How to Choose the Right Shower Chair: A Practical Buyer's Guide
Choosing a shower chair is rarely as simple as picking the one that fits the budget or looks right on a showroom floor. The right choice depends on the person's...
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How to Choose the Right Shower Chair: A Practical Buyer's Guide
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Shower Chairs Explained: A Plain-English Guide to Types and Terminology
Walk into any mobility equipment store or search online for bathroom safety products and you will quickly encounter a parade of terms: shower stool, shower seat, shower bench, commode chair,...
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Introducing the Care Buddy SB9 Series: Showerbuddy's Scripted Rehab Shower Chair
Most shower chairs are designed to a standard specification. They come off a production line with a defined set of features, and the person using them adapts to the chair....
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Funding Decisions Are Changing - Are Our Assumptions Keeping Up?
A Practical Bathroom Safety Checklist Every OT Should Keep This issue was originally published during the Christmas–New Year period, when many clinicians were (rightly) offline. Given the strong feedback and...
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When Standing Transfers Should Be Replaced with Seated Transfers
Red Flags That Make Standing Transfers Unsafe When Standing Transfers Should Be Replaced with Seated Transfers A growing theme in funding decisions and clinical risk reviews Across Australia and New...
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Rent-to-Buy AT: Why Hire Demand Is Rising
When does Ownership Still Win? Over the past 18 months there has been a clear shift in how occupational therapists, funding coordinators and end-users think about assistive technology: not just...
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Top 5 Bathroom Mistakes OTs Should Avoid in 2026
What are they and how to avoid them. A practical, new-year checklist to strengthen assessments under NDIS & Support at Home As we work within the biggest shift in funding...
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Is Assistive Technology Better Than Home Mods?
And What is the New AT “Carer-Burden” When AT Is Better Than Home Mods (Real Case Comparisons) Over the last 12 months as the Aussie AT-HM transition was approaching, we...
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How to Justify Bathroom AT Under NDIS & Support at Home
By Barry Redican, Showerbuddy CEO A step-by-step OT guide to assessments, photos, functional wording, and evidence. In this issue 3 of Access Insights, we break down how to structure strong...
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How to fund Home Mods or Equipment
What OTs Need to Know in 2026 The landscape of bathroom access funding is shifting quickly. OTs across Australia are telling us the same thing: NDIS approvals are tightening, SaH...
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Maintaining Modesty When You Need Support in the Bathroom
A perspective from Barry Redican at Showerbuddy Modesty is something most of us never really think about until life throws us a curveball. At Showerbuddy, we meet families and individuals...
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Why Manufacturing in China Still Matters for Companies Like Ours
By Barry Redican, Showerbuddy Manufacturing in China has shaped the global market for decades. For companies in the medical device space like Showerbuddy, China has been central to how we...
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Rethinking Bathroom Design for an Ageing World
Barry Redican, CEO, Showerbuddy Why I keep asking: why aren't we building accessible bathrooms? Everywhere I go, I see new homes being built with the same old bathroom design. You...
