The bathroom is one of the most functional areas of the house, aside from your kitchen, so it makes sense to be able to use your bathroom in comfort and safety. 

Here we are looking at some of the ways you can make your bathroom easier to use and to simply enjoy your normal daily activities with ease and confidence.

The great news about bathroom mobility aids is that they are actually quite low cost for many of the solutions that can really help. 

Things like bath mats, or grab rails can really help in regaining confidence to use your bath or shower which also helps to ensure you have a good level of hygiene, which is also very important in these current times.

It’s true to say that the bathroom, and the kitchen areas account for many minor and sometimes more major accidents in the home.

According to RoSPA The cost to society of UK home accidents has been estimated at £45.63billion (£45,630million) annually, with Falls being the most common accident sometimes causing serious injury at any time of life, but the risk increases with age.

Bath Seats are an easy addition to virtually any bath and can really help the balance and coordination as well as negating the common dangers of slips and falls when trying to enter or leave the bath.

Bath seats give the user a firm and steady base on which to sit safely and securely while using the bath, it also helps when a person is attempting to find and pick up items in the bath such as soaps and flannels that can cause danger in the standing position due to potentially over-reaching.

Simple and easy to fit, a bath seat attaches to the sides of standard baths and is then in position to allow the user to sit in comfort and enjoying the reassurance that the experience of using the bath is safe and the danger of losing balance is negated.

Another great mobility aid for the bathroom is the grab rail, grab rails are an essential aid for those who are unsteady and find that balancing when using the bathroom is a problem, of for those who need the additional reassurance of being able to hold and support themselves when using the bathroom facilities.

Grab rails come in many shapes, sizes and configurations and for many different parts of the bathroom such as the toilet, the shower or the sink. 

Grab rails really help in the prevention of accidents as they can be relied upon for support where otherwise a loss of balance or slip or fall could easily occur.

Some people think that a grab rail may be difficult to fit and may require professional skills to fit and position, but actually, with modern grab rails utilising suckers the fitting can be done in a matter of a few minutes and the rails removed quickly and easily after use, leaving no marks or scratches on the bathroom décor or tiles.

Bath steps, just like grab rails, provide a useful additional bathroom feature that is equally decorative and functionally useful. 

Bath steps are a safety feature in the bathroom, as many accidents commonly occur on the person attempting a high step in trying to negotiate the high sides of the bath and potentially losing their balance.

Bath steps give the user that steady and supportive base so they don’t have to reach their leg all the way over the side of the bath where so many accidents can happen. 

On the side of hygiene, people sometimes worry about a bath step becoming dirty and unhygienic and also being too heave to have to move when not in use. 

In actual fact, a modern bath step is lightweight, compact and can easily be wiped and is water and mould resistant, so a benefit to maintaining hygiene rather than a contributory factor.

Bath steps are an essential aid in the bathroom for many people and as well as safety, they can add a decorative effect to the bathroom and fitting in with modern and contemporary décor schemes.

Of course, there are a plethora of bathroom aids that can help and support and make life more pleasant and easier in the bathroom, be sure and search ‘bathroom aids’ for a full list of aids that have been specially selected for value and quality.