What are the alternatives options to stair rails, stairlifts, and through floor lifts?
For some people moving home may be an alternative solution to stairlifts or through floor lifts. A bungalow or ground floor flat, all on one level, may be ideal for you if you are willing to move. However, moving can be very stressful and costly. If you don’t wish to move, you could consider converting your own home to make life easier for you. You may consider installing a downstairs toilet or bathroom. If you are already sleeping downstairs then a bathroom and/or toilet downstairs may mean you can avoid needing to use your stairs at all. If you sleep upstairs then you will still need to go up/down stairs in the evening but will not need to go up/down stairs so regularly during the day. You may consider installing both a ground floor toilet and a stairlift. A downstairs bedroom may be an appropriate solution if you already have a toilet downstairs and / or have to spend most of your time in bed and would otherwise be isolated upstairs. However, this solution may not be desirable if th
