How a Toilet Rail Helps You Sit and Stand in the Bathroom
A toilet rail is a metal frame surrounding the toilet that gives you stable arms to grasp and use for leverage when sitting down on or getting up from the toilet.
Read MoreBest Soft Seat Stand-Assist Devices
The Stand a Roo and the CouchCane are both excellent devices to help you stand up from a soft cushioned seat or couch.
Read MoreBest Hard Seat Stand-Assist Devices
I chose the Carex UpLift and the SitnStand devices as the best devices for help sitting down and standing up from a hard chair.
Read MoreHow a Couch Assist Helps You Stand Up from a Soft Chair or Couch
A couch assistance device gives you a set of arms to use for leverage when standing up. One type uses a loose cushion to hold it into place. Another type installs under a chair or couch leg. Both types give you a stable arm or two to use for leverage when standing up.
Read MoreHow a Seat Assist Helps You Stand Up from a Hard Chair
One type of gadget helps you to stand up from the couch, or cushioned chair. Another type of gadget helps you stand from a hard chair.
Read MoreHow a Lift Chair Helps You Sit Down and Stand Up
When you sit down on a lift chair, you bend your legs less than when sitting on a regular chair. When you stand up from a lift chair, you need less leg strength than you do getting up from a regular chair. So the lift chair offers both standing and sitting assistance. Lift chairs are also recliners. Some have massage and heat. Some are “wall huggers” that don’t require a ton of room in the back to recline. Some recline to a horizontal position, and some only to about 140 degrees.
Read MoreSecurity for Independent Seniors
Cameras, alarms and strategies to stay safe from external threats.
Read MoreHobbies for Independent Seniors
Hobbies can be as simple as taking walks, and are essential to emotional and sometimes physical well-being.
Read MoreActivities of Daily Living for Independent Seniors
Products and strategies for dressing, eating and getting through your day when limbs and brains are not working at top speed.
Read MoreHow to Buy a Pulse Oximeter
A good pulse oximeter has a Perfusion Index (PI) and an OLED display with large numbers. The PI indicates if you’re getting a bad reading but the pulse is weak. The OLED display is bright and easy to see.
Read MoreBest Vision Assistance Devices
The best devices to enhance failing vision.
Read MoreSleep Health for Independent Seniors
The science and methods of good sleep.
Read MoreHearing Devices for Independent Seniors
Gadgets and technology to enhance hearing and clarification.
Read MoreFall Prevention for Independent Seniors
Falling is the most powerful enemy of independence. Aging in place experts have invented products and home layouts that reduce falls. You can help yourself too by removing bathroom rugs and using the stairwell handrail. Learn how to avoid falling to stay independent.
Read MoreEmotional Health for Independent Seniors
Specific and actionable methods to deal with loneliness, depression, and self-care.
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