Bathing Board/chair

[Gavmacp]

Looking for a bathing board or bathing chair for elderly mother. This is for a holiday so something easy to transport would be ideal. Any recommendations?

[RATTER15]

Are we talking about something you need to take on holiday with you?

[eanceoil]

have you looked in Argos, they have bath boards, be careful though using them with your mother, I slipped off mine once when my daughter turned away for a moment and hurt my hip
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8650555.htm

[woofgang]

What physical problems does your mother have? Is she at all confused or forgetful? The other hook with stuff for holidays is that bath aids have to fit the bathe they are to be used on and baths aren't standard. If you want to give a bit more info then I will try to give you better advice.

[Gavmacp]

Going on holiday with mother.
Wanting to have a shower when on holiday. Finds it difficult to get feet in and out of bath, she has something for this.
I think we need a bath step to raise height for getting in and out. An adjustable bath board. A grab rail where the inside bath bit is small as I hope she can use this at home with her bathing seat.

[woofgang]

why is it difficult for her to get her feet in and out?

[tonyav]

Some look pretty portable on this site, Gavmacp.
http://www.completecareshop.co.uk/bathing-aids/bath-seats/

[woofgang]

sorry.... I mean this politely. Are her knees/hips stiff? has she got a balance problem? has she had a stroke? Grab rails are normally screwed to the wall which i don't think you could do on holiday.

[Gavmacp]

I don't know exactly why she has problems getting her feet in and out of bath she just does. She was given a device to assist with this. I think it is a rubber band which she puts her feet in and with upward pressure she transfers her feet.
She uses a bath chair at home which goes up and down but is quite snug so the grab rail would have to have very little on the inside of bath.
The ideal thing would be for her to have a bath or shower with minimal fuss.

[woofgang]

can you get a holiday venue with a shower cubicle, not an over bath shower? She could sit on a garden type stool in there which would be easy and fuss free. If she must have a bath aid, then a simple bathboard would be the best option which will get her sitting over the bath with her feet in the water, but you need to be sure that the bath will have sufficient lip either side for the safe installation of the board. Grab rails need firm fixing of some kind, personally I wouldn't trust one that wasn't. The other thing to think about is what the owner of the bath will permit. Bath aids can also damage the finish of baths if they aren't the proper kind for the bath and fitted properly. Have you spoken to the hotel/chalet/caravan owner about what they will allow?