IF BATH SAFETY products are a subcategory of home medical equipment, the inflatable bathing products manufactured by Homecare Products are a subcategory of a subcategory.

Don Everard, marketing director, says its E-Z Shampoo inflatable basin has been a success for 15 years. Homecare Products also manufactures a tub that inflates around a patient in bed and is particularly useful for bathing homebound or bariatric patients.

"We market them as bathing aids," Everard says. "You can find them in any home care dealer or pharmacy nationwide."