There are so many different types of lift chairs; it can become quite confusing. A lift chair not only supports you gently to a sitting position, or back up to a standing position, they can offer you relief and relaxation when you need it the most. But how do you know which chair is right …
December every year we recognise International Day of People with Disability. This year we saw 2020’s theme around Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 world. 2020 has been an isolating year for most of us. Those with a disability and the older generation were considered vulnerable to COVID and in many …
With Christmas just around the corner, we thought it timely to write about products that make great gifts. Products, such as sheepskin – now before you say oh, this is for people who experience a cold, white Christmas, read on so we can explain. Most people think of sheepskin as keeping us warm and comfortable …
Did you know that Arthritis is the umbrella term for more than 100 medical conditions? Affecting joints where bones meet and affect more than 2.9 million adults and children in Australia. Many different types of Arthritis can affect your hands, causing joint pain, stiffness and swelling. This, in turn, leads to weakening grip and harder …
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As we grow older, we, unfortunately, become more vulnerable to falling. A fall that would previously have been prevented thanks to quick reflexes, better balance and awareness of the situation becomes less as we get older. Unfortunately, the bad news doesn’t stop there, as we age, we are more likely to be injured and are …
Some of us go through life without having any broken bones or sprained limbs, and then others experience a nasty fall or accident that changes that. The truth of the matter is that it can happen to any of us, and there is nothing we can do to prepare for it. So, when medical professionals …
WOW! Mobility & Rehab now stock bariatric equipment, whether it be for the bathroom, the toilet, the bedroom or mobility aids. But what is bariatric equipment, and what does it mean? When searching for the meaning of Bariatric, there are various entries relating to its origins being Baros, which means weight in Greek with the …
Dementia awareness week begins on 21 September, which is World Alzheimer’s Day. Around 447,000 Australians are living with dementia and can happen to anybody at any age. Throughout the world, there are approximately 50 million people that have dementia with nearly 10 million new cases every year. It is not a normal part of ageing. Dementia …
How often have you gone to your medicine cabinet to find that you don’t have what you want, or items have gone out of date? When it comes to your spring-cleaning routine, try adding the medicine cabinet to the list of things to clean out and update. Expired medicines and products Expiry dates refer to …
There has been a lot of talk around face masks and whether they help contain the spread of a virus. Studies suggest that aerosols and droplets generate during speaking and are responsible for a person to person transmission of viruses, while large droplets fall quickly to the ground, small droplets can behave like an aerosol …
