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Aging in Place

How To Get Into My House If I'm Disabled For those who find themselves suddenly facing disability that includes mobility challenges -- due to an accident, aging, or a new or progressed illness – figuring how you can access the home you love can...

Are There Funding Resources To Cover The Costs of Making A Home Accessible? Whether this is the first time you are considering making modifications to your/a loved one’s home to make it accessible, or you just need to upgrade the home-in-question’s accessibility,...

Training: An Important Factor That Should Influence Your Medical/Patient Equipment Purchase As a provider of durable medical equipment and patient lift equipment for close to 35 years, we know how important it is that individuals and organizations (like...

Preventing Falls In Seniors Via Balance Exercises And Fall-Prevention Equipment Research conducted by the team at Lift & Care Systems on topics that are important to seniors – many of whom are “Baby Boomers” (age 62-80) – indicates that they, or...

Questions To Ask An Individual Living With Disability, Or A Caregiver, To Learn More About Their Daily Lives As providers of patient lifts and other durable medical equipment (DME) to individuals living with disability and their families for over...

Why Purchasing Long-Term Care Insurance Supports Successful Aging-At-Home Plans As we outlined in our previous blog post about aging in place, there are a number of reasons why more and more individuals are choosing to age at home right now. As...

Plan Now To Get More Outdoors Time This Spring and Summer Despite Mobility Challenges For those living with mobility challenges due to a disability, or simply aging, being able to access their outdoors porch, patio, or yard likely feels quite...

How Our Body Supports Make Our Ceiling Lift Systems Unique Lift & Care Systems is pleased and proud that we’ve been offering high-quality patient lift systems to individuals challenged by disability, and their families/caregivers, for more than 30...

Get Your Questions Answered Quickly About Our Products And Services And Working With Us While our team of patient lift and other durable medical equipment experts are available to assist our existing clients, and prospective customers, via phone...

Why Elevator Use In Homes Is On The Rise As we shared in our recent blog post about aging in place, many individuals who are in their 60’s and beyond are choosing to stay in their homes vs. move to an assisted living facility, a 55+ community, or...

Why More Individuals Are Choosing To Age At Home You're probably hearing the phrases "aging at home" and "aging in place" a lot these days. That's because more and more individuals in their 60's and beyond are choosing to stay in the homes they...

Creating Awareness Of Neuropathy And Its Impact May Is Neuropathy Awareness Month While our team of patient lift and other DME experts works with individuals living with a variety of acquired or present-at-birth disabilities and their families to...

Don’t Let Challenges Getting In and Out Of A Pool Or Spa Keep You From Enjoying Being In The Water Spring and summer are just around the corner. Why let ongoing or new mobility challenges keep you or a loved one who lives with disability from...

New Year. New Look, Feel and Opportunities! September 2025 and January 2026 Updates To Below Previously Published Blog Post: While we are no longer offering Bruno Connect home elevators, we can still offer new and existing clients a means of...

A Look Back At 30 Years Of Providing Quality Products and Exceptional Service To Those Living With Disability How And Why We Began Providing Durable Medical Equipment, Including Patient Lifts Our team often gets asked – particularly our Owner and...

New Wheelchair Scales For Group Homes, Day Programs, Schools, and Doctor’s Offices As a provider of durable medical equipment (DME), including patient lifts, which support the improved life quality, independence, and safety of those living with...

Why Work With Us Related To Your Lift and Safety Equipment Needs For 30 years, we’ve been blessed to work with individuals, families, and organizations (such as group homes, school, and equine-assisted service centers) to ensure that those living with...

A Common Mission To Ensure Older Adults Enjoy The Best Possible Life Quality As an organization whose mission it has been for more than 30 years to offer products and services that contribute to older adults enjoying the best life quality possible, we...

Stairlift FAQs We find that there are many ways that individuals refer to chairs that remove the worry regarding an individual who chooses to age in place, or who lives with disability, going up and down stairs safely. That’s why we refer to such...

Plan Now To Make Your Pool Or Spa Accessible This Summer To All Family Members & Guests 05/08/25 Update: While the information from our original blog post below is still accurate and relevant, we updated this post to include some websites where you can get a...

How To Empower Individuals Living With Disability As we shared in this recent blog post, disability comes in many forms and can be physical or developmental (intellectual). Regardless of the nature of the disability that someone lives with, at...

Why 2023 Should Be The Year You Employ A Ceiling Lift System It’s a new year, and we’re all thinking about how we can work less hard, have more fun, and optimize our health situations in 2023. It’s the belief of the team at Lift & Care Systems that...

The Universal-Design Approach To Making Homes Accessible For All Ages & Abilities In the past, people buying an already-built home, or hiring someone to build a new home for them, didn’t give a lot of thought to how accessible the home was or would...

How To Make The Holidays Disability Inclusive October 29, 2025 Update: Since we first published this post, we've added other ones related to how we all can do our part to make sure those challenged by disability or other serious health conditions...

Supporting The Independence And Dignity Of The Disabled Whether you or your loved one were born with a disability or acquired it later in life, we here at Lift & Care Systems share your goal for yourself, or for those for whom you care, to lead the...

Celebrating 40 Years Of Improving The Lives Of Those With Reduced Mobility As we shared in mid-May in various social media posts, such as this one, Lift & Care Systems’ President and Founder, Dave Austin, was thrilled to be able to attend the 40th...

Planning For Both Immediate And Long-Term Needs Related to Disability and Aging Whether you’re an individual living with disability, a senior who wants to age in place, or the caregiver of the aforementioned individuals, putting the proper...

In-Home Care In Massachusetts: Free and Low-Cost, Plus Financial Assistance Massachusetts can be a welcoming state for seniors who live on their own and wish to remain independent. Even seniors with limited incomes can thrive in the Bay State with...

Reduce Your Worry About Falls By Putting The Right Alert System In Place The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) states that falls among older adults are extremely common with an estimated 2.5 million older adults treated for fall injuries in...

How The Spoon Theory Has Caused Individuals Living With Disability And Illness To Feel Seen While many individuals living with chronic illness or disability are familiar with and truly appreciate the message and philosophy behind the “spoon...

5 Simple Things You Can Do To Show Caregivers Some Love The fact that Valentine’s Day is just a couple of weeks away prompted us to write this post to remind our readers that caregivers, not just the loved ones they care for, deserve and need...

Worry Less In 2022 By Putting These 6 Senior Safety Measures In Place For The New Year 2026 Update: While this blog post was originally posted in 2022, it still rings true with the 2026 new year! And, in addition to the safety measures below, you...

5 Trends In The Patient Lift Equipment Market The patient lift equipment is designed to lift and transfer patients from one place to another, for instance, from bed to bath or from a chair to a stretcher.  Patient lift equipment may include stair &...

Top 5 Bathroom Safety Products for the Elderly and the Disabled Within a home, bathrooms present a relatively serious safety hazard for the elderly and the disabled. The fear of tripping, slipping and injuring oneself is especially high due to...

5 Types of Home Medical Equipment for Aging in Place More and more seniors are choosing to remain in their homes as they age. Here are five things every senior, who plans to age in place, should have. 1. Accessible Bath and Shower Options As...

5 Things to Know About Staircase Lift Chairs Thanks to medical and technological innovations, people are living longer and fuller lives. However, as seniors age, their mobility may become limited. This can be due to orthopedic replacements, hip...

5 Accessories that Every Home Should Have for Aging in Place Homes for seniors aging in place, need to consider purchasing the following accessories to plan for their future health needs: Door Levers Traditional door knobs need to be replaced by...

4 Ways to Help Prevent Falls in a Home Design for Aging in Place The number one problem for seniors over the age of 65 that has a significant impact on their ability to maintain their independence is falls. Many falls lead to injuries such as...

Why You Should Prepare for Aging in Place Now There is a famous fable about an ant and a grasshopper. One spends the summer months frolicking while the other prepares for the winter ahead. As a result, during the long months of winter, the ant has...

Massachusetts Home: Remodeling The Bathroom For Senior Living Nine out of ten seniors report that they want to age in place – that is, live in their own homes independently rather than moving into a senior housing situation, assisted living...

Lift & Care Systems of Lakeville, MA announces Senior Home Retrofit Division to aid seniors in their quest to age in place The good news is that we are living longer. Americans 65 and older now total about 34 million. This number is expected to...

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) for Aging in Place Home Modifications Many seniors wish to remain in their homes for as long as they are able despite the effects of age and illness on ability. Seniors are often hesitant to move into long-term...