These are baths that you can literally walk into. They come in small and regular sizes and they have a cantilevering (hinged) door for access into and out of the bath. Naturally the door has strong water tight seals and a mechanism that prevents accidental opening when the bath is full of water. The doors are easy and lightweight to operate.
Most of these mobility baths have a seat within the bath and in many cases this seat can be lowered, or lifted, electrically so that the person taking the bath can gently ease themselves in to the bath in a controlled way.
This also prevents them from having to sit in any empty bath whilst it is being filled and it allows them to raise themselves out of the bath and dry the upper part of their body whilst the bath empties.
Control of the bath seat is by an easy to use remote control.
Naturally, it is easier to leave the bath from an elevated seated position and this is the beauty of these useful bathroom variants on the standard bath.
Other variants of mobility baths see a “door-less” side wall, but with a seat that not only raises to an elevated position, but one that also swings or rotates to the side of the bath allowing entry and exit whilst the bath is full.
This type of bath requires the bather to be able to lift their legs up at knee level over the rim of the bath (with or without assistance). This type of bath has various degrees of rotation from about 65 degrees to a full 90 degrees. These baths also make the transition from a bath to a wheel chair a comparatively easy operation.
Friday, 30 January 2009
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