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Warpy

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1. I think that bathroom had better be kept in the 90s if you don't want him chilled

Reply to LaydeeBug (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 01:16 AM

Dec 2013

while he sits there waiting for the water to come up. You can't run a bath and get into it, in other words, unless you're athletic enough to go over the top.

I'd go with the shower, honestly, because shower chairs can be used in them and those are a great help to old folks.

Put in the shower and sweet talk him into getting a hot tub?

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Does anybody have any experience with walk in bath tubs? [View all] LaydeeBug Dec 2013 OP

I think that bathroom had better be kept in the 90s if you don't want him chilled Warpy Dec 2013 #1

So the bather also has to sit there until the water fully drains? JimDandy Dec 2013 #4

Yeppers. I can see these things being useful in summer Warpy Dec 2013 #6

i prefer walk in tubs than showers rowdysmith Jun 2016 #23

I have an unheated bathroom and when it's below zero outside Warpy Jun 2016 #24

I think warpy's advice is sage. I'd never thought about it that way. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #2

Try a shower chair ... Historic NY Dec 2013 #3

+1 ... Auggie Feb 2014 #13

You can buy a fiberglass walk in shower Wash. state Desk Jet Dec 2013 #5

My brother installed one for his elderly/frail father-in-law. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2013 #7

warmth anasv Jan 2014 #8

exactly, anasv. clamshells Oct 2015 #21

They have their uses. jeepnstein Jan 2014 #9

Try Therapy Tubs timslack12 Jan 2014 #10

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What about a bath lift? Denzil_DC Feb 2014 #12

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I priced one about 10 years ago. demigoddess Feb 2015 #15

Have you given thought or used a transfer bench No Vested Interest Feb 2015 #16

I actually wound up buying a transfer bench, but Daddy passed before we could try it nt LaydeeBug Feb 2015 #17

Does anybody have any experience with walk in bath tubs? arielschoenberg Jul 2015 #18

Home Depot has a less expensive alternative............. mrmpa Jul 2015 #19

The care facility my uncle spent his last couple of years in invested in several walk-in tubs. TygrBright Aug 2015 #20

grab bars, mats, heaters greymouse Feb 2016 #22

A transfer bench might make your roody Jun 2016 #25

Depends HillJeffrey10 Sep 2016 #26

Your very first post, all for my little thread, welcome to DU LaydeeBug Sep 2016 #27

i'm sorry for your loss NMDemDist2 Sep 2016 #28

Thank you. It's been really hard without him. nt LaydeeBug Sep 2016 #29

So sorry Laydeebug. mahina May 2019 #36

Sorry to hear that. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2016 #30

Sorry to hear about your brother. And his father in law. LaydeeBug Oct 2016 #31

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Walk in bathtubs really good old person Ovens1986 Jun 2018 #33

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