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A bidet is a separate bowl fixture and requires extra space and plumbing work.
Bidets are not common in the US.
What you may be referring to or would want to consider is to install a WASHLET. Sometimes referred to as a washlet bidet.
Washlets are glorifed toilet bowl seats that will help clean the nether regions without using your hands. They only require that a GFCI outlet be installed near the toilet you want to install on.
My husband and I use separate bathrooms and we each have a Washlet. When we did our major remodel we looked into bidets and discovered Washlets. Our bathrooms are small - Washlets are the perfect solution for limited spaces.
We love our washlets! So do our guests! And several of our friends have installed Washlets since they learned about ours. I can tell you that MY bottom health has improved tremendously because of it.
Anyway . . .just more info for anyone who wants to do the research.
If you are assisting or supervising the dementia patient with their toileting routine, I think a bidet seat would work for many because you can tell them what's coming. It's very difficult to change a life long routine in any dementia patient, so I would doubt your whether LO could develop an ability to use the bidet without prompting. The water temperature in the bidet seats without a heater is going to be room temperature down to your cold water temperature. In warmer areas, that may be warm enough. In colder climates, you may want a seat with a heater even though that's a harder install, usually requiring a ground fault detector circuit be added to the toilet area.
P.S. The bidet toilet seat is 1-3 inches so it also raises the height of toilet seat too.
As the person has Alzheimer's, you will need to make sure that s/he is guided through the process so that s/he doesn't jump out of her skin when it begins.
And guided through use each time.
Imagine how frightening that could be. There are so many with dementia that are terrified of the shower. Then water coming from someplace they cannot see.