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February 8, 2021 | by Disabled Living | General
This blog was written by Disabled Living’s Occupational Therapist, Jayne Watson. A lot of jobs require you to keep up to date with regular training. However, the type of training may differ depending on the organisation. Is E-learning the only approach that is expected of you to keep up to date with ongoing changes? Do […]
Tags: Disability, disabled equipment, occupational therapist, online, training, trusted assessor
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January 25, 2021 | by Disabled Living | General
This is a guest blog post written by Ellie for Disabled Living. England boasts many world-famous attractions. For people with limited mobility or accessibility needs, finding access to ramps, lifts, toilets and other concerns are huge considerations. With some planning, people with disabilities can still visit a lot of fantastic attractions in the UK. To […]
Tags: Disability, disabled access, disabled friendly, tourist attractions
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January 15, 2021 | by Disabled Living | General
This is a guest blog by Rise Adaptations for Disabled Living. The campaign for an increased number of Changing Places toilets to be installed across the UK looks set to have a great year, following on from several key campaign successes in 2020. Changing Places toilets are a much-needed facilities for people whose needs can’t […]
Tags: accessible, changing places, Disability, disabled toilet
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January 8, 2021 | by Disabled Living | General
This is a sponsored blog for Disabled Living written by Peter Wingrave, Sales Director at AAT GB. If you lose a degree of mobility, one of the most likely scenarios is that you can’t get upstairs to bed. Typically, the solution is for you to move the bed downstairs- assuming there’s sufficient space- with disruption […]
Tags: mobility
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January 5, 2021 | by Disabled Living | General
This is an article written by Jayne Watson, an Occupational Therapist at Disabled Living. Due to unprecedented times, is stress causing you to feel lethargic, emotional, motivationless with minimal interest to do anything? During our lives, we all experience some form of depression, low mood and fatigue. However how we deal with it may be […]
Tags: combat, coronavirus, exercise, health eating, sleep, stress
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December 3, 2020 | by Disabled Living | General
With the long evenings and cold days looming upon us, it is important to keep yourself as healthy as possible this winter. As we get older, changes to our body mean that cold weather and winter illnesses may affect us more than it used to. Read on to discover some helpful tips on how to […]
Tags: cold weather, elderly, healthy, winter
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December 1, 2020 | by Disabled Living | General
This is an article written by Annabella at 10 Audioz for Disabled Living. Parenting can be a challenging aspect of life. Nevertheless, parenting kids with special needs can sometimes pose extra challenges. At first, they need to learn about their child’s disability. Parents will do a lot of locating, research and access resources and effective treatments. […]
Tags: advice, audiobooks, Autism, books, disabilities, disabled
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November 27, 2020 | by Disabled Living | General
This is a sponsored blog written by Elder for Disabled Living. Physical disabilities can affect a person at any stage of their life – whether it be in their younger years, or as they begin to age. However, having a physical disability should not stop you from living a happy and stable life from the […]
Tags: carer, elderly, home care, live in care, live in carer
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November 18, 2020 | by Disabled Living | General
This is a guest blog by Grant from Sterilight Robots. Sterilight Robots was proud to be able to assist Redbank House and Disabled Living with a specialist disinfection using the Model X autonomous robot. It uses high power UV-C bulbs by Phillips and an internal HEPA filter to eliminate bacteria and viruses within the air […]
Tags: covid19
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November 3, 2020 | by Disabled Living | General
Disabled Living are pleased to support Disabled Motoring UK’s Baywatch Campaign. Read all about the latest results below. In August, DMUK asked the public to help us with our Baywatch Campaign by completing a survey on their parking experiences over the past 12 months. The results have now been calculated. DMUK would like to thank […]
Tags: blue badge, Disability, disabled parking, supermarket parking, survey
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