When my husband and I were looking for a new home to accommodate our disabled daughter, she was the bathroom that had our attention every time we looked at another house.
She has cerebral palsy, and is completely dependent on a wheelchair. Bathing him is difficult.
When ?? s health is compromised by disability or disease, such as mesothelioma, using the bathtub or shower can also become more complicated.
Weakness and fatigue associated with the disease can climb in and out of a bathtub or standing in a shower with a wet not only difficult, but dangerous.
Even for surefooted, the sink can be a risky place. A Study Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in 08 found that an estimated 234.094 bathroom nonfatal injuries occurred in the US in the bathroom for people over 15 years old. Eighty-one percent of these injuries were falls.
For those already living with the effects of mesothelioma, additional injury would complicate the suffering they ?? re already experience.
Even small changes can help
Like most families we are always on a budget. In our situation, we were hoping to modify an existing room rather than having to do a complete pullout.
We were lucky. We ended up buying the house of an elderly woman who had installed grab bars and a seat in the shower. The bathroom is small as in many medium-sized homes, but with these small changes, it ?? s working well for us, and yours can too.
Maintaining the independence and privacy in the bathroom is something we all want as long as physically possible
University of Georgia and other organizations, including the CDC and the security Council Home, offers caregivers some ideas to make their bathrooms easier and safer to use.
- Install grab bars to take in and out of the tub or shower.
- Buy a bath chair or bench to sit inside the tub, instead of staying, and easily turn around instead of climbing in and out.
- Use a sidewall bath cushion to soften the hard edge of the tub and provide a non-slip surface.
- Pad faucet with a faucet cushion.
- Use shower curtain liners made of thick plastic.
- Keep soap and shampoo at eye level and within reach.
- Wear non-slip shoes in the bathroom.
- Use rugs and non-slip mats to catch drips while swimming.
- Allow the water to empty bath or shower before leaving.
The AARP also offers some safety suggestions for the bathrooms, which can make it easier for small patients or those with disabilities:
- Install a hand shower
- Install lever handles on tub and shower valves for ease of use
inside the Sanctum of the shower ..
I think that swimming is one of the pleasures ?? s life. There is nothing like the feeling of a warm jet of water on the shoulders or the relaxation of a good long soak in the tub.
For those weary of the struggle against a debilitating disease like mesothelioma, a warm shower or a soothing bath can be like a private getaway from the troubles of one ??.
Make the bath safely with minor modifications and frugal can provide that respite desperately needs.
Relaxing in the bath brings to mind that bubble bath product popular Jingle 1970s and 1980s TV commercials many people can remember well: "Calgon, take me"
my contribution to this tinkling :. ?? Just do it safely ??
