Hospital Beds
How Can Hospital Beds Help A Hospice Patient?
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Hospice care focuses on the medical care, comfort, and quality of life of someone approaching the end of their life. As such, many of these facilities rely on comfortable care beds. The best option for hospice patients and their caregivers is a hospital bed. If you have a loved one in hospice care, you may even get to choose their bed to improve the level of care they may need. How can a hospital bed help a hospice patient?
Quality of life is essential in a hospice. A hospital bed is the best option because it’s a piece of medical equipment with many features and accessories that maximize personal safety and mobility. In contrast to standard beds found in most homes, a hospital bed is specifically designed to provide a secure, stable, and comfortable environment for rest, healing, and recovery.
If a patient is having difficulty getting in and out of a regular bed, a hospital bed can provide a safer and easier way for a patient to receive care. It can also remove conventional barriers, making assisting with dressing and changing the bed linens easier for the health care providers and personal support workers in charge of care.
One function is the hi-lo feature. A health care professional would lower the bed for several reasons. During sleep, they would lower the surface to prevent injury should the patient fall out of bed. Additionally, they can lower the bed so the patient can safely exit, reducing the risk of a patient stumbling and suffering an injury when trying to exit.
Hospital beds come with side rails that the user or their caregiver can adjust to provide assistance and reduce the risk of falling out of bed. These assist rails may also ensure the hospice resident can make a safe entry or exit from their bed. Stable assist rails are necessary for support if the hospice resident has difficulty getting up. It’s especially crucial for users such as the elderly who cannot get a proper grip for standing.
Hospice health aides often find hospital beds more helpful than flat beds and conventional adjustable models. They learn the proper body mechanics on how to move or transfer a patient to reduce the risk of injury; using the patient’s upper body strength and hospital bed, the caregiver stays in the proper position.
The SonderCare hospital bed is more adjustable than conventional options, letting the caregiver assist the user when they require palliative care services or must get out of bed. By adjusting the back and knees – combined with the hi-lo functionality – the caregiver can place the bed in a position that lets them avoid strains and stress injuries. It makes many jobs easier, including changing the bed linens, giving the hospice resident a bed shower, and helping reposition the user in bed.
Standard mattresses that you’ll find in most conventional beds might feel comfortable, but people who use their bed most of the day can quickly develop painful complications. Most often, these are pressure sores and ulcers that develop on parts of the body where the bone is close to the skin’s surface. The common problem areas include the tailbone, hips, heels, shoulder blades, and the back of the head.
Hospital beds use a type of mattress called a pressure redistribution mattress to prevent the formation of bed sores in users who find themselves restricted to their resting spot for most of the day. These specialized mattresses disperse the compression by providing alternating pressure through air chambers to other body parts. The mattress also contours to the care bed in ways conventional mattresses could never support.
Hospice care must prioritize the patient’s supportive care, and the bed one chooses impacts their comfort, symptom management, and quality of life. The SonderCare line can help your loved ones should they need a high-quality hospice bed. Designed to conform to the latest international standards, our stylish, innovative beds will provide your loved one with a greater sense of safety, comfort, and independence than standard flat or adjustable beds – no matter the setting.
Your loved one should roll to the side where you are rolling while you move to the side where you are rolling. Instruct them to lie on their backs with their knees bent and their arms folded across their bodies. While keeping their knees bent, have them roll towards you. Place your hands on their hips and shoulders gently to guide them towards you.
Is homebound care required for hospice patients? The answer is no. A hospice patient is not bedridden or housebound just because they receive hospice care. Living to the fullest should always be the goal of hospice care patients.
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