Oedema Socks: What You Need to Know about Non-Compression Socks
Oedema is a condition that causes swelling and is most commonly found in the legs and feet. Non-compression socks can help.
November 2, 2022
25 Ideas on How to Keep Warm this Winter
This blog has 25 handy tips and tricks to help you keep warm this winter. Everything from a cheap alternative to double glazing, layering up, and snuggling with pets, to cooking hearty meals and warming your home with the ambient heat. Give it a read and see if our 25 ideas to keep warm can help you out this season.
October 29, 2022
National Baking Week – 5 Reasons to Join In
National Baking Week is here again, and this year we're hoping to make it as inclusive as possible. We've put together 5 reasons you should get involved for your own wellbeing and included some of our popular baking mobility aids. National Baking Week is for everyone, no matter your ability!
October 14, 2022
Why Choose Opera Profiling Care Beds
Opera create beds and mattresses that enhance people’s lives, promote health and deliver comfort. They are recognised as trusted manufacturers for adjustable beds and mattresses across the care, hospitality and consumer sectors.
October 12, 2022
Making World Mental Health Day Accessible for Everyone
It's World Mental Health Day on the 10th October. There are lots of things we can do to promote and look after our mental wellbeing, but did you know that a lot of recommended activities are not accessible for everyone? In this blog, we cover accessibility, mental health awareness, and things everyone can be doing to look after themselves.
October 10, 2022
Breaking the Stigma – Ellie Simmonds
Ellie Simmonds is a gold medal winning champion paralympic swimmer, and now she's a star on Strictly Come Dancing! We're here to show our support and prove that disability doesn't mean you can't do it, or that you should be excluded. She's tearing up the dancefloor and breaking the stigma all at the same time!
October 8, 2022
Back Care Awareness Week: How to Relieve Pain
Do you suffer with back pain? As common as back pain is, it's also treatable. Although some back pain is unavoidable, we've put together a blog post with advice from BackCare themselves, as well as ways to help reduce or relieve the amount of pain you're experiencing.
October 5, 2022
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Macmillan Cancer Support, one of the leading cancer support charities in the UK, provides invaluable support to people living with cancer and their families. Find out how you can get involved in The World's Biggest Coffee Morning and raise money for this fantastic charity.
September 29, 2022
What are Pill Dispensers?
Do you need to take pills every day? Do you sometimes find it difficult to remember whether you took them or not? Don't worry, you are not alone. If you need a memory aid, then the Pill Dispenser could be the ideal mobility aid for you
August 25, 2022
How to Use… a Bath Board
A bath board is a helpful mobility aid that will help you to keep your independence. Bridging both sides of the bathtub, bath boards give you a place to sit while washing.
August 3, 2022
Ability Superstore Helps Age UK, Nelson
Age UK in Nelson, Lancashire were having a couple of issues and the team at Ability Superstore knew they could help when they visited them.
July 26, 2022
Tired of Nuisance Calls? The CPR Call Blocker – V10000 Can Help
If you get a lot of nuisance calls, we have something that can help. The CPR Call Blocker – V10000. Simply press the BLOCK NOW button, and that will be the last you hear from that caller!
July 20, 2022
Able Life – NEW range of Products for Independence at Home
Over the years, Able Life has invented many innovative, reliable and stylish mobility products, all with one aim in mind – to give people the confidence and support needed to be comfortably independent at home.
July 8, 2022
Good Care Month – July 1st to 31st
July is Good Care Month, join us in supporting and celebrating our health care workers!
June 30, 2022
The Best Commodes
With thousands of mobility aids available, how do you know which ones are the best, and which ones top a ‘Best Buy’ list? At Ability Superstore, we’re letting you know with our – What are the Best… ? articles. Today, we're taking a look at commodes.
June 27, 2022
World Continence Week
People living with incontinence often find that not only are they physically impacted, but that the condition can take its toll on their social and emotional well-being, too. That’s why we want to support World Continence Week.
June 22, 2022
National Growing for Wellbeing Week – 6th – 12th June
National Growing for Wellbeing Week's aim is to raise awareness and celebrate all the advantages that growing and nurturing your own plants and produce can bring.
May 30, 2022
What Are The Best Chair Raisers?
Chair raisers are a safe and secure way of raising chairs off the ground, but what are the best chair raisers? This is a question we often get asked so, we decided to write this blog to let you know what the top 5 chair raisers are.
May 26, 2022
Walking Sticks – Ability Superstore’s Definitive Guide To These Mobility Aids
Ability Superstore has put together the definitive guide to walking sticks. Here you will find the answer to any question you’ve ever had about these helpful mobility aids.
May 23, 2022
Dementia Action Week – 16-22 May
Dementia Action Week is between the 16 and 22 May. According to the World Health Organization, there are currently over 55 million people worldwide living with dementia, with over 900,000 of them in the UK.
May 13, 2022