Communal and Guest Toilets in Retirement Schemes
It's a Sunday afternoon in the residents' lounge. A coffee morning has turned into a family visit, and the room is full. There's a resident who walks with a frame,...
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Refreshing Retirement Apartments Between Residents
When a resident moves on, the apartment they leave behind tells a story. There might be a seat riser on the toilet, two rails installed after a fall, and a...
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Discreet Grab Rails for Retirement Developments
Ask a scheme manager at almost any retirement development and they'll tell you the same story. A new resident moves in, looks around the bathroom and asks whether "those hospital...
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Assisted Living vs a Care Home: How the Right Bathroom Helps Residents Stay Independent Longer
The conversation often starts after a fall. Sometimes it's a phone call from a scheme manager, or a night when Mum couldn't get up from the toilet and had to...
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Extra Care Housing Bathrooms: Designing for Needs That Will Change
A couple move into an extra care apartment in their late seventies. He walks a little slowly after a knee operation. She's as active as she was at sixty. They...
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