Taking care of elderly or disabled people is a very hard and demanding work as most of them cannot take care of themselves because there are a lot of things that they are unable to do on their own, in some cases even such things that seem as basics to us, for example like walking or washing themselves, that why the work of the care takers should be made as easy as possible and their time would be not wasted on unimportant things. A very useful and helpful feature in all hospitals, retirement homes or even homes with old people is a walk in bath.
The feature that makes the walk in bath special is that to get into it the person does not have to climb over some kind of an edge or jump into water from somewhere, but can just walk into the warm water or in some cases they can go into it in a wheelchair. So the person who needs to be taken care after in the walk in bath can just walk as far as he or she feels that the water is of an appropriate height. Therefore it is very comfortable and as they can get into the water themselves, less help is needed in general.
So the walk in bath is a good investment as it helps people to take care of them on their own and is more easy to use by nurses and other staff in retirement homes and hospitals.