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A padded swing down bed rail fitted to the side of a neatly made bed in a warm bedroom.

Best Bed Rails for Elderly Adults: How to Choose Safely

A bed rail is one of the first things families look at when getting in and out of bed starts …

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A large screen day clock with a blank display standing on a dresser beside a lamp in a sunlit bedroom.

Day Clocks for Seniors: Reading the Day at a Glance

A day clock does one thing an ordinary clock refuses to do: it says the day out in full. Not …

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A sock aid, a dressing stick and a long shoe horn laid out on a bedroom chair.

Sock Aids and Dressing Aids: What Each One Actually Does

Getting dressed asks the body to bend to the floor, balance on one leg, reach behind the back, and pinch …

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A long straight ramp running from a porch landing down to a driveway.

Wheelchair Ramp Length: How to Calculate What You Need

Working out ramp length sounds like it needs a calculator, and then you learn the shortcut and never need one …

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A living room floor with a curled rug edge, a trailing lamp cord and a raised threshold.

Trip Hazards at Home: Find Them and Fix Them Cheaply

Trip hazards are the part of home safety that costs almost nothing and gets skipped anyway, usually because they hide …

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A rollator with a padded seat and backrest strap parked beside a kitchen table.

Rollator With Seat: Seat Height, Comfort, and Safe Use

The seat is the reason most families choose a rollator over a standard walker. It turns a trip to the …

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A ramp with railings on both sides curving to a landing at a home entrance.

Wheelchair Ramp Railings: When You Need Them and Why

Some links on this page are affiliate links. See our affiliate disclosure. Ramp railings get treated as an optional extra, …

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A swing up grab bar and a fixed wall bar flanking a toilet in a small bathroom.

Grab Bars for the Toilet: Which Type Fits Your Bathroom

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A raised toilet seat and a freestanding toilet safety frame beside the same toilet in a bright bathroom.

Toilet Riser vs Toilet Frame: Which One Do You Need?

Some links on this page are affiliate links. See our affiliate disclosure. These two products get compared constantly, and the …

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A transfer bench with two legs inside the tub and two on the bathroom floor, the shower curtain gathered behind.

How to Use a Transfer Bench Safely: Step by Step

A transfer bench arrives in a box, gets assembled in ten minutes, and then sits there while everyone works out …

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A lift recliner with a lumbar heat panel and its multi button hand control on the armrest.

Lift Chair With Heat and Massage: Worth the Extra?

Heat and massage appear on a large share of mid-range and upper-range lift chairs, usually as a second row of …

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A queen bed with a swing down bed rail beside a nightstand in a bright bedroom.

Bed Rails for Queen Beds: Fit, Mounting, and Sizing

A queen mattress is 60 inches wide, and that width is exactly what makes rail shopping trickier than it looks. …

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