If you are over 50 and looking for advice when buying single or double beds, our guide below will help you make the right decision when looking to buy beds online.
Look for combination beds with firm core support to hold your spine in the correct alignment and plenty of top layers creating a nice, soft sleeping surface. Don’t head for the nearest orthopaedic single or double beds – these type of beds may be too hard for you. Older people may have more back problems, but they also have more sensitive joints.
Choose single and double beds with high lines - they are easier to get in and out of.
Firm or soft beds?
Firmer beds are better for the same reasons and also for anyone who spends any length of time sitting up in bed. Similarly, a firm base – solid top, firm edge or one of the firmer spring edge base beds, will feel safer to anyone regularly sitting or leaning on the edge of a bed.
A soft sleeping surface makes for warmer beds – it gives better insulation. Even firm sinlge or double beds can have softly quilted surfaces; or a mattress overlay can be used. Single and double beds with adjustable neck, foot, head and leg rests are now readily available – good for anyone who has to spend a lot of time in bed or has high blood pressure or rheumatism.
Foam mattresses are non-allergenic and do not need turning.
Choose a bigger single or double bed
Bigger single or double beds will help avoid one partner disturbing the other – particularly relevant for older people who sleep more lightly. With a double bed, choose at least a 150cm (5ft) bed; single beds should be at least 90cm (3ft) but the larger 105cm (3ft 6ins) would be even better.
Linked double beds
Zipped and linked double beds – two separate mattresses and bases – enable you not only to meet individual requirements for support and comfort, but also to separate double beds into two singles should one partner become ill. It also makes for easier handling.
If you’d like to know what’s hot when looking to buy beds online, our guide to what’s fashionable in the world of single and double beds will help you make the right choice.
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