Hi, my name is batgirl! I am trying t9 find anywhere that my disabled mum can have a soak in a bath.

batgirl
batgirl Online Community Member Posts: 1 Listener
edited February 4 in Everyday life

I am trying t9 find anywhere that my disabled mum can have a soak in a bath she has a shower at home but would love a bath with a hoist to get her in and out of can anyone recommend ?

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  • Jimm_Alumni
    Jimm_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 5,717 Championing

    Hello @batgirl, welcome to the Scope community 😊 I am trying to think if I know anywhere like that and I am actually struggling a little. My only thought just now would be trying to find a spa that has a focus on accessibility?

  • Santosha12
    Santosha12 Online Community Member Posts: 386 Empowering

    @batgirl Hi, I know it's a bit of a long shot but 2 thoughts: one, contacting an organisation like The Federation of Holistic Therapies they have a website and may have small, specialised spa type of facility or the Society of Physiotherapists/occupational Therapists to see if either run anything local to you where they have a bath with hoist in their premises. I applied to have a bath put in my LA bungalow and was turned down it's the only thing I ever did that was properly relaxing so can totally understand and empathise.

  • Santosha12
    Santosha12 Online Community Member Posts: 386 Empowering

    @batgirl 2 other very long shots.. depending where you are in the country, there are small hydrotherapy centres with hoist/ 1:1 access/support facilities but that's obviously not exactly like having just a bath and probably very expensive. I thought of asking say a local nursing home if I could pay them to have a bath there/at their convenience and timescale but not done so yet as i strongly suspect the answer would be no (I don't need hoist but would need bath chair I can operate myself).

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