TOILETING
Toileting is considered an activity of daily living (ADL). It encompasses the act of using the bathroom, including getting to and from the toilet, managing clothing, and performing necessary hygiene. These skills are crucial for maintaining personal hygiene, skin integrity, and overall well-being.
Definition: Toileting refers to the process of using the toilet for bowel and bladder elimination, including getting to and from the toilet, managing clothing, cleaning oneself, and caring for any related devices or needs.
Skills involved:
Toileting includes various aspects like: Transferring: Moving to and from the toilet. Managing clothing: Adjusting or removing clothing.
- Cleaning: Performing perineal hygiene. Using equipment: Utilizing assistive devices or aids.
Toileting
Proper toileting is essential for maintaining personal hygiene, preventing skin breakdown, and promoting overall health and well-being.
But with aging, restriction of motion, underlying health condition, toileting can be a challenge.
Encourage your loved one to participate in their own personal care (bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting) as much as possible – support them to use the abilities they still have!
Dealing with toilet functions is fundamental to personal dignity, try to be sensitive and matter of fact if you need to assist your loved one.
Toileting Assist
If you or your loved one has challenges with Toileting - consider Toileting Assist, an easy to use assistive device to making toileting hygiene easier and cleaner.
No need to touch toilet paper after use. With a simple push of a button, the tissue paper releases into disposal.
The extended 15 inch length allows reach to help people who have restriction of motion like older adults, people with disabilities or underlying health conditions like Arthritis, Shoulder Pain or Back Injury.
Toileting Assist promotes and supports independence and aging at home.
About toilet assist
Toileting Assist / Toileting Aid
This toilet wiping aid features an ergonomic shape to aid those who have a limited range of motion. The toileting aid / toileting assist ergonomic handle makes it easy to hold and use, while the length effectively extends the user’s reach when wiping from either the front or back .
Bending over when using the toilet can be a hurdle for elderly individuals with limited mobility. Toileting Assist are the solution. The long handles on these assistive devices allow the seniors to reach between their legs and wipe without having to bend.
Each Toileting Assist comes in a box and is $19.99 CDN / Shipping is no charge within Canada.
Toileting Aid / Toileting Assist
Light weight, approx 15.7 inches / approx 40 cm of reach to assist with toileting hygiene. Designed from solid plastic and rubber to provide long-term strength; yet comfortable to the sensitive bottom skin.
Easy to Use For Users & Caregivers
Step 1. Insert a few sheets of toilet tissue or a pre-moistened wipe into the soft, flexible recess head of the toileting assist. This cushioned end grips and securely holds on to the toilet paper or pre moistened wipes.
Step 2. Wipe the perianal or perineal area with toileting assist
Step 3. The soiled toilet paper or pre moistened tissue can be released by pushing down on the actuator release button on end.
