Some states will now allow a variance that permits the use of fold-down grab bars adjacent to the toilet. AGET bathtub grab bars - simple rails that can be fitted into the side of the bath - or a more expensive option is to get a bath like the one above which has a handy door in it.
The NRDC report also provided numbers on how much power the consoles draw while playing a video game: 112 watts for the Xbox One, 137 watts for the PlayStation 4, and 34 watts for the Wii U. EnergyStar does not yet have proposed power consumption caps for gameplay.
Gameplay is also on the rise â one study shows that average daily video game play among kids ages 8 to 18 rose from 26 minutes per day in 1999 to almost 110 minutes (nearly two hours) per day by 2009. The numbers are even higher for boys, 25 percent of whom play video games for four or more hours per day.