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OCTOBER 2009 - TOILET GETS SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM DISABILITY CAMPAIGNER
Disability rights campaigner Gerry Maguire MBE is enhancing his knowledge of people’s toileting needs through personal experience….
Gerry has cerebral palsy, works part-time for his local Health Trust, and plays a major role in Northern Ireland championing the needs of disabled people who make up 20% of the province’s population- work which has been recognized through his award of an MBE*. Now, he has added toileting needs to his agenda, partly as a result of his own experience, having a Clos-o-Mat Palma Vita ‘wash and dry’ toilet being installed under a Disabled Facilities Grant at his Enniskillen home.
The Clos-o-Mat, which looks just like a conventional WC, features integral douche and drying facilities, all operated by simple hand or body pressure on the flush lever. When the lever is pressed, the unit flushes and simultaneously automatically warm-water washes the user, then dries him or her through its built-in warm air drying facility. Gerry’s Clos-o-Mat features additional options of a soft secure toilet seat, and hand control which enables operation by even the slightest, single pressure on the control pad.
Gerry elaborates, “Everyone has to go to the loo, but often unless you are
disabled yourself you do not realize how difficult such a basic function can
become: imagine if you have problems controlling your muscles, for example:
how do you tear off toilet tissue, wipe effectively? Personally, I was frequently
breaking the toilet seat due to the movement involved in manually cleansing,
and facing problems ensuring I was properly clean. My Occupational Therapist
had heard of the Clos-o-Mat and believed it would solve my toileting problems.
The Clos-o-Mat is proving very helpful as the cleaning process is done by the
unit, and is something I will be trying to encourage through my work.”
The Clos-o-Mat, the only unit of its kind to be manufactured in the UK- by Total Hygiene- and to have WRAS approval enabling legal connection to the mains water supply, is the result of over 40 years’ experience by the company in the manufacture and supply of ‘wash and dry’ toilets. More than 30,000 Clos-o-Mats are now installed throughout the UK, some still in regular use more than 30 years after they were first fitted, in locations from individual’s home through hospitals and care homes to shopping centres and even on a tall ship.
The Clos-o-Mat is just part of Total Hygiene’s range of toileting solutions for the disabled, which includes grab rails through to toilet lifters, and height adjustable changing tables and basins. Full details are available on the company’s website www.clos-o-mat.com.
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OCTOBER 2009 - TOILET GETS SEAL OF APPROVAL FROM DISABILITY CAMPAIGNER
Disability rights campaigner Gerry Maguire MBE is enhancing his knowledge of people’s toileting needs through personal experience….
Gerry has cerebral palsy, works part-time for his local Health Trust, and plays a major role in Northern Ireland championing the needs of disabled people who make up 20% of the province’s population- work which has been recognized through his award of an MBE*. Now, he has added toileting needs to his agenda, partly as a result of his own experience, having a Clos-o-Mat Palma Vita ‘wash and dry’ toilet being installed under a Disabled Facilities Grant at his Enniskillen home.
The Clos-o-Mat, which looks just like a conventional WC, features integral douche and drying facilities, all operated by simple hand or body pressure on the flush lever. When the lever is pressed, the unit flushes and simultaneously automatically warm-water washes the user, then dries him or her through its built-in warm air drying facility. Gerry’s Clos-o-Mat features additional options of a soft secure toilet seat, and hand control which enables operation by even the slightest, single pressure on the control pad.
Gerry elaborates, “Everyone has to go to the loo, but often unless you are
disabled yourself you do not realize how difficult such a basic function can
become: imagine if you have problems controlling your muscles, for example:
how do you tear off toilet tissue, wipe effectively? Personally, I was frequently
breaking the toilet seat due to the movement involved in manually cleansing,
and facing problems ensuring I was properly clean. My Occupational Therapist
had heard of the Clos-o-Mat and believed it would solve my toileting problems.
The Clos-o-Mat is proving very helpful as the cleaning process is done by the
unit, and is something I will be trying to encourage through my work.”The Clos-o-Mat, the only unit of its kind to be manufactured in the UK- by Total Hygiene- and to have WRAS approval enabling legal connection to the mains water supply, is the result of over 40 years’ experience by the company in the manufacture and supply of ‘wash and dry’ toilets. More than 30,000 Clos-o-Mats are now installed throughout the UK, some still in regular use more than 30 years after they were first fitted, in locations from individual’s home through hospitals and care homes to shopping centres and even on a tall ship.
The Clos-o-Mat is just part of Total Hygiene’s range of toileting solutions for the disabled, which includes grab rails through to toilet lifters, and height adjustable changing tables and basins. Full details are available on the company’s website www.clos-o-mat.com.
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