Sue, Social Services OT

Sue is an OT working for Social Services. On a home visit to assess for a bath lift, she noticed the client had a particularly high bath. Using DLF Data she selected four bath lifts and used the comparison feature to compare the lift range of each. From this she managed to select a suitable bath lift for her client.

‘DLF Data is an invaluable resource for any social services department. The website provides unrivalled one-stop access to details of equipment products and suppliers’

Mandy Sainty, Disability Policy Officer, Westminster Children and Community Services

Dave, Private OT

Dave, a private OT, has a client who has problems with her memory and regularly forgets to take her medication. Dave used DLF Data to fi nd a list of medication dispensers with alarms to prompt his client when it was time to take her medication. Dave compiled a report of several dispensers which listed where they could be purchased so that his client could make an informed choice using impartial information.

‘The most effi cient tool available to specify equipment in an unbiased manner. I would recommend its use to other privately practising occupational therapists’

Gitte Rinds, MA, SROT, ABILITY Occupational Therapy Services

Disability North, Helpline

Disability North’s Helpline advisors use DLF Data everyday to help them advise callers on their equipment enquiries. A popular product enquiry the helpline receive is the availability of mobile phones with enlarged buttons.

'Our job would be absolutely impossible without the database’

Carolyn Forster, Occupational Therapist, Disability North

Jo, NHS Trust OT

Jo works for an NHS Trust. When the rechargeable battery for a hoist failed she needed to source the supplier of the particular model to fi nd a replacement. Using DLF Data she compiled a list of suppliers for the hoist and was able to track down the correct battery

‘An absolute goldmine of information’

Margaret Fitzpatrick, Principal Offi cer, Hertfordshire Adult Care Services