Bed side wired/cordless light advice please

Boohoo

My FIL has Parkinson's and very possibly Dementia and has had a few falls during the night going to use the toilet.

His double bed is next to a chimney breast and a side table is in front of that and other side of chimney breast is a fitted wardrobe.

He has a desk lamp butt the on/off switch is on the base and the plastic shroud is broken.

He has a urine bottle now next to him on the table but we are worried that when he uses it if he has wet hands or spills the bottle on the table the desk lamp will go buzzzzzzzzz.

The desk lamp is plugged into the socket about 1.5 m away.

I was thinking of getting a wall light that has a pull cord or a rocker switch that is mains or rechargeable but not wired into a circuit.

Had anyone got any suggestions or experience of these types of lights that I am after?

Surrey1966

hi, I use a few motion sensitive/activated night lights, using a USB to charge them - this is for a route to the bathroom during the night. They go on, then go off after 15 seconds if not re-activated. They need charging about once every 2 weeks, maybe of use? I got them on ebay, only about £2 each…they have a magnetic back, and a hook if you have somewhere to hang them

Boohoo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82128601#Comment_82128601

We have them and put one on the floor/skirting for when he goes to the door and the then I put some rechargeable lights that are screwed to the ceiling in the landing and the bathroom as he forgets to turn the lights on.

I can't put motion sensor lights near the bed as the kept going off every time he turned over in bed.

Thanks for the reply though.

teaselMay

I'd also suggest motion sensor lights, either usb rechargeable ones or plug in- 1.5m away socket sounds ideal, most likely a combination of both. I've got some that you can either have on whenever it is dark or when they detect motion and it's dark and can be set from barely lit to reasonably bright. I have one of them on the multisocket under my bed just giving a dim light so that I can see where things are in the bedroom and then on the landing, which is also outside the bathroom door, bottom of the stairs, and the route to the back door - my dogs walk a lot faster than me and can't reach the light switches

JGB1955

How about a 'touch sensitive' bedside light? Dunelm have lots…

Octtava LED Table Lamp | Dunelm

elsien

Having a touch sensitive one does not remove the risk of liquid spillages in the vicinity of the lamp though.
With regards to a wall light, hotels do them so you must be able to get hold of fairly sensible ones. I suppose the question is, if he’s not remembering to turn the lights on anyway whether he would remember to pull the cord or not?

Boohoo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82128775#Comment_82128775

His issue is he stoops a lot and his neck is very rigid so if he wants to look up he has to move his upper body backwards which then cause balance issues.

Light switches are a problem on walls as he has to feel his way up to them and bathroom pull cord makes a load noise and as he goes to the toilet once every hour so that's why we installed ceiling motion lights.

twopenny

You can make a 'shade' for the motion sensor so that it doesn't pick up from the bed until he sits up.

Just a half or less semi circle of something like card or thin plastic to shade the PIR. Can't find an example right now but my outdoor one came with one and it was really useful.

ROY47

Have you thought of using a night light in the room if there's a socket nearby ? something like

https://www.amazon.co.uk/PURSNIC-Photocell-Brightness-Adjustable-Bedroom/dp/B0CZMTN8X3/ref%3Dsr_1_1_sspa?crid=PE59FDHHBS1M&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Hs7EJPBpcrHM2E8KmoX_pj8dwvW8K5QdIVxXBV86gIzBEFV-kVXFlsB8crJpt3TxAbBtEV_qzW-A_UaSwv1-kYjCRFAYjsE-HXRG2mta5llU4cRfBI65Nk0iNCX2GAJfztL5PCL6FKnCMKZfXFjgMwJOcX0CI1jgk4CkLnhKW2AV425A11Sfb_WZmzNA5pnmSqgI8vWsnjXI243aY7res3MCaItxqM_hYAAoLpPtP7Ta8BbtTC_3Av29YyF8QxPj1tqHwSiqAuj0YwiT8IYbjUrAq1E2hpt756S_J4ULZF8.f4JxhV0rjB81O3Zos1pvjZCU2ySlICmVtKcYod5sZA8&dib_tag=se&keywords=night%2Blights%2Bplug%2Bin%2Bwall&qid=1788814005&sprefix=night%2Blights%2Bplug%2Bin%2Bwall%2Caps%2C273&sr=8-1-spons&aref=vVFDdip6qB&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

Boohoo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82129101#Comment_82129101

Thanks.

He only has 2 single single sockets in the room and the one nearest the bed has the desk lamp connected to it but that's behind a chair that he uses so no good for the light you linked to but thanks.

chrisw

We have the touch lights mentioned above and it would be pretty difficult to get electrocuted due to liquid spillage. All the wiring is up inside the lamp base.

My son has a touch light but it is powered by a mains adapter plugged in the wall so the lamp itself is low voltage, I can't remember where we got it from though, it might have been Dunelm.