Its nice to have a solid area to place not only meals but daily items that you find yourself using while confined to bed.

Something that is not attached to the bed is a good idea as it means that movement while in bed will not affect where your items are placed.

An ideal solution is the use of a bed table, they usually have a laminated top with a steel frame and are on wheels so that the table can be easily wheeled out of the way, no dismantling, no fuss and when the bed table is needed in place again its simply wheeled back over into position.

If there’s no wheels attached to the bed table it’s still usually easy to move the table out of the way and back into position as they are lightweight and will slide easily for you across a carpeted floor.

When an over the bed table is in place it provides a good steady area to be able to enjoy a meal with enough area to accommodate plates, cups and cutlery and at other times you can have magazines and books or anything else placed on the table, keeping items off of your actual bed and allowing you to be organised.

Over the bed tables are adjustable so that you can angle them and also raise and lower the height so that it is at a most suitable position for you.

Overbed tables can be found at around £50, some slightly less and others costing a little more, depending on your requirements.

With the various mobility aids available that can help you get in and out of the bath more easily and provide extra comfort while you’re in the bath, its useful if there are aids that you can use that will make washing hard to reach body areas easier too.

A standard sponge is great but it may be of little use to you if you cant reach some body areas for example your back and lower leg areas and feet.

This is where long handled bathing sponges come in, they are basically like your standard sponge but with a lightweight plastic handle to allow you to reach areas that may otherwise be difficult or impossible for you.

Requiring less stretching and easier washing so that you can bathe independantly, comfortably and safely.

For people with mobility needs, the bath can present itself as a bit of an obstacle, even for a person with no disabilities the bath can sometimes result in accidents when people are getting in and out of the bath and may lose their balance or slip.

When a person has difficulty getting in and out of the bath and needs a solution to simplify this process a bath lifter can bring much needed assistance.

What a bath lifter is and what it does is provide a platform that is level with the top of the bath, enabling the user to get into position and seated on it, it has a backrest, one that is usually quite high too so that the user is going to be as comfortable as possible and a control panel to allow either the user themselves to operate it if they are bathing alone or for a carer to operate it if neccessary.

When the person is seated the bath lifter is then lowered slowly and comfortably into the water and the recline position can be set with the controls so that the bather can suit themselves and be positioned comfortably.

As the user is ready to, they can then use the controls to position themselves into a more upright seated position again at the end of their bathing session and bring the seated platform back up to the level again enabling them to get out of the bath.

A bath lifter is portable so it does not require any permanent fixing to any part of the bath and can easily be removed for standard bathing for any other people within the household.

They provide a good and sturdy and also safe feeling for the user and increase independance for those preferring no human assistance and just needing a dependable bathing aid that is simple to use.