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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Nov 19, 2019, 01:47 PM Nov 2019

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Is that real? brush Nov 2019 #1
Yeah, it is to elevate the tush above the bowl due to severe joint disease irisblue Nov 2019 #2
With age and disabilities ... left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 #4
Get one! lillypaddle Nov 2019 #3
I believe the style pictured becomes dirty too easily, in the sides along the middle hole. No Vested Interest Nov 2019 #5

brush

(58,022 posts)
1. Is that real?
Tue Nov 19, 2019, 01:53 PM
Nov 2019

irisblue

(34,411 posts)
2. Yeah, it is to elevate the tush above the bowl due to severe joint disease
Tue Nov 19, 2019, 02:04 PM
Nov 2019

When I remodeled the bathroom, I put in a taller toilet. I hope you get good advice, did you ask in the disability group?

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
4. With age and disabilities ...
Tue Nov 19, 2019, 03:20 PM
Nov 2019

With age and disabilities, come new discoveries.

Raised toilet seats make it easier to stand up.

lillypaddle

(9,605 posts)
3. Get one!
Tue Nov 19, 2019, 02:04 PM
Nov 2019

I always get aggravated when people who don't need to, use the handicap stall in public restrooms. I have a bad back and a bad leg, and it's really difficult to use those super low toilets. I always feel like I'm falling, and it's hard to get up.

Okay, now I have shared information that I would normally not be wont to do! That in itself must be a sign of old age.

Anyway, if it feel comfortable, get it. That's my recommendation.

No Vested Interest

(5,208 posts)
5. I believe the style pictured becomes dirty too easily, in the sides along the middle hole.
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 02:53 AM
Nov 2019

There is another style, perhaps more cumbersome but better in the long run, that is more like a chair fitted over the commode.
The style I'm speaking of usually has feet that reach to the floor, as well as side handles for pushing oneself up when finished.

We had higher toilets put in our two bathrooms, along with grab bars where needed and possible. There are persons available who know the correct heights and angles for grab bars.

The toilet seat of which I speak was used by my spouse when he had trouble walking independently, and were removed when he entered long-term care.

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