My 87 year old mother fell and broke her hip in June. Her doctor said she could no longer live alone in her home. I had to relocate her from Mississippi into my apartment in Atlanta until I find a good Assisted Living or skilled nursing facility. PT recommended installing a shower grab bar and marked the placement. I asked the apartment manager about installing the safety bar. She offered me a clip on tub device instead. How can I get the grab bar installed?
Not sure if the disabilities act refers to certain aged apartments. Those built before the law. Ones built for 55 and up usually have disable accessibility. With Mom being temporary.
Review the language in your lease to assess what your landlord is required to provide in episodes such as this. I would do this first.
See if you can apply the ADA ( Americans with Disabilities Act) in this situation as a motivator for the rental office.
I am not sure if you are allowed to make modifications in the apartment for someone not on the lease. They can say the apt was rented “to”you and “for” you thus deny to allow nor pay for bar installation.
In the interim see if she’ll use the shower first. That will solve your immediate problem as you work through the details.
Good luck!
The advantage of the clip-on device is, of course, that it doesn't compromise the integrity of the wall structure or décor. Sadly, however, it probably does compromise safety. Check out the *exact* specifications of both products on the manufacturers' websites, print them off, take them to your manager, draw her attention to their respective safety performances, and remind her that we wouldn't want anyone coming to harm because of failures in safety fittings now, would we.
Also: what are the walls made of? If they're tiles on plasterboard over battens, you probably can't fix a secure grab rail to them anyway.