Most bathrooms don’t work well with wheelchairs, but the following adaptations will make a standard bathroom into a wheelchair accessible bathroom. 
The photo on the right shows a raised toilet seat. You can buy one at a local medical supply store or if you have access to the internet, Google “handicapped toilets.” You’ll get a never-ending list of wheelchair accessible bathroom companies who will deliver it to your door. 
This lightweight, portable commode fits over your existing toilet bowl, and if you insert the removable waste pail, can be set beside the bed so you’re ready for middle-of-the-night emergencies.
Did you know that toilets come in different heights? If you have the funds, you may want to make a wheelchair accessible bathroom and replace the existing toilet with a taller one.
Next you’ll want to wash your hands. To create a wheelchair accessible bathroom sink, remove the under-sink cabinets to create space for knees and the wheelchair footrest and lower the countertop to no higher than 30 inches from the floor.
The scariest barrier in any bathroom is the tub or shower. Making your bathroom into a wheelchair accessible bathroom can be a little more difficult. If stepping into the tub is the problem, ask your local medical supply store for a transfer shower bench. In the shower on the right, you need to get past that four-by-eight inch lip to get inside—notice the shower seat, a necessity for someone who has problems standing.
Roll-in showers without lips and a shower chair are perfect for people who can’t stand or sit up.
And there you are…a few economical solutions to making any bathroom a wheelchair accessible bathroom.
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