A transfer bench is one of the necessary safety bathroom equipments that you should have if there is an elderly inside your house. I am talking of real old people that are not ambulatory already. The transfer bench is also for those who have impaired lower extremity function. Somehow it improves not only the life of the patient but also of the carer. Transfers are big physical activity thus using transfer aids would be able to help. Back pains would be avoided. You do not have to carry the patient all the time or guard him all the time in some of his personal activities. You just have to make sure that he is safely sitting on the bench.