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Grab bars are an absolute must for seniors and elderly that choose to age in place. Due to declining health, loss of balance, and reduced strength, they are at the highest risk of slips and falls around the house, especially in the bathroom.
On a daily basis, we are contacted by seniors, care providers, concerned sons and daughters like you, who are seeking fall prevention methods around the home for their loved ones. Grab bars assist seniors to prolong their independence in their personal-care, while lowering the risk of a devastating lifestyle-altering fall. Installing grab bars by far is the most simple preventative improvement measure you can make. It’s the quickest way to safeguard any home bathroom against slips and falls.
If you are installing grab bars for your elderly parent, be sure to install grab bars in and around the following locations of their home:
⚠ Did you know that 80% of falls over the age of 65 years old occur in and around the shower and bathtub due to slipping and tripping?
How should you safety proof a bathroom for an elderly parent? Determining the best grab bars for seniors in and around showers and bathtubs should be your first priority when safety proofing a home for an elderly parent.
We recommend at least three (3) grab bars for any elderly person within a shower or bathtub environment:
One placed vertically:
Two placed horizontally:
⚠️ When determining the best shower grab bars for elderly and seniors, if possible, we recommend a few simulations with the elderly parent who will be using the grab bars. Have the elderly parent step into and out of the shower and while in the shower, have the elderly parent pretend to shower and wash their hair, grab the shampoo bottles, and pretend to twist the shower handles. This full shower simulation will help you notice exactly where grab bars should be placed to provide the most assistance to the elderly person. Placement ultimately comes down to the elderly person’s preference for hand grip location, the size of the shower, shower type (walk-in vs. tub combination), and the number of shower walls.
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⚠ Did you know that sitting down on, standing up from, and leaning over the toilet requires significant muscle strength to hold ones body weight, increasing the likelihood of becoming stuck or falling around the toilet?
To be expected, the most frequently used grab bar in any senior’s day are those located in the area of the toilet. Toileting is a naturally private matter and for many elderly who strive to age in place, this is where they guard their independence the longest. Well-placed grab bars can help safety extend independence while giving you peace of mind regarding their safety.
Taking into account that each bathroom layout is set up a little bit differently, here are some basic guidelines for placement in different situations:
Toilet in Corner:
(Toilet located in a corner with just one wall available for mounting grab bars).
Toilet Between Walls
(Toilet located between walls with two walls available for mounting grab bars).
⚠️When determining the best toilet grab bars for elderly and seniors, if possible, we recommend a few simulations with the senior who will be using the grab bars. Have the senior approach the toilet, sit on the toilet, and lift themselves off of the toilet. You will want to test to see what angle to position the grab bars at, and where to vertically and horizontally place the bars. This full toilet simulation will help you notice exactly where grab bars should be placed to provide the most assistance to the elderly individual. Grab bar placement for elderly around toilets ultimately comes down to the elderly persons preference for hand grip location and the proximity to and length of the mounting walls (or lack of mounting walls).
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⚠ Did you know that stairs and steps (even those 1 and 2 steps) pose a major risk to tripping and falling as elderly lose strength and vertical thrust power within their legs?
Getting from room to room can become a real struggle for our aging parents. Narrow doorways and steep steps can be a manageable challenge with a grab bar providing extra support.
While nearly all home staircases come with handrails, often seniors feel that the handrails stop just short of the needed support. As they usually do not continue on the landing either at the top or bottom of the stairs. Placing a short 12” or 18” grab bar at the top and bottom of a staircase will greatly reduce the hazard.
Even threshold steps can be a challenge, usually a single step or two, in most homes they come with no additional support. A grab bar place here can make a major impact on a seniors safety.
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⚠ Did you know that rugs are the biggest contributor to trips and falls in hallways and entryways?
Long hallways and entryways can be quite challenging for those seniors struggling with muscle weakness, unsteadiness and loss of balance. A tell-tale sign that your loved one could benefit from grab bars in this location is if you notice them bracing or running their hand along the wall in either of these locations. We suggest placing horizontal grab bars running the length of the hallway and entryway.
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⚠ Did you know that the bed is one of the least suspecting places in the home where elderly and seniors become stranded due to the decreased ability for elderly to lift oneself from a horizontal to an upright position?
The bedroom presents a whole new set of challenges for seniors, and ways grab bars can assist. Whether it’s presenting support and leverage to rush groggily to the restroom in the middle of the night or giving much needed support while changing clothes, a well placed grab bar is invaluable in the bedroom. Because of the many varieties of bedroom layouts you will need to customize placement to meet your room’s needs, but let me just go over a few placement suggestions.
Vertical Placement:
Horizontal Placement:
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Our goal is to help provide you with the information and the support you need to keep your loved ones safe. Installing grab bars for your parents helps to protect them from what could be permanent effects from a fall. According to reports every single second of every day, an older senior suffers a fall in the U.S.—making falls the leading cause of injury and injury death for people in this age group. One out of four older adults will fall each year in the United States, making falls a public health concern. A concern that we want to help you protect against.