Great Inventions - The Walk in Bath
Time was, if you were elderly or disabled, tough.
Of course, it's no bed of roses today, but technology has at least come up with a few inventions to make life a little easier.
We have the mobility scooter, to name just one, granting all pensioners the freedom to terrorise pedestrians wherever they go.
However I'm going to save the major eulogy today for an invention that so often goes unrecognised.
However it is an invention glorious in its simplicity - one that has allowed everyone, regardless of physical ability, to enjoy the simple pleasure of a good long soak.
I refer, of course, to the wonderful contraption known as the Walk In Bath.
Apparently has now been ten years since the walk in bath entered the world and its effects have been profound.
Apart from anything, it has provided much needed advertising work for aging thespians.
Can one ever imagine an episode of Countdown without at least one ad for the latest advance in walkin technology? It really wouldn't be the same.
You might as well try to complete a UK degree without a daily dose of Diagnosis Murder.
It simply is not possible.
Of course back in those halceon pre millennium days, the early models were pretty simple.
All they did was condense the regular horizontal bath into an upright form with a little door.
You could simply wonder in, fill it up and enjoy.
In fact one wonders what our nation's elderly did before the advent of the walk in bath.
Were they reduced to the rudimentary rag on a stick technique? We shudder to think.
However times changed and new technology arrived.
These days it's not just enough to have a bath.
You need to have all sorts of added extras.
Today any bath comes with a host of gadgets such as hydrotherapy jets to soothe aching limbs back to life.
Apart from getting cheap thrills by sitting on the bubble jets our nation's grannies can enjoy the relaxing health benefits of hydrotherapy.
These are many and varied.
By massaging tired limbs they help to soothe aches and pains.
The heat slightly raises the body temperature.
Not only is this more relaxing, but it aids sleep - or at least it does according to various clever people.
So a walk in bath has become so much more than just a nice luxury.
It is a necessary health accessory - not only warding off the onset of 'old person smell' but keeping us all fitter and happier for much longer.
Of course, it's no bed of roses today, but technology has at least come up with a few inventions to make life a little easier.
We have the mobility scooter, to name just one, granting all pensioners the freedom to terrorise pedestrians wherever they go.
However I'm going to save the major eulogy today for an invention that so often goes unrecognised.
However it is an invention glorious in its simplicity - one that has allowed everyone, regardless of physical ability, to enjoy the simple pleasure of a good long soak.
I refer, of course, to the wonderful contraption known as the Walk In Bath.
Apparently has now been ten years since the walk in bath entered the world and its effects have been profound.
Apart from anything, it has provided much needed advertising work for aging thespians.
Can one ever imagine an episode of Countdown without at least one ad for the latest advance in walkin technology? It really wouldn't be the same.
You might as well try to complete a UK degree without a daily dose of Diagnosis Murder.
It simply is not possible.
Of course back in those halceon pre millennium days, the early models were pretty simple.
All they did was condense the regular horizontal bath into an upright form with a little door.
You could simply wonder in, fill it up and enjoy.
In fact one wonders what our nation's elderly did before the advent of the walk in bath.
Were they reduced to the rudimentary rag on a stick technique? We shudder to think.
However times changed and new technology arrived.
These days it's not just enough to have a bath.
You need to have all sorts of added extras.
Today any bath comes with a host of gadgets such as hydrotherapy jets to soothe aching limbs back to life.
Apart from getting cheap thrills by sitting on the bubble jets our nation's grannies can enjoy the relaxing health benefits of hydrotherapy.
These are many and varied.
By massaging tired limbs they help to soothe aches and pains.
The heat slightly raises the body temperature.
Not only is this more relaxing, but it aids sleep - or at least it does according to various clever people.
So a walk in bath has become so much more than just a nice luxury.
It is a necessary health accessory - not only warding off the onset of 'old person smell' but keeping us all fitter and happier for much longer.
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