Geriatric Assistive Device to Help In/Out of Bath

Abstract

With the "Baby Boomer" generation growing older and medicine advancing, the population of geriatric patients is rapidly rising. Getting into and out of the bath is a particularly difficult task. Working with Naomi Gilbert at the University Med. Rehab and Susan Murphy, an assistant professor for physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan, our team will improve current assistive bath transfers on the market. Our team will design an assistive device that allows a geriatric patient independence while safely helping them get into and out of the bath.