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a clos-o-mat palma
A progressive housing association is demonstrating the practicality of genuinely creating lifetime homes with the completion of the first phase of a new development.
Margaret Blackwood Housing Association specialises in providing
homes for disabled; the new, £3.1m Cala Sona Court
redevelopment provides 24 homes purpose-designed to meet
tenants’ needs now and in the future. Some 70% of the new
properties are specifically designed to be wheelchair
accessible, with one being further ready equipped with Clos-o-Mat
Palma ‘wash and dry’ toilets to optimise independence
for the occupants’ specific requirements, and the others
wired for future installation of Clos-o-Mats if required.
The Clos-o-Mat toilets look like conventional WC’s but
feature additional, integral douche and drying., and additional
accessories such as drop-down arms to enable personalisation to
individual requirements. As a result, they reduce, or even
eliminate, the need for the user to have assistance cleansing after
toileting, optimising privacy, dignity and hygiene!
Lyndsey Scott, Adaptations Officer at MBHYA, elaborates, “We work closely with Occupational Therapists to equip each home for the tenant’s needs, both at the initial build stage, and as their needs change over time. If toileting is an issue, we always use Clos-o-Mats, as we believe they are the most suitable for disabled people, and if there is a problem, Clos-o-Mat provides efficient service and back-up.”
The Clos-o-Mat Palma is manufactured in the UK, by Total
Hygiene, Britain’s leading supplier of toileting solutions
for any user. The only ‘wash and dry’ toilet with WRAS
approval enabling legal connection to the mains water supply, the
Clos-o-Mat Palma is also the only unit of its type developed
specifically for disabled. Total Hygiene compliments the Clos-o-Mat
with a range of toileting aids including lifters, hoists, grab
rails, and height adjustable basins and changing tables, enabling a
complete, accessible toilet, bathroom or washroom to be designed,
specified, supplied, installed, commissioned and serviced through
one single source. Full details can be found at
www.clos-o-mat.com.
