Hospices across Aotearoa New Zealand will be able to provide enhanced comfort and care for people at the end of life, thanks to more than $31,000 in funding from the Harcourts Foundation.

WestJet has announced the purchase of 22 onboard wheelchairs from Airchair which will be installed on the airline’s 737 fleet ...

France has introduced full reimbursement for all wheelchairs, ending what disability advocates long described as an “obstacle course” of partial funding and heavy out-of-pocket costs. The reform is ...

What was once categorised as 'assistive technology' is finding a new home in the world of wellness, reframed as assistive tools that help live, move and rest better.

EXCLUSIVE: Generous readers have donated enough to buy 16 life-changing wheelchairs or provide a range of other support.

OverviewThe global patient handling equipment market is anticipated to grow at a steady CAGR of around 6% over the forecast period, supported by strong demographic trends, growing safety regulations, ...

Officials are yet to determine the cause of the blaze that ripped through a high-rise residential complex on Wednesday.

"I'm a long-term care physician, and I wanted to create a braking mechanism that would prevent a wheelchair from moving backwards when the wheelchair user was exiting the chair," said an inventor, ...

Strutt’s first product is a LiDAR-equipped personal mobility device that uses AI to go beyond the traditional wheelchair ...

The Hong Kong fire department has classified the blaze as a level five alarm - the highest in severity. Within 40 minutes of first being reported, it was declared a level four, but by 18:22, about ...

Portaramp UK designs and manufactures portable access ramps that make it safer and easier for passengers with reduced mobility to get on and off trains. These ramps are already used by many operators ...

Portaramp: From a Norfolk Workshop to Rail Networks around the World, how their ramps help public transport become more accessible.