Best Practices in the Design of Toileting and Bathing Facilities for Assisted Transfers

Shower

• Lowered sidewalls of a roll-in shower. Although not a transfer issue, lowered sidewalls were intended to facilitate assisted showering. The lowered walls would enable caregivers to reach and use a hand held shower from outside the shower to assist a care recipient. This would permit caregivers to provide assisted showering without having to get wet. Moreover, the design would work equally well for individuals who could shower independently.