Electric Beds Give More Comfort And Lessen Risk Of Injury

2007-03-08 10:33:40

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Fully adjustable beds have been a big help to people with disabilities, and to caregivers attending them. But you would have difficulty with manually operated fully adjustable beds because you would need a stout forearm to turn the hand cranks yourself.

The basic usefulness of fully adjustable beds has led to the development of the fully adjustable electric beds. You can adjust fully adjustable beds in three ways: the bed height; the angles at both ends, for the head and for the foot.

Electric beds allow people with disabilities to make adjustments without assistance from anybody, since manufacturers have fitted them with electric motors operated by remote control. In times when you need to assist them, electric beds spare you from the risk of injury due to operating cranks manually.

Users particularly like the angle adjustments possible in fully adjustable electric beds. They feel quite comfortable as they can change positions more frequently. Through adjustments in the head or foot angle, you can help them relieve pressure points and minimize the possibilities of developing bed sores.

Users with disabilities may also define their comfort in terms of quality of life benefits, since they can use the adjustable features of the bed to help them perform such meaningful activities as reaching for something or dressing.

Note that it is the adjustable positions that give them the comfort, not necessarily the quality of the bed's surface; mattress comforts are what you would obtain from feather beds, stompa beds or tempurpedic beds.

If you are assisting the patient, the height adjustment features in electric beds allow you to have optimal working levels. You thus minimize the strain of constant bending forward and other movements needed to provide care. The adjustable heights, by the way, enable patients to get on or off the bed more easily.


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