Hello Jody:
Thanks for the VERY informative post!!!
Ron
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On 3/28/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Said:
Sac> In a message dated 03/28/2001 6:39:02 AM Central Standard Time,
Sac> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> While working in rehab,
>> I often encountered situations where clients could afford a bench or it
>> wouldn't fit their bathroom.
>>
>> I generally cautioned people to not perform the type of tub transfer you
>> mention because I didn't feel it was safe. My experience is the the
>> width of the tub rim makes it impossible to get the edge of the chair
>> close enough and there is a high risk that the chair will tip.
>>
Sac> Ron- with the lumex or metal leg type shower seat, I have encountered both
Sac> problems. But the rubbermaid seat is wide, and the legs are at the very
Sac> corners of the seat (not set in) so the seat definitely does not tip. As to
Sac> being too far from the tub rim, I know I sound like a rubbermaid commercial,
Sac> but these seats are larger and seem to get close enough to the rim, I always
Sac> practice the transfers with my patients and so far it seems to work fine.
Sac> What I usually do is practice the first day just as a dry (literally) run,
Sac> and we practice getting in and out of the tub ( on the seat) and if the
Sac> transfer seems manageable dry, then on my next visit, I assist them with a
Sac> shower. My training after that is to review and remind about the transfer
Sac> technique, and then the handheld shower takes some gettin used to for lots of
Sac> elderly people. A lot of my clients in their 70s to 90s seem to have favored
Sac> tub baths before they became disabled, so the showering off is something to
Sac> get used to. (Myself, and I think most people in my age range prefer showers
Sac> anyway. I have hand-held shower attachments on both my showers at home to
Sac> help with rinsing my kids hair when they are too short for the shower to
Sac> spray on them right, and washing dogs, and cleaning the tub - my daugter
Sac> Sarah recently said to me, "I hate in hotels when they have weird showers
Sac> without a sprayer" so she thinks sprayers are the norm.)
Sac> But back to my clients, they have to learn the steps of positioning the
Sac> diverter valve toward the handheld shower ( especially if anyone else in the
Sac> house uses the regular shower, and turning the water on adn adjusting it,
Sac> then pulling up the thing on the faucet that makes the water go to the
Sac> shower, then using the pause button on the sprayer so they can set it down,
Sac> and reversing the process to get the water all the way off. So I usually use
Sac> the rest of my visits to work on those things and also dressing. -- Jody
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