Category: Bathroom

Beginner’s Guide to Accessible Bathrooms

What is an Accessible Bathroom? Accessible Bathrooms promote ease of entry, exit, and performance of vital daily tasks by people of all ages and ability levels – up to and including bathroom users who rely on walkers or wheelchairs for mobility. Creating a bathroom that can be accessed by everyone is achieved through a carefully […]

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Door Clearance Wheelchair Accessible Bathroom

“Clear Floor Space” Guidelines for Accessible Bathrooms

A vital key for achieving an effective, functional, accessible bathroom is ample Clear Floor Space. In order for a person using a walker or wheelchair to successfully approach and use all the bathroom amenities, sufficient Clear Floor Space must be present: adjacent to each fixture/amenity beside the door (“Door Clearance”) in the center of the […]

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Curbless Showers – A Great Age-Proof Bathing Solution!

Ah! A luxurious, invigorating shower, the feeling of warm, soothing water coursing over your tired, aching joints – at the mere turn of a knob – how marvelous! Most of us take this luxury for granted and have a hard time imagining how the common 16 inch bathtub wall or the 4 inch wall of […]

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Buying A Walk-In Bathtub – Your Biggest Mistake?

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Walk-in bathtubs are often advertised as an “amazing” product for seniors and people with disabilities, with the claim being that this type of bathtub will maximize your ability to bathe safely and independently. But will this bathing solution truly deliver all the safety, convenience, and comfort you desire? After all I’ve witnessed as an occupational […]

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Getting In & Out of the Bathtub: Benches, Lifts, and Transfer Chairs

Are you trying to tackle the problem of getting into and out of your bathtub more easily & safely? Product designers have devised a wide variety of creative equipment solutions to help you do just that. This article presents an overview of the different categories of bathtub transfer equipment solutions available. For each category we […]

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Bath Lift Guide: The Basics

“Help! I can’t get up from the bottom of my tub. Is there something available that can help make it easier?” – Yes! If you have foregone a bath because you struggle to get up and down from the bottom of the bathtub, but you still long to enjoy the soothing benefits of soaking in […]

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