A business model for zero entry commercial hot tubs

[exboyfil]

that would be automatically cleaned after use.

My mom has a tumor in her spine that causes her great pain. One of the recommendations by her doctor would be a walk in tub for home use. She is moving out of her house to a retirement apartment before she could add one. No where in our community did the retirement apartments offer such a feature.

I was wondering if that could be a business model for a retirement community or an ancillary business set up to do it. The best option given to my mom at the first choice retirement community was the hot tub at the Y which definitely would not work (the furthest walk in the facility, screaming kids, and no zero entry but steps).

She went with the alternative - a heated pool at the number two facility that maintains a relatively high temperature (still not bath temperature level). She also still needs to contend with steps, but the walk is much shorter and she doesn't have to leave the facility.

I would add one to our house, but our shower/tubs are all on the second floor. I still might add one for my wife and myself, but it doesn't do my mom any good since she can't navigate the steps.

Any suggestions?

[TygrBright]

1. There are "walk-in" tubs the size of a standard shower stall.

They are designed for either sitting mostly-upright in, or standing and using with a shower head.

The main problem I see with most of the models is that in spite of the "walk-in" design, they mostly require the user to be able to step over a low threshhold to enter, plus the usual issues of how long you need to sit there while it fills/empties.

However, mostly they come with heated seating as well as jets, which might be helpful.

speculatively,
Bright

[yellowdogintexas]

2. our local Y has a chair lift for the hot tub.

the user sits in the chair and it is lowered into the tub, then lifts the patient out when the session is over.

It is made of canvas straps, like a seat sling for climbing and repelling so it works fine in the water.

Wheelchairs can be used, since the entire path to the pool has ramps, not stairs.