About Us

Hello! Thank you for visiting our little online store! We’re a small, locally-based Australian business.

We’ve searched far and wide to bring you the best, carefully selected daily living aids, practical products, and useful gifts to help people stay active and independent. We always try to shop Australian-made and from Australian businesses wherever possible.

We are Daina and Matt. We are an Aussie-British couple who have spent many years living and working abroad, bringing together experience in marketing, fundraising, support work, education, design and technology. We also bring firsthand experience caring for people living with disabilities and age-related conditions such as dementia and arthritis, giving us a personal understanding of the challenges faced by individuals and their carers.

Along the way, we have worked with organisations including Age Concern UK, DonateLife, The Benevolent Society, Médecins Sans Frontières and Mable.

Our dream is to grow The Independence Shop into a business that supports independent living while giving back to the charities and organisations that support carers and their families.

Independence matters, and so do the people who make it possible.

Knowing what is available to support independent living can be difficult to find, and often these products are cooped up at the back of a medical equipment store. The products can look uninviting and like they belong in a hospital, not a home.

We're proud to bring all things useful for people to maintain an active and independent lifestyle - to the one shop.

We hope you enjoy browsing and discovering just how many daily living aids and products look fantastic and can help you or your loved ones in and around the home.