If you have a staircase that is curved or slightly different than many homes it will not cause any problems with regards to having a stair lift installed as the company will usually have an installation surveyor who will be able to put together the best solution for you with a custom installed stair lift made to suit the specific layout of your staircase.

If you need a made to measure stair lift rail to accommodate the stair lift then depending on how customised the rail needs to be it may cost slightly more than a more standard installation but the good thing is that in many cases where a company may suggest that a stair lift cant be fitted its usually a case of one can infact be fitted and it just requires a dedicated mobility company who take pride in providing made to measure stair lift solutions.

So if you have maybe put off the idea for years and thought that your home cannot accommodate a stair lift then its worth having a chat with one of the mobility companies, especially those specialising in stair lift installation to see what they can do for you.

As mobility aids have continued to be improved over the years they have also been adapted well to suit specific age ranges and notably children.

With products like Paediatric Powered Wheelchairs, Manual Wheelchairs, Pushchairs and Buggies and also Standing Frames to help provide mobilty and of a very high quality to children.

There are also the manual types of products that you would see available for an adult, but in childrens sizes too, so you can find junior crutches and walkers suitable and easy enough for a child to use.

Plenty of other products are available too like specialist moving and handling equipment that are comfortable but provide safety and assistance when handling within certain environments.

There are also toileting and bathing aids, so a whole rangle of assisting and suitable products can be purchased for disabled children to help in the various areas of their day to day activities and the products are always designed with children in mind so that they are as helpful to the child needing the use of the products and also to the carer looking after the child.

After you have used your mobility scooter, even if it was only for a short trip it is a good idea to charge the battery after each individual use of the scooter, you may not have used much of the power in the battery but its better to make sure that your battery is fully charged again and ready for the next time that you need to use the mobility scooter.

Even if you have not used your mobility scooter as much at a certain time, maybe one week you have needed to go out less, its still best to regularly charge and not go too long in between battery charges.

Keeping the battery clean, especially the terminals will help to ensure that your battery gets a proper charge and making sure that the connections to the terminals are on tight enough before attempting to charge the battery is always worth a moment of your time.

Ideally a 12 hour constant charge of the battery each time you charge is better than putting it on to charge for just an hour or two.

After a battery has been in use and charged many times it will gradually lose its performance and if you find that a full charge no longer provides the usual distance range that you were getting and that the mobility scooter doesn’t operate as smoothly as it did before, theres a chance that the battery needs to be replaced, though its always worth having the rest of the scooter checked out first incase any performance problems are related to another part of the scooter and not neccessarily the scooters battery.

When needing to charge your mobility scooter you will either have a removable battery that can be charged on its own or the scooter may require that the battery stays in place while the mobilty scooter is charged up again, in the case of the latter, you will normally find a charging point on the scooter instead of the battery.

If you do need to charge the mobility scooter without removing the battery then you will need to make sure that you have access to a mains outlet, either within your home, garage or a shed, if the battery needs to be removed to be charged, then having an individual who can regularly perform this for you is probably the best idea.

Its worth reading through the manual that will have come with your mobility scooter too, incase there are any specific instructions regarding the charging of the battery and you should only use a charger compatible with your mobility scooter and its battery.

If your mobility scooter and/or its battery are brand new it will usually require a full charge from new, before use.