Rules on Council Grants

confuseddaughter_2

Morglin wrote: »

I had a wet room, and other things, done under DFG.

But, it involved getting a local council OT out to assess things,who are accessible
via your Disability and Adult Team, at your local council.

Arrange for an Occupational Therapist visit, as they will assess what you need, and any contribution you may have to make.

Lin

Knowing Chistlehurst quite well, I am surprised that the DFG applied for any resident. The vast majority that I know that live in that part of South East London (excluding those that live in the caves obviously) are well into owning million £ homes?

margaretclare

All he has to do now is wash her lower half and her hair and then help her to stand up when finished to get off the chair and dry her.

There must surely be more dignified ways of arranging equipment/facilities, so that she can do this highly-intimate routine for herself. It's just too embarrassing and humiliating for words.

No matter how much DH and I love each other, I'd prefer him not to wash my lower half, and my hair. I assume you don't mean both at the same time?

Morglin

confuseddaughter wrote: »

Knowing Chistlehurst quite well, I am surprised that the DFG applied for any resident. The vast majority that I know that live in that part of South East London (excluding those that live in the caves obviously) are well into owning million £ homes?

Well, I don't, I assure you, live in a million pound home.....I wish!!!:rotfl:

But, as it happens, when I had this particular wet room done, I lived in Eltham, which is a different borough altogether, because it's in Greenwich.

But, in this borough, Bromley, many people get DFG's, as it depends on need/income, because many live in perfectly normal priced homes, (and some others even live in HA properties....:))

The main bugbear with applying for a DFG is usually the time involved, as it can take ages to get an OT out, and then every stage of the application seems to drag on forever - it took 2 years from application to completion for my wet room.

Lin

margaretclare

The only reason DH and I would have a wet room done is if/when he ends up with a leg amputation. Which has always been on the cards, but he'd rather put it off as long as possible, even with the constant pain.

It was a bit of a shock when we were talking about this last evening and he seems to have seriously considered it, but 'not now'. Assuming he was in hospital, I'd need to go and find a B&B in the neighbouring seaside town while it was done. I'm assuming the whole bathroom would be ripped out yet again and I can't live in a house without a loo!

People say to me 'Why are you still saving, at your age, why not spend it all ...etc etc'. The reason is: we simply do not know what we may need in time to come. And the possibility/probability of need for a wet room is just one more darned good reason.

GwylimT

confuseddaughter wrote: »

They are not for leaning on, they are for protection should you be a little unsteady. The OT explained all of that. Looked after and used properly, they serve an excellent purpose.

They are there for learning on to prevent you from falling either side, supposedly able to support 80kg.

GwylimT

margaretclare wrote: »

The only reason DH and I would have a wet room done is if/when he ends up with a leg amputation. Which has always been on the cards, but he'd rather put it off as long as possible, even with the constant pain.

It was a bit of a shock when we were talking about this last evening and he seems to have seriously considered it, but 'not now'. Assuming he was in hospital, I'd need to go and find a B&B in the neighbouring seaside town while it was done. I'm assuming the whole bathroom would be ripped out yet again and I can't live in a house without a loo!

People say to me 'Why are you still saving, at your age, why not spend it all ...etc etc'. The reason is: we simply do not know what we may need in time to come. And the possibility/probability of need for a wet room is just one more darned good reason.

I should think they will have to remove the toilet, when they did ours, the toilet and sink remained in the same place, but while they were altering the floor they had to be removed. I don't know how standard it is, but ours had a foldable door in the shower area, so when showering the water didn't spray onto the toilet.

margaretclare

GwylimT wrote: »

I should think they will have to remove the toilet, when they did ours, the toilet and sink remained in the same place, but while they were altering the floor they had to be removed. I don't know how standard it is, but ours had a foldable door in the shower area, so when showering the water didn't spray onto the toilet.

Especially as the bathroom is so tiiiiiny. A couple of weeks ago we stayed in a farm B&B and our room had a wet room. There was a very thick waterproof curtain to prevent the water going everywhere.

It would all have to be moved because of the need to put in a waterproof floor. DH says it would be 'just like a shallow shower tray' but all over the bathroom space, hence need to lift up the loo. At present we have Karndean on top of the wooden floor.

Morglin

Well, they had to alter the floor gradient, so that the water flowed straight out, which worked well. No water getting everywhere.

Our bathroom was small, so they put a smaller sink in, and also fitted a Clos-a-mat loo, which was good.

It was a dirty job though, dust everywhere!

But, we have since moved, and as I prefer a bath anyway, we luckily have a large bathroom now, which allows for that and a separate shower cubicle for DH who cannot really manage a bath.

A mechanical bath seat seems to be ok at the moment.

Lin

Richie-from-the-Boro

Assuming non-wheelchair [no one mentioned it] and assuming one person in the space at a time there is no need for circulation space, passageways, internal door size etc.

- a baby walker has arm to security distance
- a wheelchair has arm to security distance
- a zimmer frame has arm to security distance

You really do not need or indeed want a large posh space, the reverse applies. When in the bathroom the individual is always more secure when everything is arm to security distance. If you can stand in the middle of the available floor space and touch most furniture & fittings you are most secure. A big space introduces big risks, a small space introduces arm to security distance and means the disabled always have something to grab onto.

margaretclare

Richie, the difficulty would be one person with only one leg to stand on.