Have you ever seen your bathing habits? Do you know that the bosses at home are standing or sitting and taking a shower? After the age of age, the muscle strength of the legs gradually deteriorated, and the slippery bathroom increased the risk of falling. Help your family prepare a professional bathing chair to prevent potential crises and avoid letting your private bath relax and slip into a regret of slipping and falling! LagoonXudn Yuanwei.com is concerned about the anti-slip treatment of bathrooms and has held an online "Bathing and Treatment Survey". Among the 258 total number of questionnaires, 97 heads were sitting and bathing, 134 were standing and bathing, and 27 were not fixed sitting or standing. The main reason for using a bath chair is that it is inconvenient to move, followed by injury and weakness in the body. Some people have safety precautions, buy it first and use it, and strengthen the anti-slip measures in the bathroom.
{With the arrival of a high-altitude society, the bathroom design is friendly and barrier-free to create a comfortable and safe living environment. In addition to using existing space to improve safety, if a bathing chair can be added to help with washing, the bathroom space will become a high-altitude and friendly safe area.
A 60-year-old woman had breast cancer removal surgery. She was very weak during the recovery period after surgery and could only move her feet gently, and she felt her head even when she turned around or sat up. Because the bathroom equipment at home was not installed and separated, the family was very worried that the mother was injured when she slipped and fell. In addition to being very careful when taking a bath, she also bought a plastic chair to help support it.
The bathroom has a chair, which makes it easier to sit in front of the washbasin and wash your head. There will be no water on the chest wound. It will be much more comfortable if you don’t have to stand for a long time! However, the chair I bought at the time of the hospital without a bottom anti-slip design, and it depends on the body's balance to avoid skew. Although it is safe to sit, I feel a little painful when I use it. The family also bought a bath chair with a backrest and armrests, and made a small modification to improve the quality of life.
As the years go by, the elderly at home gradually age or the physical activity ability decreases, and equipment is needed to assist in mobile functions and maintain quality of life. Many people have transformed their home space because of "high-end friendly". Among them, in addition to aesthetic design, the bathroom should also incorporate safety elements to keep the wind and dry to avoid slipping accidents caused by high temperature and moisture.
Taiwan has damp climate, and the bathroom is prone to moisture accumulation. Adding the steam after use and the water splashes after use makes the floor more slippery and easy to fall. Many people will install fan, stick anti-slip strips, use anti-slip agents, anti-slip tiles, anti-slip tiles, anti-slip tiles, etc., and place a bath chair to improve multiple safety.
Associate Professor Lin Lifeng from the Department of Advanced Health and Long-term Care at Taipei Medical University, and is also a physical therapist in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of the Double Horticultural Hospital. He shares the importance of choosing a bath chair, and chooses according to the physical condition and needs of each case, and selects the most suitable products to reduce the burden of light bathing and cleaning. The general direction can be divided into 5 key points:
1. Handrail: It can help users to support themselves during the bathing process, making their bodies more relaxed and comfortable; it can be used as a support point when standing to maintain body balance and reduce the risk of falling.
2. Backrest: Avoid falling backwards from the unstable center of gravity during bathing, and support the waist more closely, suitable for those with poor muscle endurance and stable and straightening the spine for a long time.
3. Anti-slip: the most important function of a bath chair! The base of the chair is specially equipped with anti-slip mats to provide better anti-slip properties in a slippery space.
4. Height: The height should be appropriate to avoid the inconvenience of sitting down and getting up when the chair is too low, which can easily increase the burden on the knees; if it sits too high, the kidneys will become empty and easily lose the center of balance.
5. Loading: Loading is related to material and safety structure. The materials used are not easy to damage or deform, and have strong resistance to impact.
Many people have the difficulties of bathroom not being able to be decorated, and Lin Lifeng said that the dynamics can be improved to ensure smooth activities. First, there is the "door", which can be changed to a push door open inside or outward; second, it is the "door", which can be convenient for entering and exiting at no more than 2 cm, and even the recommended chair is not easy to get stuck. Next is the "handrail", which provides mobile support for standing shower or sitting bath. It helps the handrail be paid attention to the anti-slip function and hold it with peace of mind.
In recent years, the bathing chair has been highly valued! Most of the high-end legs have problems with reduced muscle strength in the lower limbs, which leads to insufficient endurance in bathing while standing. In addition, it is difficult to clean the bottom of the feet by purging the waist, making it even more unstable to fall when standing alone. A bath chair can solve the difficulties caused by moisture and slippery space. It will not immediately think of the patient when combined with the home design appearance, which can reduce the desire to resist use. Lin Lifeng reminds that choosing suitable tools is a great question. It is becoming more and more important to take care of the living needs of elderly people, and living tools are also suitable for other families.
Common bath safety NG behavior❌Put the bucket as a bath chair: because there is insufficient space, I don’t want to add more chairs, and sit directly on the bucket. There is no handrail or ceramic material, which is even more dangerous.
❌Accessive use of plastic chairs: The most common red plastic chair, which has no armrests and cannot be heavy in light plastic material, is easy to overturn due to unstableness.
❌Put the towel rack as a handrail: hold the towel rack directly, the stainless steel material lacks anti-slip level; the screws of the fine towel rack are very low, and the entire rack may be grabbed and fallen.
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