| The comfortable Homecare adjustable bed. Call Us Toll Free (866) 8 CARE4U 9 am - 5 PM Pacific Time (which is Toll free (866) 822-7348) Home Care Adjustable Bed Home Care adjustable beds, adjustable beds, and hospital beds all have some common characteristics. The most common characteristic of adjustable beds is the main purpose to make people comfortable. For the rapidly growing senior population and other individuals home care is often preferred. Most seniors would rather be in an adjustable bed in their own home than in a hospital. Adjustable beds can often lighten the load on the caregiver. If a person, with an adjustable bed can change their own position this accomplishes several things. First it reduces the risk of caregiver injury. If the person in the adjustable bed is completely unable to move themselves then they are always relying on someone else and the more that someone else helps, the greater the risk of injury. Most of us have little or no training in the proper and safe way to move a patient. The adjustable bed helps eleviate some of that problem. Second, the adjustable bed offers immediate assistance to the user. These electrically powered adjustable beds operate quietly at the touch of a button. A minor adjustment to position in an adjustable bed is at the whim of the user. Some of the long term advantages to an adjustable bed are: promoting a quicker recovery but helping to improve muscle tone. Adjustable beds with the proper mattress also reduce the risk of pressure sores, loss of bone mass, and pneumonia. Adjustable beds can also reduce the number of staff in an institution or professional home care. Since the person can change their position themselves there is less need for personal help. There are different types of mattresses for the adjustable bed. Some help reduce pressure sores. Other mattresses provide a softer support. There have been instances where people in institutions have fallen out of adjustable beds because the mattress height exceeded the bed rail height. Some very new and exciting mattress for adjustable beds actually help to keep the person from falling out of bed (passive containment). So whether you are looking for an adjustable bed to improve your sleep, or to reduce pressure ulcers, and just to provide a comfortable adjustable bed for some one in a home health care situation, 1stSeniorCare has the adjustable bed for you. Read more about adjustable beds here: a, b, d, e Read more about handicapped walker here: a, b, c, d, e |