Toilet Safety Frames

If you or someone you know has begun to have difficulty getting up and down from the toilet, toilet safety frames may be beneficial to you. These devices can help prevent falls and related injuries caused by insufficient motor skills to sit on and rise from a toilet seat. The toilet safety frame will surround the commode, providing handles for extra leverage and weight support when using the restroom.

The bathroom can be a dangerous place in many ways, with thousands of disabled and elderly people injured every year by slipping in or by the shower or becoming dizzy or weak and falling when getting on or off the commode. A toilet safety frame can assist in reducing the chance of such an occurrence in your home. Sometimes, a free standing toilet safety frame is all that is needed to assist a person in remaining independent during trips to the restroom. Many toilet seats are low slung and cause people to have to bend drastically to sit down and hoist up a long way to stand.

A toilet safety frame assembly can do much to assist in this capacity. First of all, the handles around the seat are provided for use in supporting an individual’s weight when lowering onto the seat before use. When cleansing, the individual may also want to hold one handle for additional support to keep from losing balance, especially if he or she is prone to dizziness. When it is time to rise, you can hold on and push yourself up using these same handles. The toilet safety frame reinforcements can handle up to 80% of a person’s bodyweight in motion and will provide a perfect means of support in the transition. Some toilet safety frames even have an added bonus with a lift seat that adds a few inches to the height of the toilet for easier access by the weak or handicapped individual.

One precaution to take when using a free standing toilet safety frame is to check frequently that it is sitting evenly on the floor. An uneven toilet safety frame can be quite dangerous, wiggling around or moving under pressure and causing dizziness or disorientation for the user. If properly maintained, a toilet safety frame can be a blessing for many who, in most ways, can still function alone and simply need a bit of assistance in dangerous areas of the house, like the bathroom, to maintain safety and security while remaining independent.