Home Healthcare Providers and Assisted Living

Patients with limited manual dexterity, mobility, or obesity issues have successfully been using our units to help maintain personal hygiene. Our USBIDET H-2 has been prescribed by the Phoenix Veterans Administration Medical Center for their outpatients with prosthetic challenges. Included in our customer list are state agencies (MI, TX, FL, MA) which have approved the purchase for challenged individuals.

Home Healthcare Providers and Assisted Living Personnel are in the unique position of assisting their patients with managing hygiene needs in the privacy of their homes. Care Providers realize it is a challenge to maintain independence, cleanliness and their dignity at the same time . USABIDET is able to help with all these aspects of patient care.

USABIDET offers a hygiene aid which is economical and easy to install. The included hardware takes care of nearly all installations. You may choose to order either of our USABIDET models to fit a variety of patient needs.

Our Model H-2 allows those individuals to cleanse themselves without needing to struggle with toilet paper and its attendant issues. Our design allows both a wide range of pressure control and independent directional options.

USABIDET’s H-1 is a single handed operation which may be mounted for either left or right-handed control.  For individuals challenged by limited use of either right or left hand the push button option provides a single-handed pressure and directional control for personal hygiene. Our H-1 design also permits the Home Healthcare Provider or Personal Health Assistant to aid their from either side of the toilet while providing personal support if necessary

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YOUR HYGIENE

If you suffer from hemorrhoids or one of the manifestations of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptomatic relief may be provided by bidet use . The sufferer is constantly having to keep clean and it is here that the abrasiveness of toilet tissue becomes an issue. Our clients have told us that localized wash is much more comfortable. The bidet is a simple way to keep clean without having to jump into the shower or bath each time the toilet is used. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) the incidence of people suffering from hemorrhoids aged 50 or older will approach Washing with a bidet has been        reported to relieve the discomfort caused by this condition. (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hemorrhoids.html)

Diarrhea has many underlying causes with the results ranging from the occasional loose stool to a metabolic, genetic, or idiopathic disorder, such as IBS, which results in a more chronic condition. In addition to the intestinal distress affecting the sufferer, there exists an increase in irritation to the perineum area from excessive and frequent use of toilet paper. Because of the hygienic need to stay clean, and diminish the associated odors, USABIDET customers have informed us that the gentle and adjustable water wash provided by our product alleviates these issues.

 Chronic use of pain medications have been reported to cause constipation. The consequent straining during during bowel movement by constipation sufferers may induce a form of hemorrhoids as a secondary problem. The dilated vessels have been shown to respond to a gentle water massage, increasing the blood flow. The water itself may also act as a lubricant.

Use of a bidet has been recommended for cleansing during menstruation and postpartum recovery and daily vaginal health.

We have received letters from our customers that their personal physicians have recommended bidet use for post-operative irrigation following colorectal surgery or fissure repair.

Pruritus ani is the technical term for anal itching. This condition may simply be the result of failure to clean thoroughly.

Bidets have NOT been demonstrated to cure any of the problems discussed above. Bidets simply provide symptomatic relief for those conditions.

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Not a Luxury

Our entire population is aging. For the elderly and physically challenged, the bidet makes even more sense. Elderly folks are indeed concerned with their hygiene. Some of this concern is tempered by the fear of slipping in the bath tub or shower. The bidet allows these people AND their healthcare givers to experience the hygienic benefits or a localized wash while minimizing the potential of injuries due to a bath tub or shower fall.

Bidet use is also making its way into institutions which care for the elderly. This aspect of personal hygiene, when found in assisted living facilities, allows the residents a way to maintain personal dignity. Staff benefit also by not having to perform a rather personal function for their occupants.

Many people do not wish to discuss the hygienic issues associated with obesity. Many of our customers have thanked us for making a bidet available to help them with their daily hygiene routine.

The physically challenged population can now benefit greatly from the convenience of bidet cleansing.

The bidet is certainly not the answer to all of our hygiene issues. This simple device, no longer for just the wealthy, is just another way to wash an area which we don't see and don't wish to talk about.

Elongated vs Round

Let's take a look at the geometry of the toilet seat today. We are often queried concerning the fit of the USABIDET's Model H2 or Model H1-LR to elongated toilet seats. The answer is - it fits both! Admittedly, the elongated toilet seat is the geometry du jour in toilets today. There are still, however, a bunch of the standard or round seats still in existence with more being installed on a daily basis.

In keeping pace with today's interior fashion metamorphoses, the toilet designers have arrived at a lower, longer, sleeker look. This helps to compensate for the lower flush volumes mandated by Federal Regulations and remains fashionable at the same time. What has remained relatively constant is the rear-most radius in the seat where we sit.

The geometry of both bidet models accommodate both sizes of toilet seats.

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A Brief History

The first recorded use of the bidet has been accredited to Napolean’s troops during battle campaigns. This use allowed the troops to keep up with their personal hygiene until they were able to bathe. The device is now approaching its 300th birthday. Since Napolean's troops may have had the opportunity to bathe only once a week, the bidet provided hygiene where it was REALLY needed and in a timely manner.

Bidet use might fit hand-in-glove with the Saturday night bath (whether you needed it or not) concept of being clean at the end of the working week. The bather was also clean in order that they might gather in small quarters at the end of the week without being an insult (strong, offensive odor) to the neighbors.

Today we are inundated with television commercials telling us that we need to brush our teeth to reduce mouth odors and use underarm deodorant to help us 'get close'. We wash our hands before meals and after every trip to the restroom. Ours has become a society of cleanliness. The amount of dollars spent on cleanliness and 'odor masking' products is truly staggering.

A Toilet Timeline

Reported from Beijing and the Reuters news service: China has trumped Britain's claims as the source of the original toilet with the discovery of a 2,000-year-old toilet. Archaeologists found the antique toilet came complete with running water, a stone seat and a comfortable armrest in the tomb of a king of the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC to 24 AD). He believed his soul would need to enjoy human life after death. "This top-grade stool is the earliest of its kind ever discovered in the world, meaning that the Chinese used the world's earliest water closet which is quite like what we are using today," Xinhua quoted the archaeologists' report as saying.

Thomas Crapper, holder of 9 patents for improvements to drains, water closets, manhole covers and pipe joints has been often, and erroneously, given credit for the invention of the modern toilet. His real claim to fame may be that the word "crap". This might be attributed to American soldiers of World War I seeing the words "T. Crapper" printed on toilet tanks and employed the word "crapper” to mean toilet.

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Toilet Paper

Toilet paper has certainly evolved over time. Witness the progression from leaves, through grasses, corncob husks, catalog pages, and finally the highly processed paper we use today. Some of it is even scented!

Cleansing with water is practiced worldwide. USABIDET products take this personal hygiene step to the next level by providing an affordable, easily installed, hands-off device for cleaning those areas of concern. Our product provides the user with cleanliness and a feeling of freshness.

The first written evidence of toilet paper production as a special use for royalty was dated late 14th century AD. The Bureau of Imperial Supplies began producing 720,000 sheets of toilet paper a year, each sheet measuring two feet by three feet, for use by the Emperors. Rank has its privileges!

Toilet paper originally came in squares contained in a box. How about the reported use of the Sears catalogue? Tales abound about the catalog being mounted in many outhouses. The paper quality was great for both purposes. Sales were thought to decrease when the catalog was used for other purposes.

Scott Paper Company marketed the first rolls of toilet paper. The Company was founded in 1879 by brothers E. Irvin and Clarence Scott in Philadelphia and specialized in producing toilet paper.

There are, reportedly, over 5,000 different companies producing bathroom tissue around the world. It has been estimated that 71.48 frugal people contribute to the waste of one roll of 1,000 sheet single ply toilet paper everyday. This is based on the number of visits per day and the number of sheets per visit.

When personal hygiene is integrated with bidet use abrasiveness to tender tissues is mostly avoided. Toilet paper may now blot up the moisture.

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