Hand Held Showers

If you take care of an injured or disabled individual, you know that showering or bathing can be a difficult task, whether the person can bathe alone or needs your assistance. For this purpose, hand held showers are a convenience you should consider installing in the bathroom. A handheld shower head gives you the freedom to dampen and rinse from any angle without having to turn or move the individual into several different positions.

A hand held shower is almost a necessity, especially if you need to push a shower wheelchair into the small space. There will not be room to rotate the chair, meaning that the person in it has to remain facing a single direction. Without a handheld shower, it is practically impossible to get the individual entirely clean.

For bathtubs, you can actually get a push-on handheld shower that is simply connected to cover the faucet and acts as a shower nozzle. The only downside of this particular type of head is that it typically does not come with a hand held shower holder to mount the hardware. On the other hand, you can actually buy a hand held shower wall mount into which you can place the shower head so that it doesn’t just dangle in the bathtub and get in the way when you help your charge into the tub. Handheld shower hardware can be found at any home improvement store.

A powerful hand held shower head can be quite pleasant to use, since you can literally feel the water pressure cleansing away dead and dry skin along with the soapsuds and dirt from the day. Use a hand held shower massage high pressure setting to massage the scalp or any aching muscles after physical therapy.

When you are in the shower, handheld devices simplify bathing because you can target any particular area without twisting, turning, and stretching to get the water to find the right spot. With a shower nozzle, hand held devices give you more controllability and the empowerment to assure that your patient is not only clean but completely rinsed; even leaving soap behind can cause skin irritation and rashes.

The Moen hand held shower is a great option because it has flow control options, as well as a hand strap for weak or arthritic hands. The Oxygenics hand held shower head is also optimum because it pressurizes the water to feel like a spa while using less water, helping you to conserve.