Changing Places at LG Arena
One of the UK’s largest multi-purpose arenas is now truly delivering access to all areas – with the opening of a new state of the art disabled toilet.
The LG Arena, Birmingham has had a Changing Places assisted accessible toilet on its ‘wish list’ for some years, to complement a similar toilet in the main exhibition halls. Now the wish has become a reality.
Strategically located on the West Side concourse by the disabled ramp to Block 15, the toilet, which was supplied and installed by the expert in the field, Clos-o-Mat, is bigger than a conventional wheelchair-accessible toilet and includes additional equipment. As a result anyone who needs the help of a carer to toilet can do so in an appropriate environment: the alternative would be to curtail a visit, or face potentially being changed on the floor.
The LG Arena facility incorporates Changing Places standard equipment of a hoist and adult-sized height adjustable changing bench. It further includes a Clos-o-Mat Palma Vita automatic wash and dry toilet, which has in-built douching and drying to eliminate the need for the user or carer to wipe clean with toilet tissue. The Palma Vita can also be used as a conventional WC.
The Changing Places toilet adds to what is possibly the most comprehensive disabled toilet provision in a public venue: the LG Arena has a further 11 conventional wheelchair-accessible toilets, plus larger stalls in the main public toilets for ambulant disabled people, and even a wheelchair-accessible dressing room with shower back stage.
Under latest Building Regulations, Changing Places are now ‘desirable’ in any building to which the public has access. Over 600 Changing Places toilets are open across the UK, the majority of which have been supplied by Clos-o-Mat. The company is unique in being able to offer, in-house, design advice, supply, install, commissioning and ongoing service/maintenance, backed up by in-house project management of a Changing Places toilet or hygiene room.
Further Resources
You can see more about the Palma Vita automatic toilet on the Clos-o-mat showcase page
More information about assisted toileting and Changing Places, here