Wheelchair Accessible Bathroom - Ideas | Quadriplegic (C5,C6,C7)
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- After becoming paralyzed and having to use a wheelchair, it is important that you make modifications to your house so it is wheelchair accessible. Modifying the bathroom is an important room to make modifications. In this video, I show you my bathroom to give you ideas of modifications that you can make. What bathroom modifications have you made?
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What bathroom modifications have you made?
Modified two homes, not living in them as I lost everything, when last in the hospital. Now live with a friend and no longer get to shower, just wipe and wash,. We wash my hair in the chair outdoors. I can’t roll into the sink so I brush teeth into a spit tray in the chair. I really miss my homes but I am pleased o have a home and friend providing care, So glad I still have fold-up ramps! Trying to get my van registered in CA , then I may invest in ADA for the house. SCI is a lifestyle! Thank you for your videos, taking them to my wheelchair assessment, would love to stand up in the chair. Have had a lot of experience modifying homes, if you need suggestions or have questions. Money is the main issue. Thank you for your vlog.
@Chris Merck thank you but pretty sure you did not mean to reply to me. Someone may need this info, so I thought I should let you know.
I added grab bars and a handicap accessible shower in the hall bathroom. It doesn't have a grab bar in the shower, which I need. I have grab bars in front of the toilet, not behind. I use the sink as a grab bar a lot. My wreck was in 2012. There is no carpet. We put a stain on the concrete floor. I kind of would like to have the vinyl that looks like wood.
Sounds like you know what works for you! Thank you for watching and commenting!
JUST FABULOUS!! I am a female C6-7, service connected Navy retiree. My kids just want me to give everything over to them and fade away in a Veterans' Home, but I still believe that, with improved accessibility, a dog & a little help, I can continue to live in my home in the community. Thank you for your encouragement!
You sure can
Thanks Mason real informative I like the ideas!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thank you for this video! It was very helpful!
Awesome, I'm glad to hear you found it helpful! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Mason Ellis, my disabilities aren’t as severe as yours and I’m so glad you’re able to adapt so well and share things that are positive with others. My body stopped working for me at 30 and now I’m 67 and really having to look at more changes. I’ve changed all my faucets to ADA lever ones because of fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis and all my doorknobs are lever style. I have one sink that could accommodate a wheelchair and I own one and a walker that I can sit on and a cane I bought pull bars but haven’t installed them yet and thought about widening the doors because I need back surgery and maybe transforming them to bifold doors or pocket doors or just taking them off and having curtains. I need to get a new shower stool mine takes up too much space and replace my old shower door. My service dog passed away years ago and I live alone and I also have epilepsy and my shower door is original to my 1955 home so no safety glass. So I need to take care of that. It’s a lot of renovations. But I’m trying to do baby steps and think I’m maybe going to do an open shower but my whole bathroom is so small. I’ll have to get professional advice on it. I may end up having to move and then buy something that is more suitable for my needs. I need back surgery too and don’t know if I can do my recovery in my home. Fortunately I do have friends and family I can go to to do whatever I’ll be in recovery. We all just keep on trying to do our best. I really enjoyed how positive you are and your ideas were great. Thanks for sharing them all. I hope you can get that counter fixed so you can get underneath it. That would be so helpful to you. Best wishes.
I appreciate you sharing some of your story, and thank you for watching and commenting!
Great video. keep the fire alive! greetings from a C5-6 from Sweden.
I live in Australia and have IBM, Inclusion Body Myositis, I have fitted a thermal regulated shower tap and hand held shower wand. The unit is made by “Quoss” and is a universal unit designed to fit any seperate hot and cold taps. Model: Reno Transformer Aroma Thermo Shower w/QF35MOD. Hot & cold water combined and once suitable temperature is selected it will produce exact temperature each time it is used!😃🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘
Awesome, I appreciate you sharing what you use. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Thanks for a great video. This helps me out alot. Very great ideas.
Awesome! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Thanks for sharing, Mason! After the current national situation gets better, I'm having my room and bathroom remodeled. I already had ramps and flooring done in my parents' house. But this video gives me some very great ideas.
Awesome, I'm glad that I could help! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Thank you so much for sharing. My husband became a double amputee in the last couple of years. I have been trying to figure out some ways to remodel the bathroom and these are some great ideas. Thank you.
I am glad you found my video to be helpful! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Thanks, Mason! Very informative!
Thank you for watching and commenting!
@@masonx54 Your welcome! I like your matter-of-fact information. You are inspirational!
Thank you
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Stone Cottage Adventures had a program for how her home became aging in place and a place for someone with handicap issues could visit.
Dear Mason
Brilliantly helpful video for us as we plan our bungalow Can't thank you enough. Stay strong and bright:
Awesome! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Well laid out bathroom. Very nice Mason!
Thanks!
T7 complete (1997)
My BR is similar though I transfer to a built in bench and sit on a 3/4 inch gel pad and try to limit shower to 20 min. I do see a shower chair (self propelled) being added at some point in time. Good job
I have never used a shower bench. I recommend using this shower chair: czcams.com/video/jwf75iqSdjY/video.html Thank you for watching and commenting!
Thank you for sharing this. Im a PWD too bilateral amputee below the knee. Keep safe brother
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks so much 🙏 💓
My daughter just got paralyzed and your video is very helpful. God bless you always.
I'm glad you found my video helpful! I also have other videos on different topics. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Much love
Appreciate you doing this video. Also from a C5-C6-C7.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Every home I've lived in for the last 50 years has had a shower room, the smallest is the one I have now with 8 showerheads. (6"X8") Shadowbox shelves. Wheel Chair Accessible
Wow, 8 showerheads?! Thank you for watching and commenting!
Good video
Cool name, and tile.
Nice
Hi Mason. I am building an accessible bathroom fora new art facility I am creating. Thanks for the great explanations
That's awesome! I hope my video helped you! Thank you for watching and commenting!
thanks for idea bathroom ❤ i want modification bathroom for my soon.
You're welcome! An accessible bathroom is extremely helpful. Thank you for watching and commenting!
I have a similar set up in my bathroom at my dad's house. I have a walk in shower, roll underneath sink, grab bars on both sides in the shower which makes transferring to and from the shower seat and walking up to the shower faucet to turn on and off the water easier for me. Besides the grab bars on both sides of the shower, the shower head stays on the shower seat for easy access. Also there are toilet grab bars on the toilet in the bathroom on the main floor. My accessible bathroom is across from my bedroom on the top floor. Besides the accessible bathroom set up and toilet bar attachment at dad's house, I also have a grab bar next to the toilet and another one for the shower, but unfortunately the bathroom sink at mom's house isn't accessible, so I have to wheel up to it sideways
I had to wheel up to my sink sideways until I made adjustments to the leg side guards on my wheelchair to make my legs spread out more which allowed me to wheel directly under the sink straight on.
nice
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Excellent
Thank you for watching and commenting!
I'm also just like you
I have c5 c6 spinel Cord injury but I can't feel my tolate
Houses so much bigger over there. In UK it rare to have such a large house especially if can't work which sucks when in wheelchair. Massive shortage here of wheelchair adapted properties and not much funding to adapt a non accessible one either. My wet room about same size as your shower area. lol
That's the size of my previous bathroom but since I'm now in a wheelchair, my bathroom needs to be bigger for me to fit.
Thankfully for me I did not need to have any modifications made as I live in a handicapped assess home.
That's good!
I am really impressed with your shower set up. Because of a neurological disease, we converted a bathroom with a shower to roll in shower. It does have a little bit of a soft, plastic lip, but a shower chair could go over it. It’s basically the size of a bathtub, but it has an extra long shower curtain that I make sure is inside the little plastic lip, I’m currently bedbound, and do not know if I will be able to walk again. I’ve been working on it for a year. I can currently stand, once. I’m really interested in knowing how you paid for the renovations to your home. I’m retired and unlimited income, and don’t have, a huge amount of savings to remodel my house. I’m going to be using my power chair, going to have to widen a couple of door frames and redo the bathroom. I’ve already re-organized much of the kitchen, before I was as disabled, as I am now, so that items that I needed from upper shelves got put down in lower shelves, so that I could actually cook. Rather than redoing the entire kitchen, I’m thinking of using an induction cooktop at the kitchen table, which is a much better height for me to cook it from my wheelchair. I just don’t know where to get the money to do all this! Thank you for sharing your bathroom! It’s awesome!
If you live in the United States, I recommend reaching out to Vocational Rehabilitation Services. I'm not sure if they assist people who are retired or not, but if they don't, they should be able to point you in the right direction. I'm sure there are other services available to help financially. Thank you for watching and commenting!
i have AOA1, so does my sis and bro and we live in a two-room apartment
I have not heard of that. Thank you for watching and commenting!
I would put a drop-down bench in the shower that you could transfer to to dis-robe and transfer chairs. Also in the even that one chair breaks.
I have never used a bench but I appreciate the idea. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Thanks for the tour. I have a few questions. Is your toilet ADA? Do you do your routine with a suppository and manual stim? Hopefully you can do a video on your routine if it's not to much. Thanks again!
I don't know if the toilet is ADA but I'm assuming it is. Yes, and I have tools to assist quadriplegics in doing the bowel program.
great video. quick question: what are the dimensions of the bathroom? (the size of shower area and overall). Thanks for sharing
I appreciate your feedback! The shower is around 65 in x 70 in, and I would say the dimensions of the entire bathroom are double that. Thank you for watching and commenting!
I know this is an old video, but I think a portable washer might be good. I’m thinking between Ginatax Compact 1.34 and the Ginatax 2 in 1 Wash and Spinner
I've never heard of a portable washer, but it sounds useful. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Hi Mason, truly inspirational! You're amazing. Have you found an easy way to help brush your teeth?
Yes, here's my video on how I brush my teeth. czcams.com/video/Q8uW8cOvaXU/video.html
@@masonx54 amazing, thank you for sharing it. It's really helpful. My sister's daughter takes care of a lady with spina bifida and has some similar struggles. I'm going to share your videos with her.
Awesome! Thank you for watching and commenting!
nice video, edit: found the answer below
I’m getting ready to modify my bathroom for my wheelchair bound wife. Can you give me an idea of dimensions of your shower? Thanks for sharing.
It's around 65 in x 70 in.
I am in the process of getting bathroom modifications what type of chair do you have for shower
Here's my video on my shower chair: czcams.com/video/99mrcqtF6Kw/video.html
H Can yoy tell me where did you get your blue wheelchair (to use the toilet ) .can you send me the link please
This is the bathroom wheelchair that is in this video: czcams.com/video/99mrcqtF6Kw/video.html however, it's really junky. I now use this bathroom wheelchair: czcams.com/video/jwf75iqSdjY/video.html Thank you for watching and commenting!
Could you tell me which brand of wheelchair that is that can go in the shower and also fits over the toilet?
That would be great for my mother.
Here is my video of that wheelchair: czcams.com/video/99mrcqtF6Kw/video.html Thank you for watching and commenting!
How do you get on the other wheelchair to shower does someone help you get on the other chair
I transfer from my bed to the shower wheelchair using a sliding board or gait belt with someone's help. The shower wheelchair is unsteady, and the breaks don't work. I am in the process of getting a new shower wheelchair, so I'm hoping I will be able to transfer to it myself once I get it. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Excellent demonstration and review. A new trend, for fully able people, seems to be to install a Wet Bath. Most seem fashionable and possibly treacherous. Which could lead to slips and falls, and even becoming wheelchair bound! Keep making videos. I'm getting old and you are providing a needed service.
Thank you for watching and commenting!
Are there any programs available out there that helps pay for bathroom modifications ?
I suggest going through your state's Vocational Rehabilitation. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Hai Mason..i am from Malaysia..can i know how long usually you take if you go shower? If you shower,how long it's gonna take to be done..sorry for asking..just wonder..because my husband also disable..
Probably 10 to 15 minutes. Thank you for watching and commenting!
Any ideas on keeping the toilet paper dry?
What? Lol
What's the hight for the bars
The bars are 36 inches from the ground.
how high should the toilet be, to accommodate the commode.
From the floor to the top of the toilet bowl, not including the seat, is 16.5 inches. From the floor to the bottom of the commode seat is 21.25 inches.
Does bathtub is easier or this type of shower
A roll-in-shower is the easiest. Thank you for watching and commenting!
My bf is going to move down here and my house isn't set up for him. My bathroom is tiny only 6x10! I'm having fits trying to figure out how to rearrange it and have a roll in shower for him. It keeps me awake trying to figure it out within a small budget 😢 I want him to be comfortable herere
I recommend contacting your state's Vocational Rehabilitation.
@Mason Ellis ok I'll look that up. Thank you
We're you able to catch yourself immediately or did you have to work up to cath'ing yourself?
I had to find a catheter that I could use independently, which took a while. Here's a video showing how I catheterize: czcams.com/video/rETq6Tpdb_o/video.html
Hi mason checking in again how are you ?
Hey, Jess! I'm doing well! I hope you are doing the same.
@@masonx54 I’m a dork lol I like checking in on you I don’t have many friends and you seem like an amazing friend to have
@@Jess-tj7ve Me either. Lol
My son purchased fixer uper it old need ton work? Bathroom is a mess. The insurance company refuses pay water damage from storm.
That's unfortunate.
where can i find that wheelchair for the bathroom?
Here is a video of me reviewing it, and a link to it is in the description of this video: czcams.com/video/99mrcqtF6Kw/video.html
@@masonx54 thank you!!!
You're welcome! Thank you for watching and commenting!
do you need any help with shower or you do it by yourself ?
I can do it myself.
Hello sir
I need this chair But
I did not aford this chair
It is very usful chair
Which wheelchair?
@@masonx54 for use toilet and for. Useing commode
Just curious how did you pay for? Who pay?
If you live in the United States, each state has a Vocational Rehabilitation service. They assist financially.
I have installed a new assistive device called a “Shower Buddy “ made in New Zealand,🇳🇿 this allows a Shower Commode to bridge any shower with a raised “HOB” the railed unit bridges the hob.😃🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘
I have never heard of a Shower Buddy, but looked it up. I have seen pictures of them before though. Thank you for watching and commenting!
I have severe scoliosis and have had spinal fusion surgery that resulted in me not being able to bend at all from the hips, up. So I can bend at the hips but my entire body from there, up goes with wherever I'm bending. Because of this I'm trying to find a really good powerchair that has good padding and a high back rest. Also looking for a toilet that's 12 inches from floor to seat as I'm pretty short already and standard toilets put my hips at an awkward angle for... going. I would love a walk in shower so I don't have to lift my legs but I can't afford it. I also really want to get my entire house carpeted aside from immediate water areas to provide more comfort/support for my legs and hips and ultimately my back.. but again, too expensive. Disability benefits need to be more and products for the disabled need to be affordable.
I suggest contacting your state's Vocational Rehabilitation Services. They will fund these things for you. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@@masonx54 Unfortunately I'm Canadian and from what I've been told, our government here only pays for certain things and those things for the most part aren't what I need but maybe I'm talking to the wrong people lol. It's all about who the specific individual is that you talk to here as to if they feel like helping you.
How Do you know and feel your tolate
What?
How do you know
You have go to the toilet and Do toilet
I don't. I'm on a schedule to go at the same time every day.
You are wearing any type of diaper our something
No.
Why don't you use a manual wheelchair?
This video should answer your question: czcams.com/video/dTi-upXm8XM/video.html
Omg. I was in a manual wheelchair for awhile. If in one answers question. I never been so sore in my upper body everday in my life. Then I learned why people in wheelchairs wear workout gloves.
are your legs numb?
By numb, do you mean do they feel like they fell asleep? Not really, but it's difficult to explain. Thank you for watching and commenting!
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How could you afford to modify your bathroom? I can't even afford the basic things I need for my disability.
A loan from the bank, but interest rates are high right now. However, if you live in the United States, each state has a vocation rehabilitation service that will pay for that.
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I don't know what that is, but thank you for watching and commenting!
Stop flexin
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With your care worker stop acting like you do all this on your own
What?