ENHANCED FACILITIES FOR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY
 Commitment
to helping students and the community has been acted upon at one
Scottish school, in more ways than one….
Not only has Harlaw Academy in Aberdeen pioneered a new approach to
learning- with its Enhanced Curriculum scheme- but has applied its
innovation to all aspects of student life, through to the
installation of specialist toileting equipment, a Clos-o-Mat Lima
Lift, benefiting not only its wheelchair-bound student, but also the
less able among the community who use the school ‘out of hours’.
The Grade II listed school, designed by Archibald Simpson who
conceived much of the ‘Granite City’s architecture, and which claims
Annie Lennox as a former pupil, has had the Clos-o-Mat Lima Lift
installed in a dedicated room by the main assembly hall, to
facilitate accessibility to all less able- students and public-
using the building.
Elaborates head teacher John Murray, “The implementation of the
Disability Discrimination Act meant we had to make some alterations
to the school, such as ramps at the front, to enable access for
people visiting the school to use its facilities in the evenings and
weekends. A pupil who uses a wheelchair was joining the school, so
we and the Education Authority made the further investment in the
Clos-o-Mat, mainly to help the student’s school life but also for
the community using our facilities.”
Adds Anne Brockman, Occupational Therapist for Grampian NHS who was
involved in the specification of the Lima Lift, “The pupil’s
wheelchair is quite high; we also needed to consider the different
requirements of community users, so the Lima Lift provided an ideal
solution, as its height can be adjusted up and down to help the user
get on and off the toilet.”
The Clos-O-Mat Lima Lift is a height adjustable complete automatic
shower toilet suite, that in one compact unit incorporates toilet,
douching and drying facilities. It looks just like a conventional
WC, yet can be automatically adjusted up and down to each user’s
personal requirements for both comfort during use and ease of
getting on and off, up to a maximum seat height adjustment of 730mm.
The toilet functions as a standard toilet. Hand or body pressure on
the lever triggers the flush, as usual, but also operates the warm
water douching facility. Releasing of the lever starts the warm air
drying process. The system means there is no need to use toilet
paper to cleanse, and therefore hand/body contact is eliminated,
improving hygiene and reducing risk of spread of germs.
The Clos-O-Mat Lima Lift incorporates drop-down arm supports, which
can be raised prior to the Lift being actuated, or lowered with the
Lift. To further assist users, the Lima Lift gives finger-tip
control, being actuated by wireless remote control, enabling its use
by both able-bodied and less able. A separate, discreetly located
over-ride switch enables the Lift to be turned off if required,
preventing unnecessary operation.
The Lima Lift is just one in a range of toileting aids manufactured
by Total Hygiene, including the Clos-o-Mat automatic shower toilet-
the first of its kind in the market and now the UK’s biggest-selling
such unit, being installed in locations ranging from individual’s
homes to hospitals, hotels, nursing homes, shopping centres, tourist
attractions and even on narrowboats. Total Hygiene provides a
comprehensive sales, installation and after sales package, and
offers a range of options to enable tailoring of each unit to
individual requirements.
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