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2. Grab bar - Wikipedia

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   Grab bar mounted in a bathroom. Grab bars are safety devices designed to enable a person to maintain balance, lessen fatigue while standing, hold some of their weight while maneuvering, or have something to grab onto in case of a slip or fall. A caregiver may use a grab bar to assist with transferring a patient from one place to another.

3. One Designer’s Mission to Make Homes More Accessible ... - AOL

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   This bathroom, built in a wet-room style (1), has a curbless shower entry (2) and incorporates a ledge and grab bar for an easy transfer in and out of the bathtub (3). Life Created Photography ...

4. Accessible toilet - Wikipedia

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   Accessible toilets are designed to address these issues by providing more space and bars for users to grab and hold during transfers, and space for an assistant if necessary. Toilets in private homes can be modified to increase accessibility; this is one of the skills of an occupational therapist. [1] Common modifications include: adding a ...

5. Accessible bathtub - Wikipedia

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   Accessible bathtubs are bathtubs that can be used by people with limited mobility, disabilities, and the elderly. A bathtub can be made accessible for some people by the addition of grab bars or hand grips, or through the use of lifts that lower and raise the bather in the water. [1] Other bathtubs have been specially designed for accessibility ...

6. Transfer bench - Wikipedia

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   Transfer bench ready for use. A transfer bench (also known as a showering bench, shower bench, transfer tub bench, or transfer chair) is a bath safety mobility device on which the user sits to get into a bathtub. The user usually sits on the bench, which straddles the side of the tub, and gradually slides from the outside to the inside of the tub.

7. Activities of daily living - Wikipedia

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   Activities of daily living (ADLs) is a term used in healthcare to refer to an individual's daily self-care activities. Health professionals often use a person's ability or inability to perform ADLs as a measure of their functional status. The concept of ADLs was originally proposed in the 1950s by Sidney Katz and his team at the Benjamin Rose ...