Modification Tips to Make Your Home More Friendly to Someone with Mobility Issues

Do you need to make changes to your home so that you can better accommodate someone who has trouble with mobility due to their age or a physical disability? Here are some things you’ll want to consider for home modifications.
 

Stairlifts

A stairlift can help a person ride up the stairs in a stationary chair. A track is installed and a safe chair takes the individual either up the stairs or down the stairs. There are a number of options and some features could include: working in a blackout with battery power, remote access so you can bring it to the floor you’re on (if it was left on a different floor, for instance)

Lift Chair

Getting up and down from soft furnishings isn’t always easy for someone who has trouble with mobility. A lift chair can help you get up more easily by remote control that allows you to raise, slowly, to a standing position from sitting and to raise the chair’s seat to make sitting more comfortable, too.

Bathroom Help

Extra bars can help someone on and / or off the toilet and in and out of the tub. Making sure the bathroom fixtures are at the right height can be helpful as well. A specially made tub or shower chair can be helpful as well as having a walk-in tub or shower. Bathrooms can be tricky as they’re some place where a person with mobility problems often has to be alone and with it being a typically small space, modifications here can be very helpful.

Outdoor Ramps

An outdoor ramp can be very helpful versus stairs for getting in and out of a house. You can also have outdoor stairlifts installed when there are entrances where a ramp is not practical.

Kitchen

Modifications to the kitchen might be needed, depending on the degree of mobility issue. Changing the heights of counters and ensuring enough space to accommodate a wheelchair or walker might be necessary.

Other Considerations:

-Some other considerations include:

·         -Ensuring important things are in reach, such as electrical sockets, doorknobs, light switches, and so on.

·         -An intercom, if other family members live in the house and the house has multiple storeys

·         -Accessibility of phones

·        - Accessibility in each room for primary uses

·         Would an alarm system help?

Some minor modifications can help make your home more liveable and you might also consider some more major ones to make a big difference.

Brooks Stairlifts is a stairlifts UK company that can help you make sure stairs in your home are easier to manoever due to a stable and safe chair on a track. Visit http://www.brooksstairlifts.co.uk for more info about getting an assessment.