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Supporting and Creating Awareness Of Those Living With Muscular Dystrophy and Spinal Cord Injury 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...

How And Why Disability Is Celebrated In our most recent blog post about celebrating the 33rd anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), we talked about the importance of this act to all those living with disability and those who...

Celebrating The 33rd Anniversary of The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) We know that if you’re reading this blog post, you’re likely someone living with disability, or the caregiver of a loved one challenged by disability. Did you know that...

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...

Plan Now To Make Your Pool Or Spa Accessible This Summer To All Family Members & Guests It’s the first day of March as we write this blog post and that’s definitely got New Englanders like us feeling excited that warmer temperatures are just around the...

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...

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...

Simplify Lift Inspection & Maintenance in 2022 With Our Preventative Maintenance Program Whether it’s managing your own health situation or that of a loved one, we know you regularly juggle numerous tasks and priorities. Let us take one of those...

Worry Less In 2022 By Putting These 6 Senior Safety Measures In Place For The New Year “Aging in place” is becoming more and more the norm. Many seniors and their families find it more affordable and emotionally beneficial for themselves or a loved...

What You Need to Know as a Caregiver of Someone with a Traumatic Brain Injury Caring for someone with a traumatic brain injury presents unique challenges. These challenges can be practical, social, financial, and emotional. Here are five tips to...

Organizations to Turn to for Help for Caretakers of Disabled Individuals If you have recently become the caregiver of a disabled individual, whether through an accident or through the aging of family members, you might be feeling overwhelmed. You...

Massachusetts Caregiver Disability Services Resource Sheet Anyone who has a loved one who has suffered from a disability and is suddenly thrust into the role of a caregiver might be overwhelmed and might not know where to begin looking for help. This...

Long Distance Caregiving: How To Handle the Stress “I don’t know how this happened,” Jessica said. “One day, my husband’s mother was just fine. And then we turned around, and all at once, she’s gotten old. It was like the blink of an eye. She had a...

Involve All Family Members in Care Planning for Best Results “Mom had a stroke in May,” Carole explained. “And she’s so strong that I guess we all thought she’d just bounce right back to being her normal self. But that didn’t happen.” Carole’s...

Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Checklist for Caregivers of Disabled Individuals As a caregiver for the disabled, you will often discover that assessing the safety and quality of programs or residences for disabled individuals is, at times,...

Caregivers Get Older Too: Understanding the Sure Hands Lift System “Donna had her accident in 1987,” Morgan said. Her daughter became a quadriplegic after a skiing accident. “Since then, there have been tremendous advances in technology and care...

Tips for Caregivers of Newly Disabled Individuals The need to install a lift system for a handicapped individual can be an emotional time, especially for an individual who suddenly becomes disabled due to an acute health condition or an accident. These...