Reasons why occupational therapist recommends a new shower in your home

Richie-from-the-Boro

In general whichever of the many referral routes [mentioned in this thread] you choose you will have to navigate [you don't own the property] your Housing Association, the Local Authority Integrated Access Team and finally their Occupational Therapists assessment. If I was advising you I'd start by making an approach to your HA.

HA's criteria is almost always that you must have a confirmed medical reason [diagnosis evidence?] for needing one. A HA will fund and install a wet-room always subject to an O/T assessment, but will never allow that wet-room to be taken out. Tenants are in special circumstances allowed to for example install a bath at their own cost, but must undertake at their own cost to reinstate it to a wet-room if they move out.

Best of luck !

lemontart

in my experience, I often fall due to balance issues, canot stand for more than few minutes and cannot raise legs properly to get in and out of bath - my set up means not suitable for shower seat so advised walk in shower needed,