5 Ways Nolara Helps Elderly Parents Move Safely At Night & Keeps Their Bathroom Clean Between Visits.
Millions of adult children drive over to a parent's house, scrub the bathroom, and drive back seven days later to do it again.
How often that bathroom gets cleaned comes down to how often somebody can make the trip, which has nothing to do with how fast it actually gets dirty. So the toilet gets cleaned one day a week and gets used the other six.
Besides, 80% of senior bathroom falls happen in low or no light, because a parent who gets up at 2 AM will cross a hard tile floor half asleep before they will touch an overhead light.
Nolara solves both from the toilet rim: hospital-grade UV-C that runs on its own every time the lid closes, and a motion light that catches the floor before their first step.
Here are five reasons adult children with a parent living alone are putting one in their bathroom.
1. It Runs On The Six Days You're Not There
Your cleaning schedule is built around your drive time. Bacteria on a toilet surface is not.
Nolara closes that gap. Once the lid comes down, a hospital-grade UV-C cycle runs automatically and eliminates 99.9% of bacteria on the toilet surface.
Every close, all week, whether you are in the house or forty minutes away.
UV-C works by breaking down bacterial DNA at the surface, which is why hospitals and care facilities have used it for years on the equipment they cannot scrub between every patient.
“With family visiting every few weeks, I was always scrambling to make the bathroom perfect before they arrived. This runs on its own every time the lid closes. The toilet stays clean 24/7. I'm not panic-cleaning anymore.”
— Haley B., Verified Purchase
2. It Covers The Hours Your Renovation Doesn't
Grab bars only work if your parent can see them.
Around 80% of senior bathroom falls happen at night in low or no light, in the first few seconds after their feet hit the floor.
Some don't touch the overhead light because it costs them the rest of the night.
Nolara's motion sensor puts a soft glow on that floor before his second step.
Bright enough to show the toilet, the tile, and the bars. Dim enough that his body never read it as morning.
“Mom broke her wrist falling at midnight trying to find the light switch. The motion-activated light changed everything. She can finally see at night without that blinding brightness. She's sleeping better and she isn't scared anymore. Still independent at 72.”
— Sarah Matthews
3. It Cleans Without Putting Chemicals In Their House
Bleach fumes irritate the eyes, nose, throat and lungs of anyone breathing them in a small room with the window shut.
Older lungs handle that worse, and worse again for a parent with asthma or COPD.
Nolara uses light and leaves no residue on the seat, no fumes hanging in the room, no bottle for your parent to knock over or store in a sink.
4. It Asks Your Parent To Do Nothing
Most safety products fail because they need the parent to remember, press, or admit something.
Nolara takes them out of it. They stand up and the glow is on. They close the lid and the cycle runs.
It is the size of a phone, sits on the rim, and reads as a night light to everyone who walks in.
5. It Gives You The Sunday Back
The weekly cleaning trip costs a caregiver most of a day and buys one clean day out of seven.
Nolara runs for months on a single install, covering the six days nobody is there.
The drive becomes a visit again. Lunch instead of bleach.
“We spent thousands on grab bars and modifications. Then my neighbor, a retired nurse, told me about the Nolara. I was doubtful. How could a $40 device make a difference when $3,000 in renovations didn't? Dad hasn't fallen once since we installed it 5 months ago.”
— Patricia K., Ohio
What Others Are Saying
The buy one get one 50% off is live with free shipping until 11:59 PM tonight.
604 families ordered in the last day. This bundle sells out regularly, and the offer comes down with it.
Most families take two. One for the parent's main bathroom, one for the guest bath or a second household.
Comments(307)
Sort by: TopWait, so the UV-C cycle starts automatically when the lid closes? You don’t actually have to press anything?
Exactly. The UV-C cycle is designed to activate automatically when the lid closes, so there’s no extra step for the person using the bathroom.
The night light part actually makes a lot of sense for older parents. My dad never turns the bathroom light on at night because it wakes him up completely.
So this is basically doing the cleaning between visits instead of replacing the normal cleaning? That’s pretty clever.
Does the UV-C run every single time the lid is closed or just once a day?
I was mainly looking at the night light, but the self-cleaning feature is what really caught my attention. Especially for parents living alone.
Okay the mechanism is actually pretty smart. No sprays, no batteries to remember every night, just put it on the toilet and it works automatically?
That’s the idea. Nolara is designed around automatic use, so your parent doesn’t need to remember to spray, press a button, or turn the night light on manually.
Is the Buy 1 Get 1 50% off offer still available? Thinking about getting one for my mom and one for our house.
Yes — the current Buy 1 Get 1 50% Off offer includes free shipping while the promotion is live. You can check the current availability above.
Just ordered two. One for my parents' bathroom and one for ours. The automatic part was the selling point for me.
I like that it doesn't require my mom to remember another button or device. That's usually where these things become useless.
The idea of the light coming on before they take the first step is probably the biggest benefit here. Bathroom floors at night can be scary for older people.