Bath Shower Home Design

By NJOKI CHEGE More by this Author The bathroom seems like a safe place, doesn’t it? It is not. Far from it. On the evening of April 17, 2013, Oscar Anthony Mito became yet another victim of a slippery bathroom, which is silently leaving its victims paralysed. Or dead. “My family is one of the reasons I am still alive. Their care and support since that incident has been of great encouragement for me,” he says. Thanks to quack contractors and poor quality or inappropriate ceramic tiles , bathrooms are increasingly turning into cubicles of death. While there are no statistics on bathroom injuries and fatalities in Kenya, doctors say that it is now common for patients to show up in hospital following injuries sustained from bathroom falls. “Bathroom falls are common incidents especially in middle-class  homes,” says Dr Dennis Otwori , a medical practitioner at the National Spinal Injury Hospital .  Home owners, in the name of saving money, do not engage professionals, rather, hire quacks...

Danger lurks in the bathroom: Slips and falls in the shower and bathtub made… (Myun Chung / Los Angeles…) Keeping up with hygiene is a good idea, but watch your step. The bathroom is full of ways to hurt yourself — and a new report estimates that nearly a quarter of a million Americans age 15 or older can back that up. Bathing and showering appear to be particularly dangerous. Overall, about two-thirds of accidental injuries happen in the bathtub or shower — which makes sense, because each can become slippery. But many injuries involve the toilet: standing up, sitting down, or using it. (Yes, about 9% of the total injuries were from overexertion.) Overall, mishaps near the bathtub, shower, toilet and sink caused an estimated 234,094 nonfatal injuries in the U.S. in 2008 among people at least 15 years old, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported online Thursday in its weekly Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report . And the injury rate rises with age. Researchers us...

    Senior Citizen Friendly Bathroom " style="border: 0px;" />   Senior Citizen Friendly Bathroom " style="border: 0px;" />     Most accidents in homes happen in bathrooms. Especially senior citizens and people with lesser mobility are prone to suffer slips and falls in bathrooms since the surface is slippery over there. Studies show in a typical year over 200,000 Americans are treated in the emergency wards of hospitals for bathroom related injuries . Bathrooms are by all means hazardous places . The injuries resulting from falls can range from minor cuts to severe injuries or bone breakages. Some serious cases of bathroom injuries can lead to hip fractures, head contusions and spinal cord injuries . Though anyone can fall inside the bathroom, senior citizens with poor muscle strength and balance are at an increased risk. Here we discuss some safety measures to make the bathrooms senior citizen friendly . Poor balance while moving in and out o...

I had just finished showering and turned off the water. Soaking wet, I did what millions of Americans do every day -- I reached for my snazzy sliding glass shower door . Seconds later, glass was raining down on me. The door had failed somehow and exploded into a million little pieces. The sound was hideous, something between nails on a chalkboard and a torrential downpour. Only this didn't make me wet, it made me bloody. This was the grisly scene in my bathroom after a shower door exploded on me while I showered. I bled substantially from a wound on my right foot and had to walk on glass to get out. Glass shower doors are a substantial upgrade from old, mold- magnet plastic shower curtains found in many older homes. They look great. They let ambient light into the shower and make the bathroom look larger. If you have fancy tile rimming your tub, they show that off. The aesthetics come with a cost however, as I recently learned the hard way: Glass shower and tub enclosures ca...

A safe bathroom doesn 't have to be a boring bathroom. Searching for safety-friendly updates can become a time-consuming task, so we' ve helped narrow it down. See our recommendations below on some key amenities that could make a huge difference in bathroom safety and function for you and your loved ones. Hand Held Sprayer This type of showerhead allows you to choose a desired height while allowing flexibility and mobility in the shower. The hand-held sprayer allows you to move the water around, rather than turning their bodies in the shower, which can lead to dizziness. This invaluable function also makes showering while seated easier, and makes cleaning the shower a less cumbersome task. Linear Drains A linear drain is an American with Disabilities Act (ADA)- compliant shower feature to consider. This allows a more level slope, which makes it easier to use a wheelchair or shower chair. By eliminated the protruding metal pieces of more traditional drains, you can lower the...

Degrees of Burns A child can receive a burn from hot liquids or objects, fire, electricity, or chemicals. Prolonged exposure to the sun can also cause sunburn. It is common to grade burn injuries according to how deep the burn goes in the skin. First-degree burns: Only the top layer of the skin is damaged. The skin is red, warm, and tender. The surface of the skin is dry and without blisters. This type of burn injury will heal after a few days without leaving a permanent scar on the skin. Most sun burns are first-degree burns. Second-degree burns: The skin has been damaged to a deeper level. The skin will be extremely painful, red or pale, and will have swollen and blistered areas. Healing will often take 14 days or more, and there is a small risk of scarring. Third-degree burns: All layers of the skin have been destroyed. The skin may be white, brown, or blackened and charred. It feels dry, like parchment or leather. There usually is little or no pain at first because the nerves, ...

Frances Leckie, editor of Independent Living, looks at developments in bathroom and toilet technology that enable you to make your bathroom fully accessible and give you independence. #DHgurus You probably won’t be too surprised to learn that bathrooms are the most common type of home adaptation. It may be the smallest room, but it can certainly provide some of the biggest obstacles to independence and dignity. It is a safe bet that if you have problems with mobility, dexterity or flexibility that make daily living tasks a challenge, then a standard British bathroom is also going to cause problems. Fortunately, accessibility and style are easily available, thanks to the fashion for wetrooms. This has  made level access and wheelchair-friendly showers a feature of every bathroom showroom on the high street. But that isn’t the whole story – there are many other products to consider in the quest for a perfectly customised bathroom . Stylish grab rail supports GripSure grey ribbed grab ...

You know your home pretty well. But as we age, even the most familiar spaces unexpectedly can become challenges, especially if you’re becoming prone to falls and balance issues. Even if you’re not experiencing health problems , falling on a hard surface when you’re in your 60s or 70s can affect your body differently than a similar accident in your 20s or 30s. Of all the rooms in your house, the bathroom is the most likely site for an accident. According to Consumer Affairs , a 2011 study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that almost 200,000 Americans are treated in emergency departments for bathroom- related injuries annually . There are slippery surfaces and hard flooring. Consumer Affairs targets three areas where falls are most likely to occur: getting in or out of the shower or tub; trying to use sink tops or towel bars to support balance and sitting down and getting up from the toilet. Grab bars Grab bars can greatly help reduce the risk of falls. What’s...

convert bath tub to shower" src="http://www.imperialbath.net/bathtub-conversion.jpg" /> If you are worrying about the safety of your elders at home as there are many chances for them to slip and fall leading to fatal injuries just checkout for the shower conversions services who convert your tubs into step-in showers that are easily accessible for the elders avoiding any falls in the bathroom. So as you call in the experts to convert bath tub to shower they shall first inspect your bathtub and offer solutions for either a step-in shower or door bathtubs with the job being done in just 2 to 3 hours time. By using these services the possibilities of falls and slips in the bathroom are greatly reduced and seniors can more confidently use the bathtubs with an opening of approximately 23.5 inches wide and 8 inches deep to step into the bathroom. The tub to shower conversion cost is also pretty cheap when you compare with reinstalling a new bathtub for the facility of ...

A large number of scalding injuries occur in the home, particularly involving children and the elderly, and reactions to freezing or boiling water in the shower increases the risk of falls and slips. Thermostatic shower valves can prevent these accidents by regulating the temperature of the water from your shower head. They also have the added bonus of being environmentally friendlier by cutting back water heating bills because the temperature is fixed. The thermostatic valves can maintain the water temperature at all times, even if the mains supply is interrupted by someone turning on a tap or flushing the toilet elsewhere in the house. In contrast, manual shower mixers allow more control over the water temperature and flow but there is more risk of it being freezing cold or boiling hot as there is nothing to regulate it as it flows out. This could be a problem depending on the plumbing and the boiler in your property. Thermostatic shower valves can be installed in conjunctio...

eHow Home Home Safety General Home Safety How to Slip-Proof a Bathtub Follow Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images A fair amount of home accidents occur when slipping in the bathtub. A wet and smooth surface is a combination for disaster, especially for the elderly or people with balance problems. Falling in a bathtub may result in harmful injuries that may have been averted with the use of nonslip bath mats or decals that stick to the bathtub floor. Keep your family safe by installing products that provide a rough and nonslip surface to your bathtub. Things You'll Need Nonslip bath mat Bathroom cleaner Sponge Towel Nonslip bath decals Nonslip Bathtub Mat Plug the drain hole in the bathtub. Run enough warm water to wet the entire bottom of the tub. Hold the nonslip mat over the bathtub flooring with the suction cup side facing down. Center the mat before placing it onto the floor. Lay the mat onto the bathtub floor. Starting at one end of the mat, push the suction cups into ...

Introduction Approximately 2000 emergency department attendances and 500 hospital admissions following bath water scalds to children occur in the UK each year.1 Admissions mostly occur in children aged under 5 years, often involving prolonged inpatient stays , transfer to a specialist hospital or burns unit.1 The cost of treating a severe scald has been estimated at £250<TS, thin space here>000.1 Longer- term effects include disability , disfigurement or psychological harm. What is already known on this topic ▶ Hot bath water scalds are an important public health problem ; their incidence has not declined over recent years. ▶ Thermostatic mixing valves (TMVs) have the potential to reduce scald risk but there have been no randomised controlled trials assessing their effectiveness and acceptability to families. What this study adds ▶ TMVs and educational leaflets are effective in reducing bath hot tap water temperature in the short and longer term and are acceptable to famil...