Galway Advertiser 2003/2003_08_21/GA_21082003_E1_027.pdf 

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Space age toilet seat set to revolutionise care of infirm
BY MARY O'CONNOR A GALWAY company is the sole distributor of a revolutionary bidet toilet seat geared at people with infirmities. This innovative product, which was designed in Japan and bidet function. Straight off most people would think in terms is new to the European market, is being distributed by QQ of savings in toilet paper reflected in the pocket and the Trading in Oranmore. sewerage system. But for what is still a large section of the Hailed as a major development in the personal hygiene community, more weighty considerations are at issue." field, the seat known as " Magic Clean" offers a number of He says, according to the Carers' Association, hundreds of functions. These include bottom cleansing, a douche for older people end up having to leave their homes prematurely feminine hygiene, a heated seat, warm air for drying and self because of toileting difficulties. cleansing nozzle. It also offers a massage facility by "These people often have to move to nursing homes for alternating water pressure. no better reason than because of difficulties which arise Richard O'Flaherty, a director of QQ Trading, says the daily in the bathroom. Leaving aside the cost of full-time bidet toilet seat offers numerous benefits from a personal care, the actual value to an individual of a year or even a hygiene and environmental perspective. month more in their own home instead of being in care is Its capacity to restore dignity to people with an infirmity actually incalculable." is a big selling point, he believes. There is also the The dignity bestowed by this new invention to people environmental angle, it eliminates large quantities of toilet with infirmities is enormous, he says. paper from going into waste disposal systems. "What matters most is the dignity of the individual who " I feel it is no exaggeration to say that this ingenious must live with such problems and the burden borne by those device has the potential to change not only the way we special people who care for them. For such people, the bidet speak about toileting matters but even how we think about toilet seat is an innovation the equal in significance of the them. As the name implies it is a toilet seat with a built-in zip fastner, microwave or PC for the wider community."

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