We remodeled two of our bathrooms last year around this time. One needed to be redone (got screwed by a company about 5yrs ago that did my mom's bathroom wrong) and my bathroom was made to be a bit more accessible.

I didnt do a roll-in shower in my bathroom. Mostly because if I ever end up using a chair, it wouldnt fit around the corner to get into my bathroom anyways. What they did was to take out the big fiberglass insert shower that was here when we moved in.

The tile floor that we had put into the shower in my bathroom is...I think...3in squares. Makes it so you have less grout to clean. Smaller tiles like 1x1's would give you more grout to clean, which probably isnt a good thing for someone who's not very mobile. (my mom's old shower had 1x1's and the grout was impossible to keep clean)

The lip on the floor that keeps the water from leaving my shower is 3 inches high. Enough to keep the water in the shower, and short enough that when I'm feeling weak, I can at least get myself into the shower. (the insert I used to have was 5inches off the ground, with a 1 1/2 lip where the shower door was that I had to step UP to get into. With no grab bars. Not fun to climb up into that...or back out when I was dizzy)

My shower is a lot bigger now that it's all tile. The old insert had this annoying seat that was slippery that I never sat on (I'd slide off) and took away a lot of space to move. Taking out the insert gave me a TON of space in the shower. I have a shower stool in my shower now, that I can take out whenever I want to.

I researched about grab bars before I even found a contractor to do our bathrooms. What I read was that you needed at least one vertical bar, and one horizontal bar. If you're sitting down, the vertical bar makes it easier to pull yourself up from a seated position. The horizontal bars help when you're standing.

I put 3 grab bars in my shower. (contractor put studs on two walls in the shower) The back wall has a horizontal and one vertical grab bar (looks like an upside down "T"), and the side wall that's opposite from the showerhead has one horizontal bar. (that's the same side of the shower where I climb into the shower) I also put two grab bars outside my shower. One vertical on the wall right outside the shower, and one that's horizontal right across from the toilet. (the bars that are outside the shower, are next to each other. Looks like an "L".

My contractor thought I went overboard on the grab bars, but I told him what I'd read, and he said that it did make sense.

I also spent a little more money and got some nicer looking grab bars, so that it didnt look too "hospital-ish". The bars are brushed nickel, and a little fancier looking than what's typically put in a handicap bathroom. They make great towel racks.

I have pictures somewhere, If I can find them, I should post them.

We also switched out the toilet that I originally had to a taller toilet. I miss the toilet that I used to have, mostly because it wasnt as low a low flusher as the new one ended up being. (old toilet was 8yrs old) I could put more...stuff...in that toilet and not worry about it not flushing as much.

The new toilet is taller, which it needed to be. About two months after we finished my bathroom remodel, I had a flare that made me wobble walk and I was really weak. The taller toilet and the new grab bars and not having to climb up to get into the shower was done just in time for me.

I might miss that old toilet for flushability, but love that the new one is taller and easier to sit down on when I'm dizzy and in pain from spasticity and back pain. I dont miss my old fiberglass shower at all. I love my new tile shower, and new tile floor. Only thing I didnt change in my bathroom was the sink (already a shorter sink) and the light fixture.

My mom's bathroom was totally re-done. Her previous remodel was done WRONG. (wrong on so many levels) We had taken out the big spa tub that was there originally about 5 or 6yrs ago. The contractor we picked back then didnt have any skill at building showers. What he built looked bad. I knew back then that he ripped off my parents, but my dad wouldnt listen to me.

It was growing mold, and had a slow leak that we didnt know about till they broke thru the old tile and found mold under the tile. For the re-remodel, we used the same tile that my bathroom was done in. Her shower is longer than mine, but is basically the same tile and design as my new shower is.

The only thing they didnt do was put a vertical grab bar in her shower. (which I'd asked for. Contractor forgot) But, at least my mom has grab bars outside and inside the shower. So, when you step in or out of the shower, there's a bar to grab onto. I wanted her and my dad to have something to hold onto when going in and out of the shower. (that's why I went a bit overboard on the bars in my bathroom. Wanted to be safe)

My mom's bathroom also got a new cabinet. They used to have a shower insert in the toilet stall area. We had that old insert deactivated during the first remodel, but never took it out. Mom was using it for dirty laundry, but I thought it would be a better use of space to turn it into large cabinet for storage. So, our re-remodel contractor built a HUGE cabinet for her and took out that old fiberglass insert. We put down tile thru my parents bathroom, their walk-in closet, and also in the toilet stall/cabinet area. I had them put grab bars in her toilet stall area next to the toilet.

My mom uses a walker (she had 2 knee replacements, but also has spinal stenosis) Her new bathroom is so much more usable for her. She can get in and out of it with the walker, and she said she feels safer with the new grab bars. (the contractor from the first remodel was a moron. He used the wrong kind of screws in the shower for the grab bars he put in, and they were almost rusted thru. We re-remodeled just in time.) It also looks much nicer now.

I'd picked a decorator to use when we did the remodels, and she got us a contractor who actually knew what he was doing. We paid a bit more because we had a decorator, but she made sure things matched and looked good, and the contractor made sure he did everything to code and was safe.

just realized I just wrote a novel on my bathroom remodels. I'm going to stop here now.