My aunt had a serious fall and needed hip surgery this week, this is aggravated by her hip being shattered and patched together with titanium a long time ago. I really want her to have a good recovery, and may be flying out to help get the house ready for her to come home. I'd appreciate thoughts on how to do that.
I'd think that a bungalow would be the ideal setup, as stairs will be painful and dangerous. But both the bedroom and bathroom are upstairs.
She lives with her husband; she's in her mid-sixties, he's about 70. He's not up to a lot of moving heavy stuff and she's not going to be up to much of anything.
At a minimum, I think grab bars will need to be installed for the toilet. I'd like to look into an indoor compost toilet or something, along with a bed to crash in downstairs.
Here's something I was thinking of for the toilet, with a partition screen:
http://kk.org/cooltools/humanure-handbook-sawdust-composting-toilet/
How comfortable or practical would a futon be? There's a couch she might be able to use, but I think it's a little short.
My intent would be to maybe go for a few days, lend a hand and get her settled, and have the two of them be able to rearrange things back to normal on their own. They couldn't do that if we moved the bed downstairs.
Thanks for your thoughts, everybody.
I'd think that a bungalow would be the ideal setup, as stairs will be painful and dangerous. But both the bedroom and bathroom are upstairs.
She lives with her husband; she's in her mid-sixties, he's about 70. He's not up to a lot of moving heavy stuff and she's not going to be up to much of anything.
At a minimum, I think grab bars will need to be installed for the toilet. I'd like to look into an indoor compost toilet or something, along with a bed to crash in downstairs.
Here's something I was thinking of for the toilet, with a partition screen:
http://kk.org/cooltools/humanure-handbook-sawdust-composting-toilet/
How comfortable or practical would a futon be? There's a couch she might be able to use, but I think it's a little short.
My intent would be to maybe go for a few days, lend a hand and get her settled, and have the two of them be able to rearrange things back to normal on their own. They couldn't do that if we moved the bed downstairs.
Thanks for your thoughts, everybody.