Stairlift & Mobility News
The latest UK news on stairlifts, home adaptations, grants, and independent living
More People Than Ever Live With Dementia, and Most Are at Home: How to Make a Home Dementia-Friendly
Around a million people in the UK are living with dementia, and the majority stay in their own homes rather than moving into residential care. With that number expected to reach 1.4 million by 2040, and Alzheimer’s Society publishing fresh research this month on...
One Council Has Raised Its Disabled Facilities Grant to £50,000: What It Means for Stairlift Funding Where You Live
Most people who look into funding for a stairlift quickly run into the same figure: £30,000. That is the maximum Disabled Facilities Grant a council in England must offer, and for years it has been treated as a hard ceiling. One council has just shown that it does not...
Poor Housing Raises Fall Risk for Older People: What a New Study Means for Home Safety
A new study has put a number on something many families sense instinctively: the condition of a home has a direct bearing on whether an older person falls in it. Researchers at the London School of Economics have found that homes with electrical or plumbing faults,...
New Planning Rules Require 40% of New Homes to Be Accessible: What It Means for Stairlift Users
The government has quietly rewritten one of the most important rulebooks in English housing, and for the first time it puts accessibility at its heart. An update to the National Planning Policy Framework now requires that at least 40 per cent of homes on major new...