Bathroom Accessibility
Bathroom Accessibility
Most home injuries are caused by slips and falls in the bathroom when people lose their footing on slippery, wet surfaces. By making small adjustments, you can make your bathroom easier to use and safer for you or a loved one.
Fortunately, it is not difficult to improve the accessibility of your bathroom and not all improvements require a complete bathroom remodel.
Fortunately, it is not difficult to improve the accessibility of your bathroom and not all improvements require a complete bathroom remodel.
Provide a Safe & Accessible Bathroom
Reduce the risk of bathroom accidents by installing bath safety products. They are available in a variety of styles to fit your needs and complement your decor.
By installing a lever handle, motion-activated or touch faucet, your bathroom can be easier to use, no large remodeling project required!
An accessible shower is the perfect solution to making your bathroom easier to use and there are many options available to meet your needs.
Benefits:
- Grab bars make it easier to safely move around your bathroom
- Shower/bath benches allow you to use your shower or bathe more comfortably
- Nonslip mats help to prevent slips and falls
- Handheld showers and slide bars let you position the showerhead so it is easier to reach
- Grab bars make it easier to safely move around your bathroom
- Shower/bath benches allow you to use your shower or bathe more comfortably
- Nonslip mats help to prevent slips and falls
- Handheld showers and slide bars let you position the showerhead so it is easier to reach
Benefits:
- Can be operated with one hand or hands-free
- Do not need to be tightly grasped
- No need to twist your wrist to operate
- More comfortable to use
- Can be operated with one hand or hands-free
- Do not need to be tightly grasped
- No need to twist your wrist to operate
- More comfortable to use
Benefits:
- Shower doors that are at least 32" wide make it easier to get in and out
- Built-in or flip-up benches allow you to shower in comfort
- Larger floor space provides you with more room to move
- Having a shower floor height that is level with the bathroom floor height reduces the risk of trips
- Shower doors that are at least 32" wide make it easier to get in and out
- Built-in or flip-up benches allow you to shower in comfort
- Larger floor space provides you with more room to move
- Having a shower floor height that is level with the bathroom floor height reduces the risk of trips
To make your toilet more accessible you could install an elevated toilet seat with handles or install a taller toilet for a more comfortable seating position.
Walk-in tubs provide a safer and more comfortable bathing experience and they can help overcome the difficulties of stepping in and out of standard tubs.
Make your bathroom more accessible with a more approachable sink. By installing a shallow or wall hung bath sink your bathroom will be easier to use!
Benefits:
- A 17" tall toilet creates a more comfortable seating position
- Elongated toilets provide you with more surface area
- An elevated toilet seat with handles makes your toilet easer to use
- Positioned grab bars along the wall near your toilet prevents falls
- A 17" tall toilet creates a more comfortable seating position
- Elongated toilets provide you with more surface area
- An elevated toilet seat with handles makes your toilet easer to use
- Positioned grab bars along the wall near your toilet prevents falls
Benefits:
- Reduce accidents
- Easy to get in and out of
- Massaging features to relive aches and pains and improve circulation
- Offer a high seat, making sitting and standing easier
- Reduce accidents
- Easy to get in and out of
- Massaging features to relive aches and pains and improve circulation
- Offer a high seat, making sitting and standing easier
Benefits:
- Sinks no deeper than 6-1/2"means they are easier to clean
- Sinks that extend at least 17" from the wall are easier to access
- Counter or rim needs to be 34" from the finished floor allows access to the sink from a wheelchair
- An obstacle free path to your sink reduces trips and falls
- Sinks no deeper than 6-1/2"means they are easier to clean
- Sinks that extend at least 17" from the wall are easier to access
- Counter or rim needs to be 34" from the finished floor allows access to the sink from a wheelchair
- An obstacle free path to your sink reduces trips and falls
