Toilet chair for the elderly: reviews

2024 Author: Priscilla Miln | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 00:21

A weak, sick or elderly person requires constant care. A nanny is constantly with him, who, if necessary, will help to lead a person to the toilet. But sometimes people are so weak that they are no longer able to overcome the path to the toilet room even with the help of a nanny. Then toilet chairs come to the rescue, of which many varieties are now produced.

What is it?

The toilet chair is a device for the administration of natural needs. Most often, it looks like an ordinary lightweight chair with armrests and a back, in the center of the seat, which has a vent hole. In some models, this hole is closed with a special cover.

Under the seat, the chair is equipped with a special removable container, into which waste masses directly enter. After use, the container can be easily removed for washing and sanitizing.

Recently on the marketbiotoilets for the disabled appeared. In them, treatment is carried out using special antibacterial and antimicrobial fluids.

Varieties and reviews of models

All types of toilet chairs vary in price and equipment. For example, there are models:

• In the form of a regular stool, that is, four legs and a seat with a hole under which you need to substitute a container. Reviews about the toilet chair of this variety are negative. There is no back and armrests, so it is very easy for an elderly or weak person to fall from such a “chair”, or even turn over a bucket substituted from below. So, despite the cheapness of the model, such varieties are not particularly successful.
• In the form of a bucket, which has a kind of toilet seat with a lid on top. Judging by the reviews, it is also a bad option. The design is very light and wobbly, and alone it will be difficult for an elderly and exhausted person to sit on it without turning the whole structure over. Despite the fact that this model is the cheapest, like the previous one, it can only be purchased by those people who themselves will be involved in the transplantation of an infirm person.

Armchairs (chairs with backs and armrests) are the most reliable option, deserving the most positive feedback

Wheelchairs equipped with functionality so that a person can go to the toilet directly while sitting in it. According to the reviews of disabled people, some models of this type deserveall praise

Seats-bio toilets, most of them also not equipped with a back and armrests. Judging by the reviews, these are in very little demand

Before you decide on the purchase of a toilet chair, you should analyze several important factors that will affect the usability of the device. Next, we list the main criteria that you should pay attention to when buying such chairs.

Toilet chair type

Such a product is necessary for weak or sick people who cannot get to the toilet on their own. Therefore, most often the device will stand in front of the bed of the person who needs it. In case of uselessness, nurses or relatives prefer to remove the toilet chair for the elderly somewhere in a place inaccessible to prying eyes. In this case, it can be equipped with wheels to make it easy to transport, or have a foldable design so that it can be quickly assembled and placed, for example, behind the same closet or pushed under the bed.

There are also toilet seats for the disabled. They differ little from conventional wheelchairs. The difference lies again in the design of the seat, which is equipped with a hole for the administration of natural needs and the presence of a removable reservoir underneath.

Weight of a person

The main advantage of such chairs is their mobility. And since they are mobile, they must be made of lightweight materials. And light materials are often fragile. That's why,when choosing a chair for your relative or close one, pay attention to the strength of its design. In the passport for the product (if it is a model from a serious manufacturer), it must be indicated for the user with what weight it is designed. Although any normal chair must withstand a weight of up to 120 kilograms minimum.

Fixture height

It is best to opt for a chair with adjustable leg height. It will be easy for a person to transfer to this, regardless of where he is initially located - on a sofa, chair or high bed. If the chair is on wheels and has only longitudinal crossbars at the legs, a person with enough strength can get to the bathroom on it and, having removed the tank from under the seat, hit the toilet, go to the toilet directly into it. In most cases, this option is practiced by disabled people on a chair with a toilet.

Presence of armrests

Armrests are needed for the convenience of a sick or elderly person. With their help, you can:

• be more comfortable on the seat;
• relieve the weight on the ischial region, which will prevent leg numbness;
• facilitate transfer from toilet chair back to bed etc.

But it is best to purchase devices with reclining armrests. Their presence will make it safer and more convenient to transfer from bed directly to the toilet seat.

Finally, equipment and comfort

Manufacturers of only the most expensive models bake about comfort. armrests,their backs and seats are soft, the wheels are equipped with a brake, so that during a transplant the chair does not accidentally decide to drive off. The tank has a lid on top of the seat, which will not let the smell penetrate outside if the nurse is away for a long time and there is no one to change and sanitize the tank. There are also dry closet chairs in which sewage is disinfected by means of special antibacterial liquids. These are usually the most expensive, and therefore the demand for them, judging by the reviews, is small.

People in most cases are quite satisfied with ordinary toilet chairs (chairs) with a back and armrests. They, according to reviews, are the most stable, and therefore the most reliable. Therefore, the demand for them is the highest.