I walked into one of our “Spa Rooms” to wash my hands. It’s one of three rooms where we help our residents take baths or showers.
I paused and looked around.
No wonder no residents want to bathe in here, I thought. It looks like a hospital bathroom!
Think about your bathroom at home. You’ve probably designed it just the way you want it: warm colors, fresh soaps and candles, and a shower curtain you picked out to match the rest of the decor.
Now imagine that you just moved into a community where another person (or two) has to help you bathe. You’re taken into an unfamiliar room, it’s cold, it looks like a facility, and someone helps you take off all of your clothes. You would be uncomfortable and upset—or maybe even angry.
I picked up a copy of Bathing Without a Battle to get some new ideas about how to renovate our bathrooms.
Here’s what we added, and it completely changed the look and feel of the room:
- CD player and CDs for residents
- A corner table
- Pictures on the walls
- Flower arrangements
- A basket
- A shower curtain
Change up your community’s bathroom, or even the bathroom your loved one uses at home, and see the difference it can make.
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