drop onto the fllor and pull your sock over your foot using the long tabs
Soxon stocking aid
This will aid independently donning socks and compression stockings
Jobst stocking aid
Device to assist pulling on vascular or compression stockings featuring a plastic coated frame with two side handles and foam grips
Heel guide stocking aid
Compression hosiery donning device with heel guide, extra wide cone shape and handles with multiple grip positions
Etac compression stocking aid
Aid to assist putting on compression stockings. Comprise fabric strips which the stocking is fed into, and then pulled up the leg with fabric tapes using one or two hands
Dressing stick
Can assist with donning shirts, jackets and pulling up trousers and underwear or removing socks
Trouser clip
Can be helpful to hold your trousers up via a shirt clip when donning trousers single handed
Driving
Seat belt reacher
A convenient handle for pulling your car seat belt. This is an ideal product for those people with arthritis, shoulder pain or limited mobility and just struggle to reach around and grab their seat belt. It attaches easily to your existing seat belt with no tools required
Garden
Adjustable hanging basket
Pull down for easy watering garden maintenance
Long handled garden tools
Reduce the need for bending in the garden
Garden kneeler
Helps you to kneel comfortably whilst gardening. Enables you to get up from a kneeling position more easily with a soft padded seat with supportive steep arms. Help to minimise back ache
Household
Post catcher
No more having to bend down to pick up your post
Long handled door wedge
Eliminates the need to bend when putting a door wedge in place
Long handled milk bottle holder
No more bending to pick up milk delivered to your door
Over furniture table
This table may help if you have difficulty holding items, eating or reaching your side whilt sat in your armchair or bed
Kitchen
Combination microwave oven
Not able to bend down to the main oven or have difficulty with the weight of food? These worktop microwaves offer more cooking flexibility than a basic microwave. They combine microwave energy, a grill and convection heating (fanned hot air) functions so they can heat, roast, crisp and brown in the same was as a conventional oven
Halogen oven
Not able to bend down to the main oven or have difficulty with the weight of food? Halogen ovens are cheap table top cookers that claim to cook food faster and more effeciently than in your main oven
Mini oven
Placed on a kitchen worktop, these ovens enable you to continue to roast or grill meals without the need to bend to a low oven. Some models also include a hob for saucepans
Personal care
Bio bidet
A toilet sear that can be attached to most conventional toilets to enable a person to wash and blow dry themselves while remaining seated after finishing on the toilet
Bottom wiper
This equipment has a long handle and holds a length of toilet paper at one end to give extended reach. Bottom wipers are designed to assist independence in personal hygiene tasks after using toilets particularly if you have reduced mobility n your arms or restricted reach. Different bottom wipers have a range of methods for securing and releasing the toilet paper
Long handled hair brush
For those that have limited ability to raise their arms
Long handled sponge
With bendable handles, these allow a person to clean their entire body unassisted
Suction holder shower cup
Holder allows the user to position the showerhead to their own personal requirements. Strong suction cup holds securely in place. Ideal to take when travelling
Pets
Long handled poop scooper
Make cleaning up after your pet easier
No bend pet bowl
No more bending to have to re-fill your pet's bowls