The ADA regulations currently contain no technical specifications for accessible hotel guest room beds. According to The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), travelers with mobility disabilities often complain that beds in many lodging facilities are too high for a transfer to and from a wheelchair. Other travelers with mobility disabilities have complained that the use of platform beds prevents them
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Businesses With Swimming Pools and Spas Work to Install Lifts by January 31, 2013
By Minh N. Vu
The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) deadline for hotels, health clubs, and other public accommodations to retrofit their existing pools and spas with either a pool lift or sloped entry ramp is January 31, 2013. Under regulations the DOJ issued in 2010, all pools with less than 300 linear feet of wall must have either a pool
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Justice Department Issues New Technical Guidance for Pools and Spas
By Minh N. Vu
In yet another installment of the pool lift saga that has gripped the lodging industry and other businesses with pools and spas these past five months, the Justice Department (DOJ) issued a new Q&A on May 24 that purports to clarify the obligation
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