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03 Apr 2025 • 5 min read

Chairs for the disabled: A helpful buying guide

Finding the right chair for a person with a disability is essential for ensuring comfort, support, and improved mobility. From an adjustable high-back to a...

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01 Apr 2025 • 7 min read

What type of mattress is the best for back problems?

If you have or have previously suffered from back pain, you'll know how uncomfortable it can be and how much it can impact your quality...

An accesible, stylish kitchen designed by Annabella Fudge-Harman

Accessible Living, Elevated Style: Interior Design Tips for Every Home

A older lady sat at home in a leather riser recliner chair with a blanket on her legs and holding a tv remote

Solo Living Index: Where Is The Best Place to Live Independently?

A younger female lying in a hospital bed with the doctor stood beside him

The Cost Of Lying Report: NHS Trusts With the Highest Claim Costs

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Elaine Hollerhead Elaine Hollerhead

“It’s scientifically proven that the right sleep environment can have a positive effect on health and wellbeing... So why compromise?

Elaine Hollerhead

Occupational Therapist and Interior Designer

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Common Sleep Problems

There are many factors that can affect a person's sleep. However some factors, like complex medical conditions, can be out of our control. Follow the links below, to explore each condition in detail, view related blogs/videos and gain helpful advice to improve your quality of sleep.

  • A carer adjusting the back rest of an older lady in a profiling bed

    Dementia

  • A carer helping an older man get out of a profiling bed with side rails

    Parkinson's

  • A lady laid in a comfortable position on an adjustable bed with her legs elevated and back adjusted

    Oedema

  • An older lady with COPD struggling to sleep at night

    Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

  • Stroke

  • Couple sleeping in an adjustable bed with white and green sheets

    Sleep Apnoea

  • Asthma

  • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome

  • Arthritis

Latest Videos

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An Opera advisor stood next to a heigh adjusted profiling bed with the caption 'The most common problem for carers'
An illustration of a man laid in bed with the caption 'What is RLS'
An Opera advisor sat on a profiling bed with side rails, with the caption 'The benefits of side rails'
A man asleep in bed at night with the caption 'How to sleep with arthritis'
A woman laid on an adjustable bed with the caption 'How to sleep with acid reflux'

Our Sleep Experts

Dr Tim Mercer

General Practitioner& GP Trainer

Barbara Franks

Occupational Therapist
& Expert Witness

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Dr Allie Hare

Consultant Physician, Department of Sleep and Ventilation

Annabella Fudge-Harman

Interior Designer

Interior designer and occupational therapist Elaine Hollerhead sat on a Opera profiling bed

Elaine Hollerhead

Interior Designer & Occupational Therapist

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Billy Bruce

Product Advisor
Wycombe Showroom

Dean, a man wearing glasses and a blue suit sitting on the end of an Opera Bed

Dean Sheppard

Product Advisor
Wycombe Showroom

Michelle Winter Sales Advisor

Michelle Winter

Product Advisor
Hull Showroom

Opera Sales Advisor Lisa Davis

Lisa Davis

Product Advisor
Hull Showroom

Opera sales advisor Chelsea

Chelsea Brown

Product Advisor
Hull Showroom

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Chloe Burnett

Content ExecutiveOpera Beds

Opera head of digital Josh

Joshua Duggan

Head of Digital
Opera Beds

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Chantelle Dye

Digital ExecutiveOpera Beds

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