Human washing machine

[Jaybee00]

Apparently this is making a big splash on Reddit CFS. Don’t know why the YouTube isn’t linking properly.

 

[Yann04]

If they come out with a low noise, horizontal version. And the state is willing to fund my usage, count me in!

 

[Sasha]

I think there must be a huge market for people who are too disabled to wash themselves but I'm not sure this is the thing! I'd be scared of being locked in that pod forever, for starters, and I don't know how it's supposed to wash the bits of you that are in contact with the chair. Plus, I can't see these fitting in a standard bathroom.

Still, for privacy and dignity I'd much prefer a machine washing me than another person!

 

[Mij]

This would give me claustrophobia, 'sensors measure heartbeat and music and video is played according to the users mood". I need silence and want out the minute the top closes.

 

[hotblack]

I think I’ll stick wet wipes…

 

[Yann04]

Yeah having a manual non electrically depedent door opening override would be a big thing.

But in any case, it would be far better for v severe me/cfs to have a predictable machine do it at ones own will than a human, atleast pem wise.

(As long as the machine is horizontal and not super loud or bright).

 

[Jesse]

Does it dry you?

 

[Sasha]

Does it dry you?

That's a good question, because that's an exhausting part of the process for a PwME.

It would be interesting to see what an engineer could come up with if the idea was not to provide a luxury experience with video and music and whatnot but the provision of a whole-body washing/drying machine for the disabled.

 

[Kitty]

Not sure about a whole body wash, but I'd give owt for a Closomat toilet. They're brilliant, they wash and dry your bits for you while you just sit there like the Queen of Sheba.

 

[hotblack]

Wow! That’s a lot fancier than the squeezey bottle with a nozzle I have! I’d settle for the bidet shower attachment I used to have living in countries where those sort of things are the norm.