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Why 4,438 daily falls in UK care homes deserve our attention

As news of increasing long ambulance wait times outside busy hospital A&E departments hit the headlines, an initiative to [...]

We invited Deborah Harrison to assess the Mangar Eagle, the latest lifting cushion (lifting chair) in the range and [...]

Strategies to reduce avoidable hospital admissions are not new. For many years winter pressures have sparked conversations around home [...]

Jennifer Humphrey, Plymouth Jennifer Humprey is 73 and lives in an assisted living apartment on the outskirts of Plymouth. [...]

Ergolet’s revolutionary Luna overhead lifting system was chosen to be installed at Cornwall’s Eden Project, in a disability suite [...]

It has been stated that “The adult human form is an awkward burden to lift or carry. Weighing up [...]

The term rehabilitation is being used far more frequently in the press recently for good reason, but does everyone [...]

This article will discuss the reasons why we use mobile hoists from the basic biomechanical, through to the functional [...]

Hengoed Park Care Home took part in the Care Home Project which was an initiative endorsed and funded by [...]

Just as the word “depression” is often over-used, describing any state of low mood, including temporary lows or natural [...]

Around a third of people aged over 65 and a half of people aged over 80 fall each year1. [...]

“The reason I became involved with the ISTUMBLE project is that it is so profoundly positive for residents of [...]