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Major organisations concerned with equipment / aids etc

 Disabled Living Foundation

Founded over 30 years ago the Disabled Living Foundation has become the leading source of information on disability equipment, day-to-day household gadgets, new technologies and training techniques. See their extensive section of links to hundreds of retailers and outlets for disability equipment.

 Disability Equipment Register

A self support organisation providing a service for disabled people and their families, to enable them to buy, sell or exchange specialist disability equipment, on a direct one-to-one personal basis.

 Ricability

Consumer information on products and services for elderly and disabled people. Products are tested and WHICH? style information is provided to help consumers make better choices of equipment they need.

 British Red Cross - Medical Loan Service

The Red Cross can provide a variety of equipment for those in need. Equipment is usually available within 24 hours in an emergency, and there are over 900 outlets around the British Isles. The main types of equipment on offer are: wheelchairs, backrests, bath seats, commodes, bedpans and urinals, walking sticks, frames. Service can be accessed from the Our Work section of the site.

 Directgov

Directgov is the place to turn to for the latest and widest range of public service information. Includes a section on equipment such as communication aids, hearing aids, partial sight - vision aids, walking aids, etc.

 Hospital Technology Information Website

The medical equipment and hospital supplies information directory.

Other useful sites

 1-800-Wheelchair

A medical supply company specializing in manual wheelchairs, electric wheelchairs, electric scooters, lift chairs, walkers, rollators, canes and bath aids.

 A1 Electric Scooters

Offers electric scooters for the disabled by Pride, Golden and Shoprider. Vertical lifts, ramps for wheelchairs and scooters. Carriers for the car, van and truck.

 A1 Mobility

Supplies mobility scooters and powerchairs for all needs and disabilities.

 Abergele Mobility

Suppliers of Mobility & Disabled Equipment.

 Ability Answers

Their mission statements says ... "Due to a perceived shortcoming of available, comprehensive information on disability issues, advice and assistive products, Ability Answers was conceived with the intention to create a user-friendly forum/web-site that would provide an extensive range of easily-accessible information, eliminating complicated searching associated with present disability websites.The ultimate intention is to provide a source of essential information and to communicate with and involve people of all ages who have disabilities and impairments."

 Able Living

A mail order company based in South Woodford, London. Supplies a wide range of disability equipment and aids for daily living. Products have been approved by therapists from health and local authorities.

 Access Ramps

A well established company, providing 'Stepless' portable wheelchair and scooter ramps, to councils, trusts and individual disabled people.

 Acorn Stairlifts

Over 35,000 safe, reliable and easy to use Acorn Stairlifts installed worldwide. Maintence-free DC power, joystick and infa-red controls. Near silent in operation.

 Active Mobility Centre (the)

Supplier of wheelchairs, hoists, nebulisers, scooters, walking aids, bathlifts, footwear, rehabilitation equipment, TENS, beds, stairlifts, incontinence equipment - run by disabled persons.

 Adaptocare

Specialise in helping to solve the problems for the elderly, the infirm and the less able. Provides sensitive solutions to problems that occur in the bathroom and bedroom areas.

 Anything Lefthanded Ltd

Largest supplier of left-handed products in the world. Based in London but with branches throughout the country.

 Apres Shower Dryer

A unique "In Shower Total Body Dryer". Popular with the less abled, as well as the able bodied person. Dry yourself without the need for towels.

 Associated Stairlifts

Help and advice on choosing a stairlift and FAQs.

 Autonomed Limited

A UK based company offering a wide range of products to overcome some of life's daily challenges. Of particular interest, Seal Tight cast and bandage protector. This comes in a range of 14 different shapes and sizes and covers only the affected part of the limb, allowing the wearer to take a bath or a shower as normal with no fear of getting the affected part wet. Simple to put on and take off, even single handed, 100% watertight even when fully submerged in a bath, durable, NHS approved.

 Baker Stairlifts Limited

Can supply and install systems with straight or curved rails.

 Bed Monitors

Supplies bed alarm equipment and communication aids for those who cannot use conventional support equipment. The spontaneous bed monitors provide an automatic communication link between the patient and their carers. Impending movement can be detected from a bed or chair using this type of alarm and thus can prove critical to someone who is already vulnerable - falls, agitation, disturbed sleep, wandering and poor continence management are common examples.

 Betterlifehealthcare

Disability aids, mobility aids, bath lfts, stairlifts, mobility scooters, walking sticks, walking frames, commodes, hearing aids, bathing aids, walking aids, kitchen & dining aids, household aids, SAD lights, patient transfer, therapy, back support, etc.

 Better Life Mobility

An extensive range of mobility and assisted living products.

 Body Clock Heath Care Ltd

Sell a wide range of TENS machines which can help alleviate pain (drug free), useful for stress, nausea, back pain, rheumatism, arthritis, post operative pain, headache, labour pains.

 British Footwear Association

Publishes a directory called Footwear for Special Needs. It lists about 120 UK retailers, manufacturers and other outlets of footwear not normally found on a typical high street.

 Caremor Stairlifts

A national retailer of new and reconditioned stairlifts. Caremor offer a variety of top leading brands such as Stannah, Bison and Minivator.

 Charnwood Healthcare

Manufacture wheelchair seat cushions, mattresses for beds, hospital trolleys and operation tables and high seat armchairs or nursing chairs.

 Chase Mobility

Provides a range of access lifts, wheelchair ramps, wheelchair platform lifts, handlifts and more.

 Comfort Plus Products

A family business offering a range of mobility products for the elderly and disabled. Products include scooters, beds, chairs and bath aids. Provides a free home demonstration on all products.

 Companion Stairlifts

"Rent or purchase a stair lift from Companion Stairlifts. New, reconditioned and emergency fitting available for all your stair lift needs. Companion are with you every step of the way."

 DEMAND

DEMAND provides specially designed equipment for people with disabilities where no other equipment exists.

 Disabled Accessories

A fast, image based, web business with over 1500 disabled living aids and accessories available for purchase online. Offers a vast range of discounted goods.

 Disability Access Company Limited

Manufacturers, suppliers and installers of vertical incline platform lifts, wheelchair lifts, stairlifts and luxury residential elevators for the elderly and disabled. Their other divisions manufacture and install automatic door operators, shower enclosures, baths, both conventional walk-in, and hydro massage.

 Disability Supplies

Online suppliers of products for independent living and products for the disabled user.

 Discount Mobility Plus

Mobility products supplied at discounts - all delivered free to your door.

 Dolphin Stairlifts

Local Authority approved suppliers of stairlifts and mobility products for the elderly and less able. Approved dealer for Stannah, Minivator, Bison Bede, Freelift and Meditek stairlifts.

 Dorset Nursing Supplies Online Store

A family owned business, an established and well-respected medical supply company within the NHS and the care industry, which has been a provider of medical supplies, medical equipment and incontinence supplies for over 20 years.

 Easi-access

Manufacture, supply and install bathing and access equipment for the elderly and less able. Located in Tyneside, near to the Metro Centre. They have a large outdoor access assessment area featuring a large range of semi-permanent and portable access ramps. The indoor assessment area features many various shower options, hoists and bathroom accessories. Their website features detailed product information as well as an online ordering service.

 EASI Trading Limited

Large range of mobility products including wheelchairs, rollators, walkers, walking frames, commodes, crutches and accessories. Based in Manchester, they sell throughtout the UK via mobility dealers, direct to the public and online.

 Easystep Stairlifts

An independent stairlift company supplying new andreconditioned stairlifts. For short term use they offer a rental service for straight stairlifts.

 Electronic Healing

Wide range of health products with everything from massagers and infrared therapy to magnetic therapy, light therapy and biofeedback. Lots of articles, videos and information to improve health and well-being.

 Elderly-aid.co.uk

Helps you to find the products you need to keep your life running smoothly. From mobility products such as scooters and electric wheelchairs, to hand rails around the bathroom.

 Equalfuture

Online shop selling daily living aids and mobility equipment to make the lives of the elderly and disabled easier.

 eQuip For Life

Offers free classified ads for people buying or selling used disabled equipment. Supported by National Lottery funding.

 Essential Aids

Online shopping for daily living aids in the UK. Anyone with mobility difficulties will find it useful, as will many carers and nurses.

 Europa-Med Ltd

Internet medical shop for healthcare professionals and home users throughout Europe.

 Factory Outlet Scooters

National suppliers of quality mobility scooters at discount prices with brandnames such as Pride, Shoprider, Scoot, Wispa, Mercury and Travelease.

 First Choice Mobility

First Choice Mobility is dedicated to supplying the infirm and disabled with quality products at low prices. They supply mobility scooters, wheelchairs, walking aids, commodes and living aids from a showroom in Warrington and on the internet via their website.

 Fledglings

Aims to provide families and carers of a child with a disability, or with any special needs, with information about, and easy access to, helpful products.

 Forr Mobility Online Kent Uk

A family business providing supply, hire and maintenance of a full range of mobility equipment, specialising in the modification and adaptation of standard items, for those who find that off-the-shelf equipment does not fully meet their needs. They supply a full range of mobility equipment to the whole of Kent and beyond. They have an online shop for the supply of daily living aids and other aids.

 GB Mobility

Mobility aids, mobility products, stairlift rental, stairlift repair, used stairlifts, bathlifts, bathing aids, wheelchairs, mobility scooters and many more smaller aids. Secure shop.

 Get Lenses

Supplies contact lenses online to patients throughout the UK. Owned and constantly staffed by registered, qualified optometrists. Includes an opticians online service to answer any queries about contact lenses or eyecare in general.

 Hagger Electronics

Assess all electronic disability products for suitability for use by disabled people. They supply a wide range of tape recorders, mini-disc recorders, digital recorders and microphones and accessories as individual items and in great value packages. Other products supplied include alert devices, hearing system, MP3 players, memo transcribers, vision aids, electronic magnifiers, sound receivers, telephones, radios, clocks, cameras and toys and mobility aids.

 Handy Healthcare

A one-stop shop for daily living aids, healthcare accessories, disability aids, mobility aids, carer and occupational therapy supplies ... plus much more!

 Heritage Mobility Direct

Mobility aids, scooters, riser-recliner chairs & daily living aids.

 Horcher Lifting Systems

Designs, manufactures and distributes aids such as patient hoists, ceiling hoists, standing and transfer aids, slings and bathing systems like bath seat hoists, bath stretcher hoists, pool hoists, shower trolleys, lifting bath tubs for the elderly and disabled.

 IDASS Fitness

Health and fitness products, online shopping, scales, blood pressure monitors, heart rate monitors, fitness equipment etc.

 IdentiKids

Children's ID and Medical Emergency card attaches discretely to a child's car seat to provide the emergency services with vital information on a child in the event of an accident. The card is available nationally.

 Independent Living

A community site which provides news, views and product information designed to assist with living independently. Regularly updated, it is a completely open resource for the use of disabled and elderly individuals, healthcare professionals and family carers.

 Independent Living Company

Specialists in daily living aids for disabled adults, children and the elderly - eg mobility scooters, wheelchairs, incontinence, orthopaedic chairs, footwear for wide & swollen feet, a large range of hospital & nursing supplies and daily living aids.

 Island Stairlifts

Suppliers of new, reconditioned and rental stairlifts. They also service,repair and maintain straight or curved stairlifts on the Isle of Wight and Hampshire. Main agents for leading manufacturers such as Meditek, Bison Bede, Liftable and Brooks. Local authority approved. They also supply bathlifts and maintain both portable and mobile hoisting equipment.

 Keytools

Provide solutions for disabled people to access computers. Whatever the need, if the standard keyboard or mouse is an obstacle, Keytools aim to have the answer. The site contains details of a huge range of products from simple keyguards to sophisticated laser control systems. Keytools offer help and advice (free of charge) to identify the best equipment for your needs.

 Lewis's First Aid Supplies

First aid & medical supplies - one of the largest of its kind in the UK. Supplies local authorities and organisations such as the police, fire and ambulance services, as well as industrial companies, care homes, purchasing consortiums and the general public.

 Liko UK

Develops, manufactures and markets patient lifts, such as mobile lifts and overhead lift systems, for an international market. The lifts comes with a wide assortment of accessories.

 Mabels

Provides daily living aids & gifts & services to the older customer.

 Medical Engineering Resource Unit

MERU is a charitable organisation dedicated to the application of engineering skills for the benefit of disabled children and young adults.

 Medic-Alert Foundation

For people who have special medical conditions which cannot be easily seen, but should be immediately known in an emergency (eg diabetes, epilepsy and severe allergies).The Medic-Alert emblem, worn as a bracelet or necklace, is engraved on the back with the member's medical condition, personal identification number and 24-hour emergency number.

 Medisave

Online shop selling a wide range of medical and disability aids and equipment including mobility aids, aids for daily living, incontinence aids, furniture, bed and bathroom accessories.

 MediTek Stairlifts

An English company, provides stairlifts and accessories to the global market.

 Message in a Bottle

Many Lions Clubs in the British Isles and Ireland are operating the Lions' Message in a Bottle scheme. From a phamacist, or doctor's surgery you can get a special bottle which contains a form in which you can enter much critical emergency information - medication, next-of-kin, pets in the house, etc. You keep the bottle in the fridge. The emergency services know to look for it and it can provide them with potentially life saving information should you be incapacitated.

 Michaels Mobility

Suppliers of mobility scooters.

 Minivator Stairlifts and Access Solutions

Manufacturer and supplier of straight and curved stairlifts. Wheelchair access lifts for domestic and public usage. Site survey and installation services are also offered.

 Mobility Buddy

An internet-based provider of mobility scooters, wheelchairs, walking aids, commodes and other mobility aids.

 Mobility Smart

Suppliers of disability aids and mobility equipment. They offer a wide range of products, from walking sticks, to wheelchairs, scooters, stairlifts & bathlifts.

 Mobility Stair Climbers

By Manual Handling Solutions. Based in King's Lynn, Norfolk they offer a range of products specially tailored to the needs of the disabled and their carers. Includes the s-max - the stair climber for your wheelchair, and the c-max - the universal push wheel chair with stair climbing function offering more mobility in your daily life.

 More Than Mobility

Supply a wide range of disability equipment and aids for daily living to the UK market.

 National Mobility

Offers a wide range of high quality motorised scooters, wheelchairs, bath, bed and chair lifts to enhance mobility.

 Natures Gate

Supply TENS units throughout the UK and internationally.

 Norlite Medical Ltd

Supplies and maintains a wide range of medical, physiotherapy, rehabilitation and fitness equipment for professional or home use. Many of the products are available through their online shop.

 Numark Pharmacists

A group of over 1400 independent pharmacists that sell disability aids and incontinence products online and through their pharmacies.

 Oakville Care Centre

Daily living products including bathing aids, incontinence, furniture, bed accessories, also herbal products such as aloe vera, echinacea.

 OBUSFORME

UK Distributor of the OBUSFORME range of bodycare products. Suppliers to more than 2000 practitioners, retailers, NHS Trusts and MoD, of the OBUSFORME back support since 1992. Also supply seat supports, a range of cervical pillows and mattress toppers, office chairs and hot and cold re-usable compresses.

 Opcare

Specialise in providing prosthetic (artificial limb) and orthotic services. They are one of the largest providers of these services in the country. They currently provide services to over 25% of users of the artificial limb service in the country, more than 15,000 people.

 Pathway Scooters Ltd

Pathway Scooters sell a range of mobility scooters, power chairs and wheelchairs. Their website has full specifications on each product.

 Pivotell

Details of a novel automatic pill dispenser which helps you (or the person you care for) take their medicines at the right time.

 Physiosupplies

Supplies Sports, Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy equipment direct to your door.

 Powered Wheelchairs

Offer a range of powered wheelchairs specially tailored to the needs of the people with reduced mobility and their carers. For example: max-e efficient transfer of power by means of a direct engine. With the max-e you transform your wheelchair quickly and easily into a fully functioning powered wheelchair, while all the advantages of a manual wheelchair remain.

 Practical Bathing

Specialist bathing company with over 20 baths to choose from, giving prices for supply only and fitted on the website. Swing seat shower unit and belt style bath lift also available with all prices on the website.

 Rifton Equipment

The goal of Rifton Equipment is to provide quality walkers, standers, chairs, tricycles, bath chairs and toileting systems that can be adjusted to meet the needs of as many as possible. Adaptive equipment which helps normal positioning can open a whole new world for children and adults with disabilities.

 RU-LeftHanded

Specialist site selling lefthanded products. The web site shows full descriptions and pictures of virtually every product available. Ordering online.

 Salts Healthcare

Salts is a leading manufacturer in the global healthcare market, specialising in stomacare and orthotic products.

 Scoota Mart Ltd

Stock a large range of mobility scooters, powerchairs, riser-recline chairs, beds, mobility aids and wheelchairs.

 Silver Cross

Compare common stair lifts, home elevators, platform lifts, ceiling lifts and dumbwaiters. Learn key tips. Source funding information. Find a recycled or low priced lift through screened local affiliates.

 SKF Services Ltd

Supplies of all types of rehabilitation, physiotherapy, electrotherapy and exercise products for patients, clinics and hospitals including TENS, wobble boards, supports, exercise bands etc.

 Smith & Nephew

A global medical device company which markets products, principally in orthopaedics, endoscopy and wound management to deliver cost-effective solutions, significant physician advantage and real patient benefits.

 Snugnights

Manufactures a wide range of waterproof mattress protectors, pillow protectors and duvet protectors. Protect your mattress, protect yourself. Secure ordering. UK delivery.

 SOS Talisman Jewellery

SOS Talisman jewellery incorporates a capsule containing your vital medical and personal information in case of accident or illness. Available online are bracelets and penadnts in a variety of materials.

 Special Need

Offers low cost computer equipment to those with special needs.

 Special Needs All Terrain Pushchairs

Mountain Buggy Terrain XL and the Pathfinder All Terrain pushchairs designed for older or larger children with special needs.

 Spectrum Healthcare

Supply electrically profiling beds and quality foam mattresses to nursing homes and the community. Based in Wiltshire, they specialise in supplying quality products at fair prices

 Stairlift Guide

A guide to having a stairlift in your home. Includes information on choosing the right stairlift and advice on funding. The guide includes a list of Disabled Living Centres where people can try out stairlifts and get specialist advice.

 Stannah Stairlifts

A leading stairlift manufacturer worldwide. The website lists exhibitions they are showing at where people can try a stairlift and find out further details.

 SupaSupport

SupaSupport is a pressure relieving cushion made by Speed Plastics Ltd,a healthcare industry specialist which has manufactured products for the NHS for many years. SupaSupport pressure relieving cushions are suitable for seat-bound or wheelchair-bound people who are at serious risk of developing acute pressure sores as a direct result of using inappropriate seating.

 Tabtime Ltd

Suppliers of electronic pill boxes, pill dispensers, medication reminders, tablet crushers, tablet cutters, etc. Whether you are simply very busy, suffer from an illness such as Parkinsons, tuberculosis (TB) or epilepsy, or simply need a friendly reminder to take your medication, they have products to help you manage your medication.

 TALC - Teaching-aids At Low Cost

A registered charity in the UK developing and distributing medical teaching aids to the developing world.

 TENS Hire

UK based organisation aiming to provide TENS machines for pain relief.

 Terraquant

A machine that may help with pain relief and other beneficial effects. Combines low level laser therapy and infrared therapies with therapeutic red light and magnetic field generation.

 ThyssenKrupp Accessibility

Stairlifts, wheelchair lifts, and platform lifts.

 Tunstall

A provider of social alarms, telecare and telehealth solutions.They provide technology and advice to enable people to lead independent lives and are recognised for the value and support the company offers to both vulnerable and older people, and those living with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and other long term conditions, helping them to stay living within their own communities.

 Ukshopability

Medical products for disabled people, nebulisers, continence care, mobility aids, walking sticks, etc.

 Valuemed

UK site selling range of medical equipment and diagnostic tests for both home and professional use.

 Value Stairlifts

Value Stairlifts work in association with Caremor, one of the countries leading suppliers of new and reconditioned stairlifts.

 Wessex Medical Company Ltd

Design, manufacture and supply innovative lifting products that help provide access for the less able for both public or domestic properties.

 Wheelchair Ramps

UK based supplier of portable, permanent wheelchair ramps and all your disability access needs.

 Williams Medical Supplies Ltd

Used by more than 8,000 primary care practices in the UK when buying their pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, everyday consumables and contraceptives. They have a full range of products for patient home care.

 Win Health Ltd

Specialist manufacturer and supplier of innovative FibreFresh continence products (ie absorbent bedpads, chair pads, waterproof beddings) and a full range of HipSaver products, the user-friendly soft hip protectors that prevent fall-related hip injuries.

 Youreableshop

Sell disability aids and mobility products. They have over 700 products online from scooters, to walking stick ferrules. They aim to offer discount prices and a speedy delivery. They will send out free samples of pads/pants from their incontinence range.

 Zentech Healthcare

A well established Welsh based company that provides stairlifts,mobility scooters, wheelchairs, rise and recline chairs, level access showers, various small aids for charities, the public, and the council.