Creativity can be the key to ensuring that hotels match the same high levels of service in their accessible ensuite facilities as they do elsewhere in their establishment.
“Accessible bathrooms no longer have to be cold, bland and merely functional affairs,” says Andrew Lowndes, UK and Ireland sales manager at Pressalit Care. “By incorporating facilities for disabled guests into a bathroom design from the onset, accessible bathrooms can be made functional, flexible as well as attractive.”
Hotel facilities are required to meet Part M regulations that state one in twenty rooms must provide bathroom facilities which are accessible to wheelchair guests.
Pressalit Care is totally committed to ensuring that its bathroom equipment meets all the needs of disabled users.
The flexibility of Pressalit Care’s specialist products means that they can be designed into a bathroom, with some elements easily removed when not in use, a feature particularly beneficial for hotels.
By incorporating Pressalit Care’s horizontal track system into the bathroom design, elements such as grab rails and hinged toilet support arms can be added or moved away as required. The track system allows products to be moved horizontally in a bathroom, allowing individual users to choose the position which suits their individual situation most appropriately.
“We have a number of both private and international chains who have done this to create an extremely neat solution,” continues Andrew Lowndes. “Hoteliers can provide fully equipped bathrooms for limited mobility guests, which can be used equally for able bodied guests at other times. Including the horizontal track as part of a dado rail design for example, is an innovative and creative way to incorporate the facilities.”
Hotels are required to provide facilities that allow all guests to wash or bath independently or with assistance from others. This means ensuring the bathroom layout can accommodate wheelchair access, with elements including disabled toilet, drop down arms, adjustable shower seats and grab rails.
Pressalit Care has a long history of working with disabled users and providing facilities that meet their exact needs.
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