How to Adapt a House and Bathroom For an Elderly or Disabled someone
You may find that as man gets into their most senior years and/or has a disability that you are now in a position where you need to make some alternations nearby the home to adapt them. There are some tasteless alterations that will need to be done nearby the home in general which we will address first. Then we will look at how to adapt a bathroom for a disabled man or a less-able person; and lastly we will look at who might be able to give you some help and preserve in the way of planning and financial support.
How to Adapt a House and Bathroom For an Elderly or Disabled someone
General & tasteless Alternations
In order to make the home more convenient and manageable for man with a disability or man who is less able, such as an older person, then there are a few general alterations you can make to their home as addressed below:
1. The first thing you need to reconsider if the man is in a wheelchair is that the corridors and doorways are wide adequate to let a wheelchair pass straight through with ease.
2. All facilities should be at a reachable height. This will comprise door handles, telephones and most importantly light switches.
3. If the disabled or elderly man can walk a minute to reach confident amenities, then a preserve or grab rail will need to be put in place.
4. If you are living in a two-story building, then there is the stair issue. You may need to reconsider installing a stair lift. If you can, put the bedroom and bathroom downstairs for easy access, but this is not all the time feasible.
5. Ramps and general passage to and from the home. This could be in the form of ramps and side handles into doorways.
Adapting Bathroom Facilities
1. As mentioned above, if you can, have a bathroom on the ground floor
2. You surely need grab rails in the bathroom especially beside the toilet and bath-tub / shower area.
3. Basin at a reachable level with taps that are easy to turn on and off.
4. Would a walk-in bath tub or shower unit be the best explication for you? This is the leading factor in a bathroom mighty to a disabled or less-able person.
5. Think about having a higher than general toilet
6. A back-rest against the toilet cistern
7. Light switches and all facilities at a reachable level so no distress is necessary
As you can see from the above that adapting a home for a disabled or less-able elderly man is no minor conquest.
It might be better mighty if you could find a home that already has all these modifications in place. If not, then this will give you an idea of what might have to be done.
I know what you are mental now - you are mental how much will all of this cost?
Yes, it will cost a few thousand $/£ but don't despair as there is help at hand.
Help And aid
You can get advice and financial help from:
Occupational Therapist
Community Care
Local Gp
Public Health
Local Government for Planning Permission and Grants
Care For The Elderly
Mobility Aids and Grants
I sincerely hope you found the above of some use to you. I had a close Aunt who became wheelchair bound straight through to illness, and these are most the of the alternations that my house had to adapt for her illness.
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