Handrails aren’t just for show. With countless styles available, you can make sure whichever handrail you choose fits perfectly with your staircase and home environment. Modern, traditional, ornate, wood, iron, steel, painted, varnished; the choice is yours.
But they’re also there to keep you safe and secure.
Anyone can trip, slip, and fall. Having a strong, sturdy handrail there to hold onto or grab when you need it is vital.
According to official figures, the home is the most common location for an accident to happen. Figures also tell us that in the UK, we spend 60% of public funding for healthcare on cure and rehabilitation, and only 5% on prevention.
Understandably, the most likely people affected are those aged 65 and over. Around a third of people aged 65 and older, and around half of people aged 80 and over, fall at least once a year. Falls are estimated to cost the NHS more than £2.3 billion per year.
Changes to our homes can help us to continue to live independently and well – and can save the NHS and wider care sector millions of pounds each year.
Mounting a handrail directly to the wall, as opposed to on top of a bannister, will give your home an added element of safety and security. And our wall-mounted handrails look just as stylish – or even more so.
