It is a great tool for in home use or for aiding patients within a medical facility.
Products to help people get off the floor.
The floor mobility aid helps patients get up on their own but they are also helpful for caregivers.
Being a physical therapist i always prefer that the fallen person find a way off the floor themselves when able to do so.
This is enough to get mum off the ground and comfortable until she s ready to be transferred into a chair or has a comfy place for a rest.
I saw a device the other day on the web that is essentially a set of three vinyl steps.
A lot of people spent a day or more on the floor waiting for someone to hear or find them.
Fortunately most senior falls do not result in significant injuries but an estimated 20 do result in some form of trauma to the fallen.
It is ideal for those with limited mobility.
He is a big man and i am a small woman.
Resqup floor recovery mobility aid is designed to allows users support when getting up from the floor.
Then the first 2 slide underneath to fascilitate standing up.
The person on the floor just needs some help getting back on their feet.
Multiple therapists have ordered multiple grabbers for me but frankly even the one that i called the best was only because it had a larger magnet and could pick up a larger paper clip.
Thank good ness for resqup it worked perfect for us.
They slide into each other.
My husband fell today he was unhurt and we used this to get him off the floor and into a chair.
They all wanted to know what can i do next time if it happens again i hope this video will help inspire more people come up with their own creative ideas when they look at the environment around them in order to find a way to get up or get help sooner.
Without buying devices i can bring my sturdy footstool in behind the elder and with a hand under the left armpit and a right hand under the thigh i can.
Evacuation and floor recovery devices are particularly useful in helping a person who has fallen and cannot be lifted up even with the help of a caregiver.
This is far better than having their caregiver or loved one risk getting hurt while assisting the fallen person in floor recovery.
If we hadn t had this we would have had to call 911 just to have someone come out and help me lift him off the floor.
The indeelift human floor lift hfl is a revolutionary product that assists individuals who have fallen to the floor and struggle to get up.
Since losing my legs back in 2006 i ve tried practically every reacher grabber geezer tweezer to be found.
Evacuation and floor recovery with regard to the elderly particularly when lifting the person off the floor can be challenging for various reasons.
One which comes quite high off the ground.
The elder climbs back onto one step then another then the third.