| Returning to the wheelchair using a mechanical patient lifting device. Call Us Toll Free (866) 8 CARE4U 9 am - 5 PM Pacific Time (which is Toll free (866) 822-7348) Studies in Mechanical Patient Lifting Devices At the Centre for Studies in Aging researchers are looking at the differences between mechanical patient lifting devices and powered mechanical patient lifting devices. The intent is to assess the effort it takes a caregiver to use a mechanical patient lifting devices and a powered mechanical patient lifting devices. The purpose of the study is to provide recommendations for the design of new mechanical patient lifting devices. Also generic guidelines will be provided for the use and design of mechanical patient lifting devices. In the study no worker was asked to lift more than 100 Kg. or more without the proper mechanical patient lifting device. Yet in everyday life nurses and other caregivers often lift more than 100 Kg. without the assistance of mechanical patient lifting devices. Patients are of course are not equipped with handles or built in mechanical patient lifting devices and often their reactions complicate the lifting process. In the US and Canada the staff ratios are decreasing yet the assistance from their patients is not increasing. The result is that nurses experience more injuries and lost time than any other category of worker. Some of this problem could be resolved with mechanical patient lifting devices. This problem of caregiver injury is often intensified at home. Patients are being released from the hospital sooner leaving a family member to care for them. Most homes do not have mechanical patient lifting devices and thus the risk of injury increases amongst family member caregivers without the assistance of mechanical patient lifting devices. Most mechanical patient lifting devices are not suited for home use. The mere size and space required for bariatric mechanical patient lifting devices precludes home use of bariatric mechanical patient lifting devices will be seldom. A good number of admissions to nursing homes is due to a crisis where the caregiver can no longer cope with the needs and health of a loved one. Since more and more people are being cared for at home by family members new mechanical patient lifting devices that could be easily used in a home setting are needed. 1stSeniorCare will continue to seek out the mechanical patient lifting devices that are best for you. Hopefully improved design bariatric mechanical patient lifting devices for home use will soon be available. Read more about mechanical patient lifting devices: a, c, d, e Read more about home medical supply here: a, b, c, d, e Read more about handicapped walker here: a, b, c, d | 
