Reclining Shower Chair - A Look At What You Can Get

A reclining shower chair is used to shower elderly or disabled persons. The chairs are a common item in most hospitals and retirement villages. They are also used to bathe people who are wheelchair ridden and unable to move their limbs – paraplegic and quadriplegic. The reclining shower chair allows a nurse or helper to shower an invalid without that person having to do anything. These chairs are probably one of the most important items ever invented and have no doubt, made many people thankful.

MedicalProductsDirect(dot com) has a variety of different models for sale on its website. The “Tilt-N-Space” chair has a dual drop arm, which is secured with red straps, a deluxe elongated padded seat, seven reclining positions and adjustable height footrests. The chair also comes in different colors and is priced at $460.00. There are many different chairs on the market and likewise prices vary from the ridiculously expensive to the reasonable. If you’re looking to purchase a reclining shower chair, make sure you check out thoroughly what is available.

Most of these chairs are fitting with a padded commode seat and therefore is able to be used to over a toilet as well as under a shower. Casters allow most chairs to be moved about from room to room or shower to shower and the lightweight aluminum frames make lifting or adjusting the chair effortless. From the maker Duralife, the model 200 reclining shower chair has all the bells and whistles of any other chair, but also has an array of different options. These options include a snap-on/snap off footrest, an open front toilet seat, removable padded transfer cushion and a privacy skirt. I must admit to being a little surprised by the privacy skirt, surely the fact that one has to use a reclining shower chair in the first place, makes privacy a little inane.

The amount of equipment that is available today to assist in making life a little bit easier for disabled people and others is quite amazing. The individuals that originally conceived these ideas deserve recognition for their contributions to the medical field. There is no doubt in my mind, that the reclining shower chair and other types of chair, seat or machine, have given hospital staff, retirement home staff and others some well earned relief from the tedious task of bathing people that are incapable of bathing themselves. No doubt in coming years, other inventions will become the norm in hospital corridors and bathrooms around the world.