Helpful Buying Guides for Elderly Parent Care (2025)

Caring for an elderly parent can come with a long list of decisions, many of which may be unfamiliar. Which products will actually help? What’s worth the investment? And how do you know what’s right for your parent’s needs?

That’s where our Buying Guides come in.

We’ve created a growing collection of straightforward guides covering everyday topics like home safety, personal care, mobility, mealtimes and more. Each one is designed to help you cut through the noise – highlighting key things to look for, potential pitfalls, and practical features that really make a difference.

Whether you’re exploring options for now, or planning ahead, our guides can help you feel more informed and less overwhelmed. We don’t sell products ourselves – but we've curated products that we think may be helpful for your carenting journey.

We’re constantly updating our guides as new products and innovations become available. If you’ve found something that’s made a real difference to your parent’s day-to-day life, we’d love to hear about it. You can contact us at hello@carents.co.uk to share your experience and help other Carents benefit too.

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At Carents®, we actively seek out products and services designed with the needs of older people, and their carents, in mind. When we find something that aligns with our values, we add it to our carefully curated guides.

We’re passionate about featuring genuine innovation that’s not only accessible and well-designed but also delivers real impact. Too often, products aimed at supporting our ageing society feel over-medicalised, unattractive, or overly complex. It’s a curious truth that sometimes there’s more innovation in pet care than in adult care.

If you’ve tried any of the featured items and would like to share your thoughts, please get in touch athello@carents.co.uk

We welcome organisations whose products or services are nationally available and designed, attractively and empathetically, with older people and their carents in mind. If that’s you,we’d love to hear from you. Please get in touch atbd@carents.co.uk. Please note that while we may charge a fee to cover administration and running costs, we always aim to keep access to users completely free.

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That said, we only ever recommend products or services wegenuinely believe may help.

Please note:Carents cannot accept responsibilityfor the quality, safety or suitability of third-party products. If you decide to make a purchase, you do so at your own discretion and risk.

Got something you think we should know about?Email us athello@carents.co.uk.