No bath safety plan is complete unless it considers the need for a beside commode.  For the weak and infirm, a portable commode offers dignity in toileting with conservation of energy.  Check out these Bedside commodes at bathsafetyfirst.com

Conveniently placed grab bars in the tub and toilet area are essential tools in maintaining bathing safety among the weak or infirm.  LifeSolutionsPlus is now offering a wide variety of grab bars at its new bathsafetyfirst.com site. You can find them at https://www.bathsafetyfirst.com/bathroom-grab-bars-c-96.html

I found a site called Body Image 360, which offers assistance with bringing weight issues including eating disorders under control and achieving a healthy body image.

http://www.bodyimage360.com

We're happy to announce that Life Solutions Plus now has a 2nd website - just for bath safety.  You can find it at http://www.bathsafetyfirst.com

The major categories of products offered include bathroom aids, Bath Seats,  Bedside Aids, Bedside Commodes], [url=http://www.bathsafetyfirst.com/index.php?rt=product/category&path=3]Commode Risers and Bath Stools.



David

This is just the kind of question we're here to field.

Replacing the entire stall should not be necessary.  A shower transfer bench and/or bathtub rail are much less expensive.  Transfer benches will run in the $100 neighborhood and bathtub rails as little as half that, so you can see this is much more affordable than a remodel.

Check out Carex bathtub rail and Norco Tub Transfer Bench and Carex Universal Transfer..

Most of us are aware that eating well enhances health and take our ability to meet our nutritional needs for granted.

Only when we realize how difficult it can become to prepare healthy meals when the ability to grasp is impaired in some way do we start looking for solutions.  This can be hard.   This board is dedicated to discussing the difficulties and the tools that can be used to overcome them...

David

Movement is life.

Movement drives the skeletal muscle pump that helps return blood from the furthest reaches of the body.

Motion is life.

Motion helps equalize pressure around the joints, promoting comfort and improving joint function.

Mobilization is life.

Mobilization generates impact, changing laminar flows within the body to non-laminar flows which help prevent stasis of viscous fluids in pulmonary and circulatory paths.

Movement is life.

Movement allows us to reposition the body - moving the point of maximal pressure from one part of the body surface to another and maintaining healthy perfusion to all our tissue.

Motion is life.

Motion moves us from where we are to where we dream of being, turning yesterdays vision into todays reality and tomrorrows memories.

Mobility is life.

Mobility creates change in the curves and angles of the body, pleasing the eye, troubling the mind, raising us above the mundane and stretching creation before us.

Movement is life.

Movement carries us forward as we bury our past, casting anchors in the ocean of time, connecting us to our future.

Motion is life.

Motion -
Copyright 2010 - David M. Graham
Used by permission

Ok, not everyone waxes poetic over mobility.  But there can be no doubt that mobility is a critical need in our lives.  So, the Independent Living forums is establishing this forum as a place to discuss impaired mobility and the ways and means we use to deal with it. 

I've been adding new RSS feed generators to the http://lifesolutionsplus.com website.  The content covered includes products, product reviews, articles and article topics (think "categories") at the moment.

Why is this important?  Because RSS Feeds allow users to retrieve data on a subscription basis using tools under their own control - RSS Readers.  The readers configuration can be used to apply custom style sheets, allowing not only readability tailored to the users own needs, but the ability to change the layout to suit their own taste.

Further, RSS Readers allow users to get up to date information about new products, articles and reviews submitted by other users in an easy to use fashion - with new RSS feed items retrieved and organized by the reader on demand, or on a schedule of the users choice.  Talk about independence!

Information on styling RSS Feeds can be found at:

http://mondaybynoon.com/2006/08/14/beginning-to-style-your-rss-feed/
http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html
http://www.squarefree.com/userstyles/
and
http://userstyles.org/  where a number of users share their own stylesheets.

The Firefox "Stylish" addon extends Firefoxes capabilities adn makes it easier to manage user stylesheets.