Aged care equipment in Newtown
Newtown's narrow terrace houses, with stairs and tight hallways, shape what kind of aged care equipment in Newtown will actually work. Allcare Warehouse sells walking aids, commodes, wheelchairs and bathroom equipment, and we deliver across Sydney, so you can order by phone and have it brought to the door. This page covers the questions that come up in terraces in particular. Call 1300 767 777 to talk it through.
Equipment for narrow terrace houses
Many Newtown terraces date from the late 1800s, often with narrow frontages and a two-up two-down layout of two rooms on each floor. That affects equipment choices in a few ways:
- Hallways and doorways can be narrow, so measure the tightest point before choosing one of our wheelchairs, and tell us the measurement when you call.
- If the bedroom is upstairs and the toilet is not, a bedside commode saves a trip on the stairs at night.
- Frames are awkward on stairs. Some people use a walking frame downstairs and a stick on the stairs, or keep a second frame upstairs. Compare options in our walking aids.
- In a small bathroom, a compact shower stool or chair may fit where a larger one will not.
Coming home from Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital is in Camperdown, Newtown's neighbour to the north. If someone is coming home from a stay there, ask the ward or occupational therapist for a list of the equipment they recommend, then call us with it. The ward team decides what is needed, and our part is supplying it. Ordering aged care equipment in Newtown before discharge means it is ready when the person gets home.
Ordering aged care equipment in Newtown
Newtown sits across two councils, the City of Sydney and Inner West Council, and borders Camperdown, Stanmore, Enmore, Erskineville, Darlington and St Peters. Deliveries cover all of these, and you can find more suburbs on our service areas page.
If you want to compare before deciding, our main showroom in Liverpool, in Northumberland Arcade, has equipment on display, so phone first to confirm what you want to see is there. Orders can also be collected from our second location at 44 Georges River Rd, Croydon Park.
Other areas we cover
Frequently asked questions
Will a wheelchair fit through a terrace hallway?
Measure the narrowest point, usually a doorway or the turn at the bottom of the stairs, and compare it with the chair's overall width, not just its seat width. Call 1300 767 777 with the measurement and the team will check which chairs fit.
Can a home care bed go upstairs in a terrace?
Measure the stairs, the turns and the bedroom doorway before deciding. If a bed cannot go upstairs, some families set one up in a downstairs room instead. Call with the measurements and we will talk through the options.
What if the person needs equipment on both floors?
It is often easier to double up on smaller items than to carry them up and down, for example a walking stick on each floor, or a commode upstairs and a toilet frame downstairs. Call 1300 767 777 to plan aged care equipment in Newtown for both levels.
Can aged care funding cover equipment?
It can. Under the government's Support at Home program, equipment can be included where it meets a person's assessed needs, and the assessment and approval come through My Aged Care. Bring the list of approved items when you call, and we will tell you which we stock.