{"id":420,"date":"2010-12-01T15:55:52","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T15:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=420"},"modified":"2017-01-05T15:29:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T15:29:44","slug":"bathing-and-toilet-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=420","title":{"rendered":"Bathing and toilet equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2343\" style=\"width: 353px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2343\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2343\" title=\"Adaptive equipment for bathing and toileting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bathing_eqpt.jpg\" alt=\"Adaptive equipment for bathing and toileting\" width=\"343\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bathing_eqpt.jpg 343w, https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/bathing_eqpt-300x291.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 343px) 100vw, 343px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos are provided with permission from NRS Healthcare: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrshealthcare.co.uk\">https:\/\/www.nrshealthcare.co.uk<\/a><br \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The type of equipment you may get will depend on the outcome of the assessment by the Occupational Therapist or Community Care Assistant. They will consider;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the person\u2019s individual needs.<\/li>\n<li>the most cost effective equipment.<\/li>\n<li>safest solution available\u00a0for the person&#8217;s needs.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>your own bathroom at home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Bath seats<\/strong> of various types are usually available free of charge as are <strong>toilet frames<\/strong> and <strong>raised toilet seats<\/strong>. Usually <strong>non slip bath mats<\/strong> are not supplied but are advisable. <strong>Shower stools<\/strong> or <strong>bath seats for sculpted baths<\/strong> are available but may have to be ordered as a special item. Additional <strong>rails<\/strong> at the toilet or bath\/shower can be supplied but should be fitted by a recognised tradesman who is usually employed or contracted to the local authority. <strong>Commodes<\/strong>, <strong>catheter bag stands<\/strong> or <strong>urine bottles<\/strong> are also supplied free if required.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The type of equipment you may get will depend on the outcome of the assessment by the Occupational Therapist or Community Care Assistant. They will consider; the person\u2019s individual needs. the most cost effective equipment. safest solution available\u00a0for the person&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=420\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105],"tags":[256,254,258,59,260,257,259,261,255],"class_list":["post-420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-practical-equipment-cat","tag-bath-seat","tag-bathing-equipment","tag-commode","tag-occupational-therapist","tag-rails","tag-raised-toilet-seat","tag-shower-stool","tag-toilet-frame","tag-toileting-equipment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=420"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6701,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420\/revisions\/6701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}