Showering and Bathing Safely for Those With Disabilities Part Seven

If you are going to have to lift disabled people out and into the handicap bathtub, then you should make sure to go on a training course, learn how to hold people correctly so as not to hurt them or yourself, and always lift with your legs rather than bending over to pull them upwards. This is another important safety tip for bathing and shower with disabilities in general.

However in some cases a handicap bathtub can be enough to mean that disabled individuals can get into the hot tub on their own. This might be as a result of rails which enable them to walk over to and into the bath. You should also make sure to get hand rails for toilets and this will enable disabled individuals to help to lower themselves onto the toilet and to get up front it before transferring themselves to their wheelchairs once again.

Of course if you have rails this won't always be enough to mean that disabled people no longer need your help.