Within the home its wonderful the many changes and additions that can be added to aid a person with mobility needs, from stair lifts to showering and bathing facilities, beds, chairs and kitchen aids to make daily living within a persons own home easier.

Another addition that can be added to many homes is a wheelchair lift, a house doesn’t have to be especially big to accommodate one, naturally there has to be significant modifications made, allowing for a passage through from the ground floor ceiling to the next floor up.

The change and improvement that it can bring for the user very much makes it worth the investment, the user can stay seated in a wheelchair and operate the lift easily and with no fuss, making getting upstairs and downstairs so much easier and convenient.

Not all homes will lend themselves to the installation of a wheelchair lift because of the layout of some houses and although some could allow for one to be installed it may not provide enough improvement to the users movements around the home to justify the modifications needed to install one.

They’re designed to take up the least amount of space possible while still being easily accessible enough and operate quietly too, and will still leave the household having full use of living space.

The great thing about wheelchair lifts is that they have been designed well, taking everything into account, from primarily making it easier for the user to move between floors, to the lift itself taking up minimal space and being easy to use and very importantly having various safety features in place making for an all round very useful mobility aid within the home.

When you need a more permanent place at home to store your mobility scooter you may want or need to have storage specifically for your scooter, even if you have a garage or garden shed you may not have room in either of them or for whatever reason you wont want to use those as storage for your scooter.

Waterproof covers are fine for temporary protection but for better storage and protection you may want to go for a metal mobility scooter shelter.

These are designed so that they are not uneccessarily big and are generally just a little bit higher than your mobility scooter and long and wide enough to accommodate it easily.

This way you can store your scooter in the garden or in a side passage or if you like you could still place the shelter inside a garage if the garage is big enough to allow the shelter and a car or anything else to be stored, providing extra security and protection for your mobility scooter.

Often a mobility scooter shelter can be bolted to the ground too for added security, it will provide shelter from the weather and is even fire resistant in many cases.

Moving the scooter in and out of the shelter is usually easy enough with a short and low ramp usually fitted to the shelter so that it takes minimal effort.

The availability of mobility scooter shelters means that you dont have to purchase a storage solution which is bigger than what you need it for, for example you can use a garden shed but if you would be purchasing a garden shed purely for the storage of your mobility scooter and know that you wouldn’t be putting anything else in the shed then its taking up more room than neccessary and probably would be less ideal when it comes to storing and removing your scooter from the shed.

With a mobility scooter shelter being rigid it will withstand strong winds so even if theres a pour down and its blowing a gale outside you can rest assured that your mobility scooter is being kept dry, safe and protected from damage while not being used.

When you’re out walking there are not always places where you can sit down to take a rest or seating that you do see available may sometimes be vandalised or dirty and you may be reluctant to use the provided public seating.

Having someone who is with you carry a seat of some sort for you may not be a practical option but you dont want to have to rely on public seating if you can avoid it.

There are fortunately walking sticks with seats, they come in various designs and some are more suitable to a person with mobility needs than others, but for the ones that are suitable they usually come with a design that folds out into a tripod so that you have enough support and enough of a seating area to sit down properly, providing a temporary means of resting wherever you are.

The handles are usually different from your average walking stick, often with the handle being moulded plastic and providing a different style of handle and holding of the walking stick.

They are not suitable for everyone and some people may not be comfortable with the walking stick and prefer or specifically need the use of their usual walking stick, but where an individual just needs that bit of support that a walking stick provides and also a temporary seat wherever they may be then seat and walking stick combos can be useful.

They will often be made of aluminium so that they’re strong yet lightweight enough to carry, or for a companion to carry it for you.

Prices can start from around £20 – £30, and like most options within the mobility market you can pay more depending on your requirements, the build quality of the product and the materials used.