How to Use a Shower Chair Safely (and Keep It Clean)
Setting it up, getting on and off it, using one in a bathtub, and the cleaning routine that stops a chair becoming slippery and mouldy.
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Guides, comparisons, and accessibility planning insights.
Handicap Shower Installation: What Actually Happens, Step by Step
The build process for an accessible shower — order of work, permits, timeline, what goes wrong mid-job, and the decisions you must make before day one.
Read articleADA Sink, Vanity and Mirror Height Requirements
Rim height, knee and toe clearance, faucet operation and the two mirror heights — plus the pipe-insulation rule that fails more installs than anything else.
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ADA Compliant Walk-In Tubs: What the Standards Actually Require
Walk-in tubs are marketed as ADA compliant and usually are not. Here is what the standards require of a bathtub, and when a tub is the right choice anyway.
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Aging in Place: Planning a Bathroom Before You Need It
The cheapest accessible bathroom is the one built accessible the first time. What to specify now, while you are renovating for other reasons.
Read articleHow to Make a Toilet Safer for Seniors: 12 Changes That Work
Most toilet accidents come down to four things: height, support, footing and light. Twelve changes ranked by safety per dollar, starting with the free ones.
Read articleBathroom Lighting and Night Safety: The Cheapest Fall Prevention There Is
The night trip to the bathroom is the highest-risk journey most older people make. Lighting fixes most of it, costs very little, and almost nobody does it properly.
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17 vs 18 vs 19 Inch Toilet: Which Height Actually Suits You?
Comfort height covers a three-inch range, and those inches matter more than the category does. Here is how to work out which one fits your body.
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Wheelchair Accessible Bathroom Dimensions: Sizing the Whole Room
Room sizing for a wheelchair accessible bathroom - doorway, circulation, sink, shower and turning space, plus what to do when the room is smaller than the numbers.
Read articleBest Toilets for Wheelchair Users: How to Choose the Pan Itself
If you are replacing the toilet rather than adapting it, these are the features that decide whether it works from a wheelchair - and which only look it.
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