Hi Kim,
I am all in favour of designing toilet facilities to include adults who need
a high degree of personal care.  Unfortunately there are very few such
places outside of  hospitals.

There is a very good hoist made by Handimove, called the Sure Hands Body
Support, which does not require the wheelchair user to be sitting on a sling
and instead emulates being lifted by large hands, with support around the
rib cage and under the thighs. It gives a very good 90/90 sitting position
and retains much more dignitythatn most slings.  It is sold by Moving
Solutions, 18, St Johns Road, Radcliffe on Trent, Notts.  NG12 2GW   0115
933 2888. They do a range of free-standing, wall mounted and ceiling mounted
hoists

As for the ceiling needing to be structurally sound, that is tue but you can
get round that by running support struts up the walls to take the overhead
rails directly.

The following is a list of manufacturers of disability equipment such as
plinths etc which I put together when I was advising our local hospital on
fitting a baby change platform into an accessible loo.

Regards,

Vin West, Secretary, Arfon Access Group
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Magrini Ltd
Tel: 01543 375311

Smirthwaite, G and S
Tel: 01626 835552

Nottingham Rehab
Tel: 0870 600 0197

Kingkraft Ltd
Tel: 01298 872309

Nicholls and Clarke
Tel: 020 7247 5432

Rendell Engineering
Tel: 01202 881754

Scanflex
Tel: 0151 343 1523

Atkinson Vari-Tech
Tel: 01254 678782

Smarta Systems
Tel: 01792 818184

Astor-Bannerman
Tel: 01865 880567

Southern Sanitary Specialists
Tel: 01264 324131

DCS Joncare
Tel: 01235 523353

Arjo Ltd
Tel: 08702 430430


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Subject: toilets


> Hallo People
> I am looking for a database which gives information about the location of
> toilet facilities for people who do not weightbear and need a plinth and
> hoist/transfer equipment to attend to personal care needs.
> Any information on design ideas would also be welcome.
> thanks
> Kim Watt
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