How can WashPod™ Temporary Disabled Wetrooms Help You Support Your Clients?
It is easy for PI and Clinical Negligence solicitors to justify the provision of a WashPod™ as an interim disabled bathing solution as they offer many benefits to those involved in lengthy litigation, often at a time when urgency in recovery is paramount
What is WashPod™?
When is WashPod™ Appropriate?
A Solicitor’s Legal Rationale
Medical Rationale
Mitigation of Loss
Rental vs Purchase
Key Benefits for the Claimant
Conclusion
What is WashPod™?
WashPod™ is a range of modular, temporary disabled wetrooms that can be rented or bought. They provide immediate access to safe, dignified bathing within a client’s home while permanent adaptations are delayed, inappropriate, or still under assessment.
When is WashPod™ Appropriate?
• Following trauma, stroke, or sudden illness
• During rehabilitation or recovery where prognosis is evolving
• In cases involving delayed Disabled Facilities Grants or building works
• Where an immediate safe discharge home is otherwise not possible
• In degenerative or end-of-life conditions where dignity and comfort are paramount
• For children, whose future needs are uncertain and changing as they grow
• In rental properties where Landlords are reluctant to adapt and there is a scarcity of accessible properties
• In situations where the client may change accommodation: the WashPod™ can move with them.
A Solicitor’s Legal Rationale
The provision of a WashPod™ represents a reasonable and proportionate interim measure. It avoids premature permanent works while addressing an immediate functional deficit that materially affects safety, dignity, and independence.
Medical Rationale
Improved independence and recovery at home have been proven to improve the medical outcomes of a client who has had a physically and/or mentally traumatic experience. Being able to shower is important for:
• physical hygiene
• mental wellbeing
• medical recovery.
Mitigation of Loss
The provision of an interim wetroom mitigates loss by:
• reducing care hours
• minimising the risk of secondary injury
• preventing delayed discharge
• avoiding unnecessary institutional care.
Failure to provide an interim solution is likely to increase overall costs.
Rental vs Purchase
Rental: Appropriate where duration of need is uncertain or time-limited.
Purchase: Appropriate where needs are expected to persist and rental costs would exceed purchase value.
Key Benefits for the Claimant
• Safe and dignified bathing at home
• Reduced dependency on carers
• Improved wellbeing and rehabilitation outcomes
• Maintained independence during interim periods
Conclusion
WashPod™ provides a clinically appropriate, legally defensible, and cost-effective interim solution that supports rehabilitation, dignity, and proportionality in Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence cases.