Many older people are not aware of the huge and varied array of daily living aids available to help them with the little tasks they find difficult to manage, i.e. doing up buttons, shoelaces etc. Both of these problems are easily resolved by the use of a buttonhook to pull the button through the hole and elastic shoelaces that look like normal shoelaces but stretch so that they never need to be untied and tied. With an increasingly older population, which will continue in this direction, new products are coming on to the market all the time to help to make life easier. In addition to smaller daily living aids, such as devices to help to open jars etc. there are larger items on offer as well. These include products to help with mobility such as level access showers, bath lifts, stair lifts, riser recliner chairs, scooters and wheelchairs. Older people often need hip or knee surgery and aids such as a raised toilet seat, grab rails around the home, sock/stocking aid, shoe horn, long handled bath sponge and dressing aid can be invaluable for those few weeks after surgery. Many older people also experience problems with hearing and sight and there are many products to aid with sensory loss on the market. For instance, it is possible to purchase a telephone with big buttons, talking tin lids, a telephone amplifier, vibrating alarm clock to go under a pillow and many more. There is also an increasing number of products, improving all the time, that can offer a sense of security to relatives of an older person living on their own, such as a night light with movement sensor and automatic dial panic alarm. During April every year, the NEC in Birmingham hosts Naidex, which is used by a large number of the U.K's suppliers of daily living aids and mobility aids to showcase new and updated products. It is open to the general public as well as retailers and visitors generally report that their visit has been very worthwhile from the point of view of seeing and trying such products. In 2009 Naidex is being held from 28th to 30th April. For further information or to review the products mentioned, above visit: http://www.bordersindependentliving.co.uk/.
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