by Gareth Williams | Dec 31, 2019 | Beginners Info, Health Care
Does Medicare Cover Raised Toilet Seats ? Raised toilet seats will, for a lot of elderly people, become a pretty standard and wonderfully helpful, piece of equipment, if mobility, stiffness and balance start to become an issue in their lives. And in particular, if...
by Gareth Williams | Dec 31, 2019 | Beginners Info, Safety
Video Surveillance For Elderly Monitoring And Safety: A Helpful Survey I have to say that when I started talking to my mom about trying out some video monitoring in our home, to see if it was viable, she wasn’t too thrilled ! In this article I look at how to...
by Gareth Williams | Dec 29, 2019 | Beginners Info, Personal Hygiene, Safety
What Is A Raised Toilet Seat ? Just over 18 months ago, when my mom had full hip replacement surgery, I purchased a kit of equipment which was to help my mom in her rehabilitation. As part of this kit, we received what looked like a large white plastic bubble, and...
by Gareth Williams | Dec 27, 2019 | Beginners Info, Safety
Types Of Bed Alarms: What You Should Know Before You Buy Last summer, after my mom had a hip replacement at 89 yrs young, I quickly realized I was going to need some kind of device to let me know when she was trying to get out of bed, in case I didn’t hear her...
by Gareth Williams | Dec 12, 2019 | Beginners Info, Personal Hygiene, Safety
How To Measure For A Raised toilet seat ? Choosing the different types of equipment for my elderly mom, to help facilitate the different tasks she performs every day has, at times, been rather confusing, and choosing a raised toilet seat was no different. To measure...
by Gareth Williams | Dec 5, 2019 | Beginners Info, Safety
What Is A Toilet Safety Frame ? As caregivers to elderly parents, we are constantly trying to make things easier for our parents in their daily activities. Any area which requires good mobility becomes more critical, and the toilet is no exception. There are a number...
by Gareth Williams | Dec 4, 2019 | Beginners Info, Personal Hygiene, Safety
What Does Raised Toilet Seat Mean ? It was prior to my mom having a hip replacement that my investigation into raised toilet seats went into full swing. The raised toilet seat is one of those pieces of equipment that most caregivers will become very familiar with, if...
by Gareth Williams | Dec 3, 2019 | Beginners Info, Personal Hygiene, Safety
How Do Raised Toilet Seats Work ? Until you spend time someone with mobility issues you probably won’t ever come into contact with a raised toilet seat, or for that matter have any idea what they do. It’s as my parents caregiver that I first started to...
by Gareth Williams | Dec 3, 2019 | Beginners Info, Safety
How High Should A Raised Toilet Seat Be ? About 18 months ago, my now 90-year-old mother had a hip replacement, and I became acquainted with all the accessories that we were going to need to use. Probably the most important of which was the raised, or elevated toilet...
by Gareth Williams | Dec 2, 2019 | Beginners Info, Safety
How Does A Raised Toilet Seat Help ? Before I became a caregiver to my two parents, I never really gave much thought to how difficult even the simplest activities, such as sitting down and getting up, can become as we get older. To help with mobility problems there...
