How to Make Stairs Safer Without Remodeling
The staircase is usually the part of a house that families worry about first and change last, because every idea …
Front Wheeled Walkers: What Two Wheels Actually Change
The front wheeled walker is the plain aluminum frame with two small wheels at the front and two rubber tips …
How to Clean and Maintain a Wheelchair Ramp
Ramps get installed with a lot of care and then quietly ignored for two years. Meanwhile grit from the driveway …
Big Button TV Remotes: Which Simple Remote Works
A modern television remote has around forty buttons, most of them the same size, several of them for services nobody …
Garage and Basement Safety: Stairs, Light, Storage
Garages and basements are the two rooms in an American house that were never really finished. The stairs into them …
Bathing Aids for Elderly Adults: The Full Picture
Bathing is not one task. It is a chain of small ones: crossing a threshold, turning around, sitting down, staying …
Button Hooks and Zipper Pulls: Dressing Without Help
Buttons are a strange thing to lose. Nothing else about a shirt changes, but the small pinch-and-twist that fastens a …
Wearable Chairs: How the Sit Anywhere Idea Works
The wearable chair is one of those ideas that sounds like it should already be everywhere. You wear a light …
ADA Light Switch and Outlet Heights: The Real Rule
Search for the ADA light switch height and you will get a confident answer of 48 inches, usually with no …
Hypershell and DNSYS Exoskeletons Overview
Two names dominate the consumer exoskeleton shelf, and both of them come from the outdoor world rather than from the …
Commode Liners and Odor Control: What Actually Works
Nobody researches commode liners for fun. They get looked up the week after a bedside commode arrives, once the family …
Are Exoskeletons Safe for Older Adults?
This is the question that should be asked before any of the others, and it is one no website can …