Moving the Focus Back onto Learning; The Importance of Hoisting & Specialist Equipment in Schools It’s that time of year again, the end of the glorious British summertime! Which means, of course, the countdown to a whole year of new students enrolling. As exciting a time as this is, with new [...]
A Brighter Vue for Film-Goers Future; First Changing Places Toilet in Dedicated UK Cinema A trip to the cinema; the cornerstone of any date-night, child’s birthday party and the balm for boredom during the long summer holidays. Often combined with restaurants, fast-food, shopping malls and bowling, they are the pumping ventricles of evening [...]
Changing Places Toilets can change lives; allowing access to places most of us take for granted and offering dignity and basic human rights to some of the most vulnerable people. With Ceiling Hoist systems and electrically height adjustable equipment, such as the adult sized Changing Table and often a Washbasin, they [...]
As part of the rollout of our industry-leading Ceiling Hoist Layout software ‘SurveyPlan’, OpeMed’s exclusive Southern Irish dealer, MMS Medical, has become the latest to launch this brand new system. MMS has deployed this state-of-the-art technology to all their field and office based sales representatives, enabling them to more efficiently provide Ceiling [...]
SurveyPlan – Demonstrating the Best Solutions for Transfer and Care OpeMed’s SurveyPlan is a floor plan creation app that allows us to create dimensioned floor plans without actively measuring or drawing. With its Augmented Reality technology, we can capture spaces quickly and create simple layout designs to support your project. Add to [...]
Many reservations for installing Changing Places facilities surround limitations in space, particularly in historical and completed buildings. Maintaining focus on purely internal adaptations can really limit what is possible and even halt such a project all together. Thinking Outside the Box But when we think a little outside the box, the solution [...]
The updated BS8300:2018 is now in place. The British Standard takes the form of guidance and recommendations, and this particular iteration refers directly to Changing Places toilets and what is required to create a fully compliant facility. Of course, nobody wants to be caught out where the standard has introduced new changes, [...]
OpeMed has partnered with Tesco once again for the installation of a new Changing Places toilet. Following the success of the facilities supplied and installed into the Milton Keynes and Slough stores, a fully compliant Changing Places toilet for Tesco was included in the new Calne store in Wiltshire. Fitted out with [...]
What is your colour? For many years’ artists, scientists and researchers have been interested in the psychology of colour. They found that colour can have a profound effect on the human mind and emotions; evoking memory, affecting mood and influencing behaviour. Cool colours create a sense of calm Yellow is a subtly [...]
OpeMed (Aveso) set to provide the next wave of Changing Places facilities at Welcome Break Services. We are delighted that Welcome Break are to install more Changing Places across the country and with Gordano Services (M5) marking the first of the next wave installed and registered. The Changing Places campaign is designed to provide confidence through [...]
This week OpeMed had the pleasure of recently installing and opening the very first Changing Places at a National Trust venue in England. Following numerous meetings with the National Trust and OpeMed team, Attingham Park in Shropshire became the first property to review all aspects of their accessibility and incorporate a full Changing Places toilet facility [...]
Three new Changing Places installed at Motorway Services Over the last few months OpeMed have been working alongside Welcome Break Motorway Services to provide and install the first three Changing Places toilets with more to come across the UK. The facilities; South Mimms [M25], Hopwood Park [M42] and Membury West [M4] are [...]
OpeMed Explained We are delighted to release our newest video “OpeMed Explained – Our Solutions for Transfer and Care “. The video showcases OpeMed’s services and solutions. Follow our expert as he helps OpeMed customers choose the right equipment, ensuring carers can concentrate on giving their clients the care they deserve. [...]
‘Unlocking the Purple Pound’ with Visit England OpeMed Gets Behind English Tourism Week As proud sponsors of the Changing Places Campaign, we are witness to an incredible growth in awareness for disability and accessibility. Visit England and Disabled Go have acknowledged the power of disability awareness and accessibility in public places in [...]
Flat Spaces Build is Underway for New Accessible Holiday Home As previously mentioned in a blog post, OpeMed are proudly working with Flat Spaces as the main supplier of wet room and bedroom hoisting, showering and changing equipment. Flat Spaces aim to build and install fully accessible holiday homes for [...]
Press Release: Changing Places and Official Sponsor Aveso Arrange Premier Campaigner Day at Prestigious Proact Stadium Following on from another highly successful year for Changing Places, there are now over 700 Changing Places registered in the UK which include major Airports, Premiership Football Clubs, Supermarkets and Hospitals as well as [...]
Decision Based On Height Adjustable Changing Table? As a leading supplier of height adjustable changing tables, OpeMed have a wide range of experience when it comes to choosing the right changing surface. We often find that the type of height adjustable changing table will vary from user to user depending [...]
