Apply For Free Wetroom Adaption

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Available to those with mobility problems

A life-changing initiative designed to help some of those hardest hit by Government funding cuts has been extended into 2013.

According to official figures, over 11 million people in the UK have some form of disability causing reduced mobility , whilst one is six people, a total of 9.2 million people, are over the age of 65 .

Despite 29 percent of UK households including someone with a long term illness or disability, research indicates that only 44 percent of disabled people have bathrooms at entrance level .

Disabled people are also twice as likely to live in poverty , meaning that the average cost of £4,250 to install a level access shower is simply not affordable for many who need on

Impey Showers is appealing for entries from Ealing to its ‘Impey Cares’ scheme which donates much needed healthcare showering facilities to people with mobility issues. It's reckoned 15% of people in Ealing having a disability or mobility issue.

A typical Impey Cares project sees the installation of a level access shower and wetfloor, alongside Impey’s innovative bathroom products including Impey Freedom lifting shower doors, shower seats and Maxi-Grip Plus grab rails.

Susan Collinge from Hanwell in Ealing has MS and was born with dislocated hips which led to two hip replacements later in life, the first when she was just 26. Now, thanks to the wetroom adaption, Susan is able to get around her bathroom much more easily.

Susan said: “Although I could just about manage before [the adaption], I couldn’t lift my legs to the right height for my old bath. I almost had to make an ‘appointment’ with myself to have a wash and it really would tire me out. Now I can shower whenever I want and it really is lovely!”

Nominations are open for adaptions to be carried out in 2013. Applications are invited from those with a mobility problem or disability, their carers or representatives from schools, charities and other not-for-profit organisations.

Alex Longden, Marketing Manager at Impey Showers, said: “Due to the success, feedback and findings of Impey Cares so far, in 2013, Impey Showers plan to take the stories of those disabled and vulnerable people to the Government to raise further awareness of how many people are suffering as result of funding cuts.

“Independent living is a basic human right, and we look forward to helping more people experience the life-changing difference a wetroom can bring.”

If you know someone that would benefit from a free Impey Showers wetroom makeover, please visit www.impeycare.co.uk

 

 

Follow the Impey Cares campaign online: Send a tweet @impeycares; ‘Like’ us on Facebook.com/impeycares; and visit www.impeycare.co.uk to watch video interviews with those who have received a wetroom adaption and to nominate someone in need.

 

26th February 2013