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Keeping Your Floors Safe From Trip Hazards

Keeping your Grams healthy means being her eyes, looking out for hidden dangers so she won't hurt herself. Since she spends most of her time at her place or your home shouldn't you be keeping your floors safe from trip hazards? Do you know what you to look for to keep...

Which Step Stool Should I Buy for Grams?

Which Step Stool Should I Buy for Grams?

So you just bought a brand new SUV, fantastic! You go to show it off to your friends and family and you find out that your Grams has a lot of trouble trying to get into it... it's time for a step stool... but you may be wondering, "Which step stool should I buy for...

What Can Medical Alert Systems Do?

What Can Medical Alert Systems Do?

With electronics changing faster than a speeding bullet, so are the features of personal alert systems or medical alert systems. If you have a Grams you might find yourself asking, "What can medical alert systems do?" There are a myriad of options when researching...

How to Plan for a Senior Citizen’s Evacuation

How to Plan for a Senior Citizen’s Evacuation

If there was an emergency evacuation right now would you and your beloved senior be prepared to pack up and leave? Do you have a plan for a senior citizen's evacuation? Some emergencies, like tornadoes, power outages and fires happen so fast you don't have time to...

What Other Challenges do Seniors Have When Traveling by Bus?

What Other Challenges do Seniors Have When Traveling by Bus?

Are you worried Grams won't be able to enjoy her trip on a bus because she won't be able to get on and off the bus? Do you know what other challenges seniors have when traveling by bus? Grams loves to travel, sometimes she goes on sightseeing tours, sometime she goes...

Do You Know How to Keep Your Mom Safe From Fraud Online?

Do You Know How to Keep Your Mom Safe From Fraud Online?

Thieves are laser targeting seniors both online and on the phone. Which begs the question, Do you know how to keep your mom safe from online fraud? Why is your mom a target? ? Because seniors have money and can be caught off-guard with a little smooth talking. On...

Is It Time For Mom To Move Into A Retirement Home?

Is It Time For Mom To Move Into A Retirement Home?

Recently I've been involved with 3 different families that have had to evaluate this question, is it time for mom to move into a retirement home? All 3 families had very different issues with mom's physical/mental health and all 3 of them had very different ideas of...

How to choose the right medical alert device

How to choose the right medical alert device

A lot has changed since the first "I've fallen and can't get up" medical alert device was first introduced in the 1970's. A medical alert device or personal emergency response system is an alarm system designed to signal the presence of a hazard requiring urgent...

How to help mom stay healthy and happy

How to help mom stay healthy and happy

It's never too late to learn good health habits to help mom stay healthy and happy. Eating right & light exercise can even make a difference to seniors who haven't made their health a priority in the past. It's the start of a new year and maybe that has you...

Do You Know Where it’s Safe for Mom to Walk Outside?

Do You Know Where it’s Safe for Mom to Walk Outside?

Your mom wants to exercise, great!! Walking is the most natural exercise for our bodies so pick a place where it's safe for mom to walk outside. Start with a location she is familiar with, like in her own neighborhood, on the sidewalk or streets, or maybe there's a...

How to Keep Flooring Safe For Seniors, a 5-minute checklist

How to Keep Flooring Safe For Seniors, a 5-minute checklist

Keeping your senior safe from falls at your home or theirs starts with keeping them safe from slips & trips. If you have a loved elder, and you've ever wondered how to keep flooring safe for seniors, you're in the right place. Take the time to go through both your...

Why do Seniors Injure Themselves More as They Age?

Why do Seniors Injure Themselves More as They Age?

Aging itself does not cause injuries. Everybody loses abilities and muscle strength with enough age. Seniors are at a higher risk of injuries because they tend to fall more due to aging muscles, declining eyesight or drug side effects. Just the fear of falling can...

Is There a Step Stool That Seniors Can Use To Get On a Bus Safely

What makes one step stool better than another to assist senior citizens or physically handicapped passengers entering a bus with the first bus stair step at 10 to 13 inches from the ground? First you have to determine if the step stool being used is going to get...

Does Your Step Stool Meet OSHA Regulations? ANSI Standards?

Shure-Steps are load rated for 500 pounds, all but two models have 6 large rubber pads on the bottom to keep them from sliding on slick or wet floors. The Shure-Steps also have non-slip top surface to prevent shoes from slipping. A few of the companies that have...

Which Kitchen Step Stool is Safe?

If you’re looking for a safe step stool to use in your kitchen then you’ve probably seen many different models to choose from. Some are wooden step stools, some are plastic step stools, some are metal step stools and others are folding step stools which may be a...

Safe Step Stools for Seniors

Do you know a senior citizen that’s having trouble getting into a bus or SUV? Finding a safe step stool for your aging adult or physically challenged loved one can be difficult. Many of us have parents, grandparents or aunts & uncles that are either aging or...

How to Find a Safe Bus Step Stool?

When you see a step stool sitting in front of a bus do you wonder if it’s a safe step stool? Let’s take a look at the step stools buses use and why. Some of the step stools the buses are using are metal step stools. These step stools are made of square metal tubes...

Safe Step Stools For Kids

In order to make sure that the step stool for your kids is safe to use, first you must consider what your child will be using the step stool for. Since it is getting close to summer a lot of kids will be drinking out of a water fountain. Most water fountains in public...

Kids Library Step Stool

Have you ever been in a library and seen a child standing on one of the round step stools trying to reach a top shelf and the step stool that they were standing on tips over? One of the reasons this happens is the shape of the library step. The other is because the...

Safe Step Stools for Pediatric Dentistry

When your youngster has to get a panoramic x-ray at their children’s dentist office, it can be difficult for the dentist to get the child’s mouth at the right height for the x-ray machine without a safe step stool for the child to stand on. Most of the panoramic x-ray...

How To Find A Safe Step Stool For Putting Up Christmas Decorations

When you want to put up your Christmas lights this season be sure to look for a lightweight heavy duty step stool with a large top surface instead of a ladder. In a lot of situations your ladder might be too bulky to set up properly. Sometimes if the ground is soggy...

The 2 Step Stool

Now there is a 2 step stool that can help kids, seniors, little people and even the physically disabled reach the necessary height to perform everyday tasks. A person using the 2 Step Stool can easily step up 6 inches to the first level on this step stool and then up...

Can You Use A Safe Children’s Step Stool for Seniors?

Step stools that are designed for kids to use come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. But they are really are designed with a child in mind. The step stool is usually small, so a child can move it. The kids step stools can come with Disney carton characters plastered...

Anti-Slip Step Stools

What makes a step stool safe and sturdy? One of the qualities is the step stool’s ability to stay put and not slip or slide with a load on it. How can this be accomplished? There are several methods that step stool manufacturers use depending on the intended use of...

Heavy Duty Step Stool

Have you ever wondered what makes a step stool a “heavy duty step stool”? Can you look at a step and tell if it’s heavy duty? If you’ve ever bought a cheap one and used it moving heavy loads you probably found out very quickly that all step stools are not created...

Safe Warehouse Step Stools

Using safe step stools in a warehouse to reach the higher shelves might just save your company from be sued by an employee. Employees sometimes take the easiest and fastest course of action to reach products on higher shelves when filling an order or getting stock for...

How To Test Non-Slip Pads On The Bottom Of Step Stools

When buying a step stool one of the first items to check, after the load rating, is the non-slip pads on the bottom of the step. You only need to use a simple test to make sure the step stool is safe and won’t slide when you use it at home or work. The non-slip pads...

Alzheimer’s Sufferers Best Step Stool

When our beloved seniors who have Alzheimer's or are stricken with being senile are outdoors trying to get on a bus or at home getting into their beds, they need a step stool that will not harm them in any way while using it. These seniors have very special needs we...

A Safe Step Stool for Do-It-Yourself Home Owners

If you like to work on your own home is there a safe stable step stool that you might want to use instead of a ladder? The step stool would need to be versatile, if you have a painting job to tackle, could you set these step stools next to each other and easily paint...

How To Buy a Safe Step Stool For a Child

Let's check how to purchase a safe step stool for your child. It doesn't matter whether the safe step stool is made of wood or plastic. Because you will be looking for a step stool that is safe and can be move around easily by your child. The most important feature...

Which Step Stool is Best for your Kitchen

You have probably seen many types and models of step stools that can be used in the kitchen if you have been looking for one. Some of them are wooden step stools, plastic step stools, metal step stools and even folding step stools which may be a combination of metal...

For my 90 year Old Mother…Testimony

I ordered Shure Step for my 90 year old mother so she could get inside our minivan easier. Most other steps I saw at the store, etc were not tall enough or too tall or were not wide enough or had handles, etc. I had a plastic toy container that I turned upside down...

A Really Safe and Sturdy Step Stool

What makes a step stool safe or not safe? Why are some step stools more dangerous than others? Let’s take a look at the construction of a step stool first. What is the step made of; plastic, metal, wood...a combination of plastic and metal? Then look at the design of...

Step Stool to Lift the Saddle on a Horse

Hello David, I did a search to find the step. I think I started out with just step stool, and also RV step and industrial step. The problem I am trying to solve with the step is lifting my saddle on my horse. I have had surgery on both my shoulders so it is hard for...

Right Step Stool For Little People

Do you have a friend, relative or a family member who is a little deprived of height? These people are may be called little, but they have special needs in our big world. Being able to work effectively at home or office can be sometimes a big problem for our little...

Safe Step Stool Replaces Apple Boxes

Insider Tip: How To Keep Apple Boxes From Sliding on Snow or in Icy Weather “Whenever our crew uses apple boxes filming outside and there is snow on the ground, the apple box slides and creates a dangerous situation. Your Shure-Step looks like the perfect replacement...

Guides in Choosing a Safe Library Step Stool

School time is fast approaching now. And libraries will be filled with students once again.Have you ever experienced reaching books on top of the shelves with difficulty? Or even standing on a step that’s not safe for you to climb a little higher? Most of our...

We have a bed with high mattresses…Testimony

We have a bed with high mattresses, and of late, my husband has encountered mobility problems. He had been using a regular step stool (approx. 6x6", with steel legs and rubber feet) to provide necessary height to properly get himself on the mattress without slipping...

Father with Cancer….Testimony

I found your product on the internet. My father is older and has recently been diagnosed with cancer. He is quite weak and having trouble getting into my automobile. I was using a regular step stool but it was small and dangerous. Every step stool I found was not...

Why Should Seniors Choose A Safe Step Stool?

If you are considering buying a safe step stool for your senior there are several special needs that MUST be addressed. Most seniors have less than perfect vision, right? Some are overweight and/or might not have the strength to get up on the step stool if it is too...

Step Stool Load Ratings and Step Stool OSHA Ratings

A step stool’s load rating is required to be attached to the step stool with a permanent label by companies doing business with the U.S. Government for safety reasons. Or the step stool has to have an OSHA rating and article number for the specific industry that the...

We Have Been Using a Metal Stool on Our Bus…Testimony

We have been using a metal stool on our bus, and our church members who take the bus aren't getting any younger. I Googled for a step stool, and your product looked like it would fill the bill. I liked the size of the stool as well as the height for stepping from our...

Mechanic Step Testimony

I was trying to find my husband a birthday present and had noticed that he was using wood or tires or whatever was handy to reach over the top of his race cars and trucks to work on them. I thought " that's not quite safe" so I searched the internet for "Mechanic...

How to Keep Your Airline Passengers Safe When Boarding Smaller Aircraft

The need for a safe airline step stool has never been greater. Right now, we have more senior citizens and physically disabled people traveling on planes than ever before. And the smaller regional airlines are flying as many passengers per year as the major airlines....

I Work in a General Surgeons Office…Testimony

I work in a general surgeons office. We have a smaller step and our doctor wanted a larger step for the unsure footed and larger patients. One of our patients decided to find us a larger step. He emailed me the website and I showed the doctor hence the order. Colleen,...

How Senior Citizen Airline Passengers Board a Smaller Aircraft Safely

Can you imagine your grandma or elder loved one dreaming of going on a once-in-a-lifetime destination and having trouble getting up to the first step on the airplane that would take them to their dream vacation? They might change their mind and not want to go; you...

Step Stools for Seniors in Getting In and Out of Vehicles

I'm Tony's wife, (who did the research) and I googled step stools for seniors, and step stools. I saw your website right away and knew it was the right one because the way you actually showcased how the steps work for seniors getting into SUVs, buses, etc. My Mother...

Testimonial on Shurestep Step Stool

Here is an unsolicited testimonial from a happy customer. Sirs, I do not usually write to company praising them for their product but in your case I find it necessary. When my wife recently under hip surgery, I needed to find a way for her to be able to climb up into...

I Have a High Step to Get Into my House…Testimony

I googled "safety step for seniors", and your site came up with some others. Your's was the most expensive, but also the best!!!! Both my knees are bone on bone, and walking is painful. I have tried different shots, no help. Surgery is out, climbing steps is agony,...

Safe Step Stools for Aircraft Maintenance

Why would you want your licensed, trained A&P mechanic working from a folding step stool or even worse a cheap plastic step stool bought at Wal-Mart. Truth is . . . there’s a big difference between a cheap step stool bought at your local discount store and a heavy...

My Wife Has a Torn Meniscus on Each Knee

Dear Mr. DuPont, I heard about Shure-Step from another company offering your product in the Dallas area. I searched and found your company under key word Shure-Step . The picture of the the tourists getting on the bus was very helpful. My wife has a torn meniscus on...

An Aircraft Step Stool for Helicopters

Aircraft mechanics have long struggled to work on helicopters safely when trying to get work done around the skids. So, how do you find a safe step stool to work on aircraft and helicopters? The step stools typically used around helicopters were either metal rolling...

Be Careful Using That Crate for an Aircraft Step Stool

Using a crate as a step stool to work on aircraft, whether it’s a milk crate, a metal crate or a plastic crate is not only dangerous it is also against OSHA safety regulations. Whether working on aircraft in the hangar or just making sure that passengers step up...

How to Find a Sturdy Aircraft Step Stool

Get rid of the flimsy step stool you bought to help passengers get on your aircraft. How do you determine if the step stool you bought will be heavy duty enough for even the biggest passenger getting on or off your airplane? Large passengers are always grateful when...

Safe Step Stool for Health Community

David, I'm impressed with your product's performance and I am finding more and more uses for this step in the UC Davis Health System. In the health system, we have a variety of applications. Our shuttle vans could use it for passenger loading, our warehouse workers...

I have Lyme Disease… Testimony

I have Lyme Disease and it has gotten in all my joints. It has made it hard for me to get in our mini-van. I am in a wheelchair most of the time, but can walk a couple of steps with a cane. There are times where I have tried as hard as I can, and I have not been able...

My father is older…Testimony

I found your product on the internet. My father is older and has recently been diagnosed with cancer. He is quite weak and having trouble getting into my automobile. I was using a regular step stool but it was small and dangerous. Every step stool I found was not...

Multiple Good Uses of the Senior Step Testimony

I saw a rectangular step stool in surgery last month that was only about 6 " high and that was perfect because I cannot do steps. Even that step with the tall handrail is a struggle so I put safety step stool in and saw yours. Tried to call to talk but no one...

Senior Citizens on trips…Testimony

We googled "bus steps" and Shure Step came up. We just bought a new bus for our 50+ program. We use the bus to take our area senior citizens on trips. The first step is just a little too high for some of them, so your step was perfect. We like it because it is 6"...

Safe Step Stool for Elementary Schools

In a lot of older elementary schools the water fountains, sinks and counter tops are not designed with younger or shorter students in mind. Without a safe step stool the younger students either can't reach the water faucets & water fountains or they struggle to...

Step Stool that Works Best for Auto Mechanics

Mechanics that work on trucks and SUV's often need a step stool to stand on in order to safely reach into the engine compartment. Most truck technicians say that they want a step stool that will not tip over while they are working and also want the step stool to last....

Safe Step Stool for Large Truck Mechanics

Truck mechanics need a safe step stool when working on the engines of large trucks. Finding a heavy duty step stool that will adjust in height and won't tip over may seem like an impossible task. Remember that these large trucks and the diesel mechanics who work on...

Service Centers Step Stool

Large truck mechanics looking for a step stool to use in their service centers will use just about anything they can find that is conveniently laying around. That includes milk crates, chairs, cheap flimsy step stools, blocks of wood or anything else that might...

Safe Step Stool for Fast Lube Mechanics

Fast lubes provide a service for their customers by providing periodic maintenance in a location convenient to their customers. But getting the oil & oil filter changed is just one of many services they offer. So each fast lube location has to hire trained...

Kids Step Stools in Elementary Schools

How will your shorter students reach the water fountain at your school if it is installed at a height that is only comfortable for older, taller students? When elementary schools are built, especially when they were built many years ago, the needs of the young...