1-2-3 of Showering Equipment for MOST Going Home from Facility Stay

1.  Get out your thinking caps. 

2. Get out your measuring tape.  

3. Go to the website of YouCan Toocan (www.youcantoocan.com.  They have the type of equipment neatly organized.  My suggestions: 

 Look closely at the Carex Bath Bench FIRST -- that's the one that worked for most cases.  It 'wedges' in the tubs and does not tip as the ones with aluminum legs can do.  It gave a 'sense' of being more solid to people even when the two were performing the same in reality, and as we all know, your mental confidence and security has a lot to do with the performance a person has. 

This bench provides exceptional stability. Weight limit is 400 lbs. Adjusts to 21"H; width at base of legs is 16 1/2". Available with or without back.

From there, look around at their website, knowing that the typical things I've recommended in the past are below and are: Carex Bath Bench, Tub Seat, Round Shower Stool, Carex Portable Shower Bench, Bathtub Safety Rail, P. T. Rail, Institutional Grab Bar. Advantage rail.

Mardy's Note:  Codes require commercial buildings have these HUGE grab bars that are so big that most women's hands are like holding a big can of coffee in one hand!  (think about it!).  But I like to show these as they're sold a lot of places and people think 'bigger is better'.  It's not. BUT the gnarled surface is my favorite and you can get this same grab bar in a smaller diameter than 1-1/4".  Please follow the links for More Info and look around the YouCan Toocan website for more options in grab bars.  

Mardy's NOTE:  Rather than go into the floor, I purchased for my dad's birthday gift the last fall he lived "independently" (which was actually somewhere between independent apartment with a lot of property to have help maintaining (grins) and  assisted living level for many years prior), the 'transfer pole' that I have showcased in another Topic in this Forum related to mobility. 

NOVA Handheld Showerhead is my favorite showerhead: I look for lightweight, small, simple and with an on/off button of some sort at the head.  

Mardy's note:  This is the best for most situations!  Light.  Easy to operate.  And you just leave it dangling down into the tub and don't put it up on the holder if a person doesn't stand.  Whatever you do, be sure there is an on/off button on the device and that it's LIGHT.  Oh, did I mention, be sure it's light?  What seems not heavy to a healthy person can feel very heavy by the end of a shower that takes a long time due to it taking extra time to take a shower sitting down.  

Update 12/24/2014 --- I spoke with someone who knew that the founder has sold YouCan Toocan .. so I'll now need to reconnect with them in the new year and see how things are with the new ownership -- I've not been involved with anyone purchasing from there for a while so I will hope things are still as great as when Martha owned it. It could not be improved upon if you ask me, but I would imagine there'll be something that I'll find that was innovative or a different approach.