Yoshiko

Yoshiko’s legs were failing because of arthritis and she was forced to wear heavy braces. She was unable to bend her legs and spent the day sitting on her bed. Twice a day, her daughter, a teaching nurse, would come home to carry her mother to the toilet. At the request of a rehabilitation hospital, we developed a “potty trolley” for her. She could stand in it beside her bed, be wheeled to the bathroom, and, at the push of a button, be seated on the toilet. Alternatively, it could be left at the toilet and she could shuffle herself to it and be seated by it with complete independence.