Disability steps available from your local mobility aid specialists can help you around the home. Depending on the type of property you live in you may face dozens of obstacles on a daily basis. Two-storey homes are not suitable for mobility-impaired. But, what happens when you are the homeowner and are unwilling to sell? Or perhaps you are waiting to be re-housed by the council to a more suitable home.
Disability Steps: Getting in and Out of your Home
All homes on street level have a front door step, as do the entrances to blocks of flats. Just getting up and down your front door step can become a daily battle. In winter, your step may ice over, or become slippery when wet. If you are scared to go outside for fear of falling, you will become a prisoner in your own home. What you need is a half-step that will fit safely over your existing front door step. Your step will be made of a slip-proof material, will be wide enough for a walker or frame, and can include grab rails if you need them.
Let’s go round to your back door now. Presuming your home has one! If you have a backdoor, then you will have a yard or garden. You may have a lovely garden that is becoming overgrown. You long to get out in the sunshine or to potter in the garden, but once again, there is a nasty looking step in the way. Once again, a half step can help you confidently step up and down. Half steps can me placed permanently over steps, or you can invest in a portable version that a family member can help you move around.
Going Upstairs
If you have limited mobility, and your knees don’t bend like they did when you were younger, then stairs will be your enemy. Perhaps you have abandoned the upstairs of your home altogether. Or are saving up for a chair lift? Half steps can be purchased to help you up the stairs. A set of disability steps will be placed over your stairs, making the depth of each step easier to manage. Remember to ensure all carpet is well fitting and will not move around if you intend to use disability steps for this purpose.
Disability Steps for your Bathroom and Bedroom
Does your bed look higher off the ground than it used to? Does the thought of getting in and out of bed frighten you? Steps designed especially for mobility impaired can help you once again. This time, choose a design with a grab rail that will allow you to slowly pull yourself up into a sitting position when you get up.
These are just a few areas of your home that can benefit from half steps. Any area where you find steep steps can benefit from a set of disability steps. But, for safety in the home, try to lower your shelf heights, or don’t go reaching up on steps to your top cupboards when you are alone. Go Access Ltd can supply you with steps, wheelchair ramps, and many other living aids that will help you grow old gracefully and with the independence that you deserve.