Safety aids for elderly bathrooms

One of the major concerns of elderly is shower and bathtub safety and various studies show that one-third of aged people are experiencing difficulties in accessing bathrooms. This issues can only be eliminated by having bath safety accessories in place. If you have an elderly at home who is ill or recovering from an injury then its high time to think of installing bath safety aids as bathrooms are accident-prone areas.

As accidents at night are are very common due to no light, it is recommended to have night lights in the bedroom. And, coming to the vital bath safety accessories grab bars are must to be installed in every bathroom, especially if it is intended to be used by elderly. They can also be of great aid for protecting any member of your family who isn't very careful while using the bathroom. So, with few modifications in this area of your home serious falls and injuries can be avoided to a greater extent. If you puzzle where can you get premium grab bars, you can walk into any medical equipment store or a hardware store and walk out with your personalized grab bars.

Though grab bars can make bathroom a safer place to use, only these accessories cannot provide complete protection from falls, and there are few more aspects to be taken care of. Lets check out few more safety tips for elderly bathroom.
Make sure that you use slip-resistant rungs in the bathroom as this is a wet area slips can happen any time.
Using a bathmat can avoid the incidence of getting directly into the tub that is slippery.
Replacing shower doors with curtains good idea.
Double check that no sharp objects like scissors and razors are left in the bathroom.
Always keep electric appliances such as heater out of the bathroom.
If you have the habit of storing medications in the bathroom cabinet, don't do it any more as elderly may tend to get confused and end up having expired or other medicine.
Scalding is one common issue faced by all due to over heating of water, to avoid it set the heater to 120 ºF or use anti-scale device.


There are also certain bathroom accessories worth owning, like shower chairs and hand-held showers that enable people with compromised mobility to live independently. Other accessories you can consider buying are bath lifts, transfer benches, and raised toilet seats for safe use of bathroom. Use Invacare toilet safety frame.