When we bought our house (a 1925
two story, four square, EJ house) , it had been adapted for the elderly man who
had lived in it previously. Read that as the bathtub had been removed replaced
with a step in shower stall. A small shower stall. After we had Feisty Pants,
it became apparent that this would not work for us. We needed a bathtub. She
has spastic CP and could use the occasional soak in warm water. Besides no
shower chair fit in our little shower. An insurance program helped to cover the
cost and provided us with a walk in bathtub.
It's awesome. It worked great for her. It has a built in seat
and she could sit on my lap and we could exercise her legs or massage her back.
It has worked well for the last 8 years. BUT now she is almost 70 pounds and
hard to hold as she squirms and giggles and is full of soap. So we need to find
a bath seat that fits a walk in tub. Regular shower chairs will not work. They
need more floor space than my tub has. A potty/shower chair (yes, that is indeed a
thing) doesn't fit the space. What we need is basically a bath
lift.A bath lift (think along the lines of a pool lift or ski lift chair) would work perfectly. Even more importantly, we think we know how to get it funded. BUT- and there is always a but (sigh), when researching them on line I seem to have hit a snag. (And I think I get only shot at this type of equipment and then the insurance says forget it. )They all give a lift of about 22 inches. The height of a regular bathtub. Which I do not have. I do NOT NO NOT want to remodel my only bathroom again. So, I turn the universe at large, and if you are still reading this , you random lovely internet person. Does anyone know if this type of lift:
Hit me up the comments, (or FB -search for Mikki Chalker of
Binghamton NY) any info would be awesome. Thanks. Peace.
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