How to Use a Bath Lift Chair?
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Using the bath lift chair
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User Manual
Explore our bath lift solutions, designed to bring ease into the life of people with mobility challenges. These solutions ensure safe transitions from the bathtub floor to other surfaces that can be slippery, enhancing daily living and providing secure access to relaxing baths.
Our system offers an essential bath aid solution for wheelchair users, seniors, and individuals with reduced mobility, allowing them to enjoy a relaxing bath safely.
This type of bath lift is designed to accommodate various physical conditions, enhancing accessibility for individuals facing challenges like pressure ulcers, limited strength, or the inability to use a standard bathtub. With a significant weight capacity, these quality products are ideal for anyone looking to enjoy a hot bath in their everyday life.
Let’s explore how to use a bath lift chair and all the options!
Autonomous Use of the Bath Lift Chair
Before using the bath lift chair
Before using our model, check the colour of the battery charge indicator light (green, yellow, or red). If the light is yellow or red, the battery-powered bath lift chair needs to be recharged. The battery takes about 2 hours to recharge completely.
Always make sure the bathroom water temperature is comfortable for a warm bath before entering it.
To Get Started
Unlock and lift the armrest, then pull the bath aid chair toward the lip of the bathtub until it disengages from its initial position. Always make sure the chair is stable before climbing onto it.
Getting in the Bath
Sit down on the bath lift seat as you would on a regular chair. You may strap yourself in with the safety belt if you like. Pivoting of the chair is done manually. To pivot the chair, unlock the chair and push with your feet on the floor and your hand on the support bar, then lift your legs over the lip of the bathtub and push against the side of the tub with your legs until the chair locks into its final position. The process is effortless, incorporating safety features and ease of transfer to ensure extra comfort.
If the tub is too tall for your feet to reach the floor, a bath step can help make things easier; if necessary, we can advise you. You are now ready to lower the chair into the bathtub.
Using the Remote Control
Grab the remote control and press the red button to power the chair. Next, press and hold the “down” arrow until the chair reaches your desired height or the bottom of the bathtub. Release the button to stop the chair, hang the remote control back on its hook, and enjoy your bath.
Getting out of the Bathtub
To get out of the bathtub, grab the remote control and press the red button to power the chair. Press and hold the “up” arrow until the chair reaches the correct height to allow your legs to pass over the lip of the bathtub. Once this step is complete, hang the remote control back on its hook.
Unlock and lift the armrest, then swing one leg over the lip of the bathtub while holding onto the support bar. Next, lift your other leg over the lip of the bathtub and pivot the chair until it unlocks. Once the chair is stable, you can step off the chair.
Push the bath seat back into its original position.
Make sure you take the time to dry off completely before walking on the ceramic floor.
Our model can support up to 350 pounds, or 159 kilograms.
No maintenance of the chair is required.
Semi-autonomous Use of the Bath Lift Chair
Some people are considered “semi-autonomous” because they are unable to rotate the bath lift chair into the bathtub by themselves and require assistance from a caretaker.
Before Using the Bath Lift Chair
Check the battery-powered bath lift indicator light. Always ensure the water is at the right temperature before the individual enters the bath. The caregiver must ensure the chair is stable and assist the person onto it. Depending on the individual’s mobility, additional support like a belt or harness can be used.
Getting Started
To get started, the caregiver must make sure the chair is stable, then help the person get onto the chair. Depending on the person’s level of mobility, a belt, a harness, and/or a pommel are available.
Getting in the Bath
Next, the caregiver must unlock and lift the armrest, helping the individual lift their legs into the Secur-O-bain bath tub lift. Pivoting the chair requires little effort and poses no risk of back injury to the caretaker.
Once positioned, it can be lowered to the individual’s fullest height for the most comfortable experience. Depending on the person’s level of mobility, the caregiver can give them the remote control or take care of lowering and raising the chair themselves.
After the chair has been fully lowered, the caregiver can let the person enjoy the benefits of taking a bath, ideally for a period of 15 to 20 minutes.
Getting out of the Bath
Next, the caregiver must lift the person’s legs using the leg lift and push the chair back into its original position. This process requires little effort and poses no risk of back injury to the caretaker.
At this stage, the caretaker can hold onto the remote control themselves or give it to the person. When the bath is done, the caregiver can help the person exit the bathtub by following the same steps in reverse.
The adjustable maximal and minimum height settings of the chair make it ideal for accommodating different morphologies, whether the user is a tall or petite person.
Using the Remote Control
Using the remote control, the caregiver must raise the chair to a sufficient height to allow the person’s legs to pass over the lip of the bathtub, unlock and lift the armrest, pull the chair out toward the lip of the bathtub, and help the person onto the chair. Next, the caregiver must lift the person’s legs using the leg lift and push the chair back into its original position. This process requires little effort and poses no risk of back injury to the caretaker.
The caregiver can operate the chair’s mobility equipment or hand over the control to the user. Always ensure the person is safely secured with seat belts during the process.
Our bath lift model can support up to 350 pounds, or 159 kilograms.
No maintenance of the chair is required
You may also opt for a pedestal sink instead, as it allows for easier wheelchair access. Consider installing long-handle faucets for convenient one-handed operation, avoiding difficult-to-turn knobs. Faucets should ideally be lever-operated, push-type, or electronic, as they require less force and are accessible to everyone.