Important Home Care Items

1.

Grab Bars make bath entry and exit safer. Grab bars provide stability and a place to hold on securely.

2.

Shower Benches allow the patient to sit in the shower safely. Rather than try to stand in the shower or sit in the tub, the person can simply sit on the shower bench and feel secure.

When the shower bench is used with a hand shower, personal care is much easier.

3.

Hand Held Showers are flexible to easily wash yourself or a patient. Use a hand shower to wet and wash only the areas the person wants to wash. A hand held shower makes it simpler to avoid areas that must be kept dry.

4.

Bath Boards allow the patient to site on the bathtub safely. Rather than try to climb over the side of the tub and sit down, the person can sit on the bath board.

5.

Commodes provide an extension of the bathroom commode at bedside or any other place you choose.

Many commodes are separate from the home toilet, while others make it easier to use the regular toilet for those who find it difficult to sit at standard toilet height.

6.

Reachers to allow the weak patient to actually grab items which were otherwise out of reach.

While sitting in a chair, the person can grab anything within about 30 inches. And while standing, the person can pick up something off the floor or from a cabinet.

7.

Hip Kits to help the patient avoid onerous bending while carrying out everyday activities such as bathing and dressing.

After a hip or back operation, if a person can't twist the body at all, bathing can be difficult. Hip kits include the needed tools.