After breaking her hip, Mum has been told she is not safe in her own home because of the staircase, and because with Alzheimers she will forget that she is not safe to use it.
She's now in a care home, which at present she would rather not be. As far as we can see, the only hope of getting her home is if we can get a new cloakroom or wet room fitted on the ground floor, and close off the upper floor securely so that she can't get onto the stairs. She has even suggested that she could cope with "bedsit living" - I would hope to do more than that, she has two good rooms and her kitchen on the ground floor.
Does anyone have any experience of doing this? I would ideally like to find some kind of modular cloakroom or wetroom, if possible, that could be fitted while she needs it, and then removed again if she has to go back into care (she is in her 90s) or dies. We can't afford an elaborate conversion as she has limited savings. There is no "accessible" toilet on the ground floor at present. She does not use a wheel chair, and indeed she was fully mobile before she broke her hip, but she is also very old.
We have some information on design, but I am having difficulty finding information on practicalities.
Any advice appreciated.
She's now in a care home, which at present she would rather not be. As far as we can see, the only hope of getting her home is if we can get a new cloakroom or wet room fitted on the ground floor, and close off the upper floor securely so that she can't get onto the stairs. She has even suggested that she could cope with "bedsit living" - I would hope to do more than that, she has two good rooms and her kitchen on the ground floor.
Does anyone have any experience of doing this? I would ideally like to find some kind of modular cloakroom or wetroom, if possible, that could be fitted while she needs it, and then removed again if she has to go back into care (she is in her 90s) or dies. We can't afford an elaborate conversion as she has limited savings. There is no "accessible" toilet on the ground floor at present. She does not use a wheel chair, and indeed she was fully mobile before she broke her hip, but she is also very old.
We have some information on design, but I am having difficulty finding information on practicalities.
Any advice appreciated.