Marvel Of The Hoyer Lifts

People with disabilities face unique and often painful challenges every day. Hopping out of bed, running to the restroom, and taking a quick shower are not part of daily activities for the handicapped. Getting out of bed often depends on a caregiver’s arrival. Forget getting up in the middle of the night for a warm glass of milk, when sleep is illusive. Running to the restroom is an unimaginable experience. A seemingly simple fact of life is an exercise in frustration and patience, accompanied by a strong bladder. A shower is a battle against one’s own body to get into position, and maintain balance while getting clean. A quick shower is nothing other than a sponge bath, with no dignity or independence. Therefore, companies like Hoyer have developed a series of lifts to save stress, time, and the inevitable back pain of lifting a severely disabled adult. For the handicapped, the lift lessens the time necessary for personal care, reduces the chance of accidents, and helps movement become a less painful experience.

First, Hoyer has hydraulic ceiling lifts, with a sling to help the disabled out of bed in the morning. Instead of a frustrating daily struggle to lift and pull a loved one into position for transition to a wheelchair, the lift hoists the person up, swings over the chair, and carefully lowers the invalid to the waiting chair. With little or no guidance from the caregiver, the process is cut short, with more time to enjoy the pleasant aspects of life.

Once out of bed, the Hoyer swing lift can hoist the disabled over the commode for easy transfer. In situations where an individual has a little more mobility, Hoyer also makes standing lifts. Although a person can still stand on his/her own feet, ever so briefly, rising from a seated position can be painful, dangerous, or simply impossible. With the standing lift, the handicapped can stand and be transferred to the potty. Any invention providing a little more independence and dignity is worth checking out.

Finally, in order to start the day, even handicapped individuals need a shower. Hoyer again steps up to the plate with two possible solutions. The sling lift is the same style hospitals have been using for decades. The physically challenged are lowered into the tub, bathed, and hoisted out, without ever moving the sling. However, the feeling of the sling is not always comfortable in the bath. Thus, Hoyer has a newer model of bathtub lift. A chair lift is attached to the tub. The chair lifts a person into the tub and back out. The chair is similar in feel to the porcelain finish on bathtubs. Also, the lifts can be attached to the newer shower/baths. The awesome invention can be a shower, or if the person wants to soak in a warm tub, the high sides can be filled to the top for a nice comforting whirlpool bath. With the chairlift, the side entrance to the tub can be circumvented, for the patient who cannot walk or stand.

For many patients, the Hoyer lift is an essential part of every morning routine. From the lift out of bed, to the lift over the commode, to an easier method of bathing, Hoyer seeks to make life a little easier for the elderly and physically disabled. So, before a nasty fall takes someone out of the game of life, let Hoyer step in, and even the playing field.

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