Devices
Explore practical aids, assistive technology and everyday devices that may reduce effort or increase independence.
A device does not have to be specialised or expensive to be useful. Sometimes a small adaptation can make an everyday task much easier.
Assist • adapt • reduce effort
A useful device may make a task shorter, lighter or easier to repeat.
Devices can help make activities possible when pain, fatigue or sensory needs get in the way.
The right aid can help someone do more for themselves without using all their capacity.
The most useful device is one that suits the person, the task and the environment.
What is difficult right now?
Choose the closest option. You do not need to know what device you need yet.
Device & Assistive Technology Tools
Start with the activity you want to make easier.
Mobility & Getting Around
Explore aids that may reduce walking effort, improve stability, make longer distances possible or reduce the cost of getting around.
Kitchen & Meal Preparation
Look at tools and appliances that reduce standing, lifting, chopping, opening, reaching or clean-up.
Personal Care & Bathroom
Explore ways to make showering, dressing, grooming and other personal care tasks safer or less exhausting.
Sensory Support
Devices can help reduce noise, light, visual load or other sensory demands in everyday environments.
Reminders & Executive Function
Phones, timers, smart speakers, visual reminders and digital tools can reduce the need to remember everything internally.
Energy-Saving Devices
Look for ways technology or practical aids can shorten tasks, reduce repeated movement or help conserve limited capacity.
Communication Tools
Explore text, speech, visual and digital supports that may make communication clearer or less demanding.
Home & Everyday Access
Small changes to lighting, switches, seating, storage, reach and automation can make a home easier to use.
A useful device solves a real problem.
Start with the task, not the product.
What is hard?
Identify the difficult part: standing, gripping, remembering, reaching, noise, pain, fatigue, balance or something else.
What could change?
Could the task be seated, automated, made lighter, moved closer, simplified or done in a different way?
Does it actually help?
A device is useful only if it reduces load enough to justify the effort of learning, storing and using it.
Common Questions About Devices
Open only the section you need.
When professional support may be useful
Consider professional advice when choosing equipment if:
- there is a risk of falling or injury
- you need help with transfers, walking or mobility
- posture or seating is causing pain or pressure problems
- you need equipment for showering, toileting or personal care
- you are unsure whether an aid is safe for you
- you need help matching equipment to your home or daily activities
- you need documentation for funded supports or equipment
Devices work best when they fit the whole situation.
These Foundation Tools may help you understand what needs to change.
Daily Living
Look at the everyday activity first and identify which part is using too much effort.
Explore →Tasks & Executive Function
Devices, reminders and automation can reduce planning and remembering demands.
Explore →Using Support
Think about the balance between equipment, practical help and doing things independently.
Explore →The goal is not more equipment.
The goal is making everyday life easier, safer or more independent with the least extra complexity.