WASHROOMS ARTICLES
Leveraging legislation to enhance bathroom dignity, safety and compliance
Kate Sheehan explains how thoughtful application of legislation and regulation can enhance care home bathroom dignity, safety, independence and compliance for residents and staff.
Arthritis friendly bathrooms: A guide to the latest best practice for care homes
With bathrooms one of the most demanding spaces for those living with arthritis and MSK conditions, thoughtful adaptation can help reduce obstacles to use, writes Stuart Reynolds.
Creating beautiful, inviting, and accessible bathrooms
DELABIE’s marketing and communications manager Eve Wellard looks at how, by embracing a more holistic approach to bathroom design, care homes can provide residents with the safe, dignified, and beautiful spaces they deserve
Doing your duty: the importance of water compliance
Jason Ashman, managing director of Reval Continuing Care, puts the record straight for care providers looking to be fully compliant
Inclusive bathrooms for today’s needs
Inclusive bathrooms in care homes need to be easily accessible for a wide range of resident needs. Here, Thomas Davies, retirement and care director at AKW, discusses the latest occupational therapy advice on inclusive bathrooms, with a particular focus on those suited to aid stroke rehabilitation and those with visual impairments
Creating inclusive bathrooms for today’s needs
When it comes to care home bathrooms, functionality has always been a primary concern. However, Tom Davies, sales director of retirement and care at inclusive solutions provider AKW, has noticed a recent shift in requirements driven by a growing demand for energy efficient solutions and a desire to create versatile spaces that meet a range of needs
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Our story began in a shed in Devon where Frequency Precision's founder, Doug Dwyer, was a busy inventor. His mother was living in a nursing home so he made a pager system so that she could use to call for assistance easily. This got him thinking: how could he make a better, more discreet way to monitor people at risk whilst still retaining their...
