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Dressing Aids

Getting dressed independently matters more than people realise until it becomes difficult. Our dressing aids cover the most common challenges: putting on socks and shoes without bending, fastening buttons with limited grip, and managing clothing with reduced reach or one-handed. Browse our full range of living aids for other products that support daily independence.

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About Our Dressing Aids

Buttons are often the first thing that becomes a problem. Then shoelaces. Then socks, because reaching your feet when your hip is stiff or painful is harder than it sounds. Most people find workarounds for a while before realising there are tools designed specifically for these things.

A button hook slips into a pocket and takes seconds to use. A sock aid means you can put your socks on sitting upright in a chair without bending forward at all. Long-handled shoehorns mean shoes go on without the contortions. Elastic shoelaces look like ordinary laces and stay tied, so you never have to kneel to redo them. We also stock reaching aids and kitchen aids for other everyday tasks.

Dressing Aids FAQs

  • What is a dressing aid?

    A tool that lets you dress without asking for help or pushing through pain. Most are designed around a specific problem: bending, gripping, reaching or managing fastenings one-handed. The right one depends entirely on what the difficulty actually is, which is why it helps to think about which part of getting dressed is the issue before buying.

  • What is a sock aid and does it actually work?

    It works well once you have tried it a couple of times. The idea feels odd at first: you place the sock over a curved frame, lower it to the floor on two cords, slide your foot in and pull up. The whole thing happens without bending. Most people who try one for the first time after a hip operation are surprised by how straightforward it is. Natasha covers the technique properly in her guide to putting on socks independently if you want to see it explained step by step.

  • What dressing aids work with one hand?

    More than you might expect. A button hook and zip puller are both one-handed by design. Elastic shoelaces remove the need to tie laces at all. Dressing sticks let you hook and position clothing without needing the other hand for balance. If one-handed dressing is the main challenge, Velcro fastenings on belts and shoes are also worth considering as a longer-term solution rather than a workaround.

  • Can dressing aids help after a hip or knee replacement?

    They are often the difference between managing at home and needing help every morning. Bending past the hip restriction to reach your feet is exactly what surgeons tell you not to do, and a long-handled shoehorn and sock aid remove that problem entirely. This advice article on hip and knee replacement recovery covers what else is worth having ready before you come home from hospital.
Natasha Bruce-Jones, Occupational Therapist
“An absolute essential for helping you hook and pull items up and down and for dressing one-handed. With the shoe horn attached, there’s no need to be looking for two aids to help getting ready to go out. A handy all-in-one device can add independence to your routine, helping you get dressed at your leisure rather than waiting for help to arrive.”
– Natasha Bruce-Jones, Occupational Therapist
Part of the Everyday Essentials Range – Practical, affordable support for everyday life.

Content reviewed: July 2026

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