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What is more important? Where you put the grab bar or how you attach
the grab bar? The easy answer would be to say, both are equally
important. However if you were forced
to choose, which would you say is more important?
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| Vertical Grab Bars Two Heights |
I would choose the
location and orientation of the grab bar as the priority. Of course, I am an Occupational Therapist and
I’m aware that a person’s way of moving, their height, their joint mobility,
strength, balance, and many other factors affect where they need a support. For
instance there are 4 phases of rising when a person stands up. You have to look at which phase they are
having the most problem with before determining where to put the grab bar and
whether it should be horizontal or lateral.
If a person has a disease like Parkinson’s disease, they might have
bradykinesia, tremors, rigidity or other postural instability that would create
a need for support in different ways than a person who has arthritis affecting
their knees. A person moving from one
seated position to another, for example from a wheelchair to a toilet, would
need grab bars in a different position than a person who is walking. A person will need a different type of
support for stepping in and out of a shower than they would for getting up off
of a chair or toilet. A grab bar is most useful if it matches a person’s skills, ability and intent.
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| Wingits |
I also quite frankly, rigged the question so I
could answer it.
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| Superpole by Healthcraft |
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| Traditional Blocking |
Put grab bars where
the person using them needs them by using the variety of installation methods
and technologies available to you. Give
us a call if you want to talk grab bars.
