Any ideas to make our home more handicap friendly?
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many will offer used items on Craigs kist or check local senior centers.
Contact your local Department on Aging.
http://ldh.louisiana.gov/index.cfm/subhome/12
Here are ADA requirements:
http://www.adabathroom.com/
https://www.ada.gov/
There are services out there to help you for free or for very low cost.
https://www.doityourself.com/stry/make-your-house-handicap-accessible-five-tips
There should be a durable medical equipment lending closet in your area. Check with disabled resource services. They will have bath and shower equipment for long term loan
A home visit by an certified occupational therapist should help. This is the most qualified professional to help you. This is what they do in the "home health" aspect of their applied skills. They should not be selling products nor be an agent for products. I am not up-to-date on the particulars of Medicare, but I think a short-term visit might be available ( even if not post-hospitalization), and even if not Medicare. It is not impossible. Maybe a one-time referral. Might not be totally free. They can, for example, help with setting up your kitchen to be more accessible, or suggestions for that. There are things like door hinges that allow the door to move out of the door jam allowing for a wider space for better wheelchair access. I hope someone else has more specific answers, such as for a better shower hose. I went the inexpensive way about $15 @ Walmart, but there are ones that slide down to chair level. I could get several more long "S" hooks and extend the level of the shower hose down so it is not over my head. (Hanging the hose in the "S" hook. I hope you get better answers!
I agree with the above answers as to looking for assistance but thought I would give you information on what I used for my mother to help her in and out of the tub
Drive Medical Folding Universal Sliding Transfer Bench
and had this installed on the existing shower head to make it easier to access while sitting in the tub
Rinse Ace Assisted Bather, White