Hygienic chair

Shower and hygienic chair with customized armrest, suitable for persons with extensive disabilities

Dela
Dela

Shower and hygiene chair with four small lockable castors and high fabric back. The armrests are raised and have bowl-shaped padded forearm and hand rests. The seat has a Roho hygiene cushionn.

Shower and hygienic chair Aquatec Laguna with soft seat and tall fabric-covered back. The customized armrests come from Otto Bock. Currently a ROHO hygiene cushion is also used because of problems with ulcers.

Users comments
The user is satisfied with the chair. He is not really pleased with the ROHO cushion. It makes him feel unstable, but he takes it just to be safe. He recently had surgery for pressure ulcers.

Purchased from
eastin.eu/en/ (shower chair) and wolturnus.dk/se/ottobock/ (armrests), last checked March 2020.

Paid for by
County Council

Editors comments
The Roho cushion does not seem to be available anymore. Roho clean protect is a similar product. In Sweden you can buy it at Etacbutiken, etacbutiken.se/, last checked March 2020.

Close-upp of rounded and padded arm- and hand support (Otto Bock)

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Martin bor ihop med hustru i en villa. Han arbetar deltid. Han skadade sig 2000 och har en hög ryggmärgsskada (C4). Han har personlig asistans dygnet rund.

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Type of disability

High tetraplegia without function in arms and hands (C2-4)

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