As most senior citizens are well aware, the bathroom can be a very hazardous place for anyone whose degree of personal mobility is less-than-ideal. As bone mass begins to decrease as people age, this risk is exacerbated due to the increased severity of potential injuries resulting from slips and falls in the bathroom.
There are many different risk factors in the bathroom alone, perhaps the most common of which are wet floors and the burden of climbing over the wall of the bathtub to get into the bath or shower. However, these are hardly the only risk factors involved with using the facilities.
For those with limited mobility, back pain, arthritic/sore knees or general weakness in the knees and lower back, the task of assuming one’s seat atop his or her throne can be just as dangerous as getting into and out of the tub. This is particularly true for individuals who suffer from pain or weakness in the knees and back.
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