Standing and Self Support
Being able to sit down and stand up is something that we all take for granted until an illness, accident or advancing age makes such tasks difficult or painful.
Often when people are having difficulty standing and moving safely around their home help is best provided not in the form of one single thing, but in a number of small pieces of equipment and techniques to improve balance and stamina.
Common difficulties
If you are having difficulties in any of these areas we can help you:
- Standing up from an armchair or sofa.
- Getting in and out of the bath.
- Getting on and off the toilet.
- Using stairs
- Getting in and out of bed.
- Standing in the kitchen
Our aim is to help you remain independent in your own home, managing to safely manoeuvre around your home confidently by providing flexible and practical solutions to maintain and improve your ability around your home.
How we can help
We will complete an Occupational Therapy Assessment with you and your family and provide a detailed report with clear recommendations.
- We can work with you to ensure that chairs are the correct height and made of the correct material to make it easier for you to get out of and to protect your skin integrity.
- We can demonstrate standing and sitting techniques helping you to develop safer ways to get up and to move around.
What we can do
There are many daily living products on the market, choosing the correct one for you can be costly when mistakes are made.
- We can ensure the right product for you, both now and in the future.
- We can obtain a number of quotes for specialist items like stairlifts, beds or riser recliner chairs.
Get in touch to discuss how we can help be more independent →
