A new folding, commode-shower wheelchair developed by Milwaukee and Tampa VA researchers, addresses a clear need of the more than 200,000 people with spinal cord injuries and other individuals with disabilities in the United States, most of whom require a special commode wheelchair for personal hygiene. This chair fits over most standard and elongated bowls for over the toilet use. Also allows users wheeled access into and out of Wheelchairs accessible shower stalls. Standard features are swing-back arms which allow for easy transfer in and out of chair, a padded seat for comfort, solid rubber tires, and a removable bucket with splash guard and lid. Standard swing-away leg rests are micro-adjustable in length.
Wheeled Commode-Wheeled commodes are, as the name suggests, commodes with wheels. The front wheels on a wheeled commode should swivel and often all four wheels will swivel to ease pushing and steering by a caregiver. Wheeled commodes can be used to transfer a user from the bed or wheelchair to a roll-in shower or positioned over a toilet. Commode Wheelchair is also the type of Disability Products.While the pictured wheeled commode will work perfectly fine in situations where the floors are flat and hard, because of the small size of the wheels, pushing this model of wheeled commode on carpet, over thresholds to roll-in shower stalls or anywhere where the floor is not perfectly flat will be challenging.
