Recent studies have shown that for people aged 65 and older, falls account for approximately 60% of all injury-related emergency department visits and over 50% of injury-related deaths annually. Grab bars, shower benches, walk-in showers help improve bathroom safety.
The cost effective options available with BathAccess Ontario can make your bathroom safer without the mess, high costs, and long drawn-out inconvenience of renovations.
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Protect your parents with a bathtub cut out from Bath Access to increase bathroom safety! They are more vulnerable than men followed by the need for extended health-care or senior assisted living. Dr. Victoria Tang on WebMD said, “less than half recover to their previous function after a hip fracture”. Sadly even more catastrophic, broken hips significantly increase the risk of mortality.
A study from Belgium compared patients suffering hip fractures and estimated 24 percent, within a year of their accident, experienced a loss of independence in their daily living routines. This loss was directly related to their broken hip.
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