If you are taking care of your grandparents or a patient at home, you have to take care of their bath as well. Bath safety should be an integral part of patient care at home. Considering the higher chances of slips and falls in the bathroom, you are always afraid of sending your loved ones alone. However, you would also not want to compromise their privacy. In this scenario, making a few safety changes to the bathroom can help.
As a precautionary measure, get bath safety products from Eagle Health Supplies to ensure prevention from fall in the bathroom. Eagle Health Supplies products such as shower chairs, swivel sliding transfer benches, armrest set, bariatric commode, transfer benches with swivel seat, padded raised toilet seat, several others can ensure complete safety in the bathroom.
Once you have brought these safety products home, follow these tips to keep your loved ones safe in the bathroom:
- Modifications in the bathroom
Install Eagle Health Supplies shower seat. You can find different models and varieties of shower seats. Swivel-sliding transfer benches are the best option. These benches start from the toilet seat and end in the tub to provide an ease of using the bathroom. The user needn’t step down anywhere. Doctor’s recommendation:
Get armrests and holders installed at strategic locations to assist the transfer. Towel racks and doors are not enough to support as they can get easily pulled out of the wall or may be slippery.
Use of non-skid strips or mats is recommended. Placing them on the bathroom floor will eliminate the chances of slips and falls.
- Make the patient or your grandpa seated on the seat and teach them how to use it. Ask them not to stand up when feeling dizzy.
- Always warn your loved ones to make slow, careful movements when coming out of the bathroom. Don’t let them rush.
- Make sure the bathroom is well-lit so that vision is not a problem.
- Placemats on the floor so that they don’t slip and fall.
- Keep the space around the tub as uncluttered as possible.
- Place an alarm or something in the bathroom which the user can ring in the hour of need.
If you really care for your loved ones, make arrangements for preventing accidental falls in the bathroom. Nothing can be better than products by Eagle Health Supplies in helping you do so. All products are safe for bathroom use.