In a previous blog, we wrote about how you can help transform your business into a disability friendly environment. Following on from this, let’s look at how to help make your home disability friendly too.
Living with a disability shouldn’t make you worry about moving around your own home. We want you to feel as comfortable as possible, no matter where you are, which is why we provide quality new, heavy duty and curved stairlifts for the home and business environment. What else can you do, though, to help you move around your home with more ease?
It’s Time to Declutter
Moving around the home, especially if you have need the aid of a wheelchair, can bring you up against some unnecessary clutter. Belongings left strewn across the floor, loose carpet, rugs and tiles, and even unnecessary furniture can all prevent you from fully relaxing in your home.
To help you, or your loved one, move around your home with ease it could be time to declutter your home. Pack away furniture and belongings you don’t use or no longer need, rearrange your furniture to create wide, free spaces for you or your loved one to navigate and fasten down any loose flooring which could cause a tripping hazard.
Accessorise Your Home
Every disability requires certain changes to be made in your home. Braille, for instance, is a great way of labelling cupboards and doors. Coloured lighting is a great way to stimulate the brain and portable wheelchair ramps are a brilliant addition to the home when you or your loved one need to navigate single steps in your home.
Extra Features
Adding extra features in your home to help you or your loved one move around is a common theme in many of our blogs. The use of handrails in particular can greatly help if you need help getting up and down.
Automatic doors, wheelchair friendly flooring, and a quality stairlift are also great features to add a little extra independence to your home.
Major Home Changes
Sometimes renovating areas of your home to accommodate yourself or your loved one is essential and unavoidable. Hallway and staircases, for instance, can be too narrow for a wheelchair to get down and rooms with fitted furnishings, such as a bathroom or kitchen, may be too difficult to safely manoeuvre around. When this happens, widening spaces and rearranging your fixtures may be needed to help make your home more disability friendly.
We like to make sure all of our customers are safe and secure in their homes; no matter whether you live in a three-story town house or detached country cottage, our stairlifts are here to ensure you’re able to traverse the levels of your home with ease. If you’d like more information, don’t hesitate to contact us today on 0800 046 3438.