When recovering from medical intervention, or if you are an elderly person with a loss of autonomy, choosing an electric hospital bed can make life easier. It reduces the risk of falls and allows you to regain a little mobility by varying its position thanks to its electric control. A choice that the patient, like his caregivers, will appreciate.

What are the advantages of the electric hospital bed for patients?

The electric hospital bed is generally available on medical prescription. 

There are different models of nursing beds to meet each situation: 

• double hospital bed, 
• single bed, 
• hospital bed for the strong patient, 
• bed for people with Alzheimer's disease

The choice of bed will be specified on the medical prescription made by your doctor. 

The main benefits for patients are:

• Safety: you can vary its height. For an Alzheimer's patient, you can lower the bed as far as possible at night to lessen the shock in the event of a fall. Removable barriers complete this system of variable height to prevent falls.
• Comfort: you will choose a suitable mattress to ensure the comfort of the user. If he has to stay there for long hours, choose an anti-decubitus model. Other equipment can improve comforts such as the gallows for easier lifting, or the overbed table for dining.
• Mobility: thanks to the electric hospital bed, you can easily change your position. The bust lift function will allow you to rise or lie down gently. The manual leg raise allows, as its name suggests, to raise the legs slightly to promote blood circulation. It is also possible to bend it at the knees to adopt a sitting position.

While it is above all medical equipment to ensure the safety of the user, the benefits are also felt on the side of caregivers.

What are the advantages for those around them, relatives and caregivers?

A person with reduced mobility who lives at home is surrounded by caregivers whose health and quality of life must also be preserved. By caregivers, we mean family members, spouses, and children, as well as health professionals.

Often, the family will be able to delegate certain types of daily actions to a caregiver: toilet, meals, cleaning. Care can also be provided at home by a private nurse. In all cases, medical equipment such as an electric hospital bed will facilitate their task.

Both for care and for the toilet, being able to adjust the height prevents the caregiver from breaking his back. Everyone can therefore adjust this height according to the actions they have to perform.

Healthcare beds are often fitted with gallows or lifter. This gives additional support to lift the person and sit him in his wheelchair, for example.

Removable barriers, which ensure patient safety at night, can therefore be lowered during the day to allow family, children, and grandchildren to approach their parent. It's more user-friendly during visits.

The double healthcare bed is made up of two box springs so that the spouse can continue to sleep with his partner who needs such equipment. The couple can therefore continue to live as before.

The electric back lift is a real relief for caregivers. This greatly reduces the physical effort required to help the person find the right position.

The purchase or an electric bed rental is therefore also a way of protecting caregivers. This is particularly important when the primary caregiver is an elderly spouse, who may themselves fall and lose their own autonomy by helping the fragile person.

So there are several types of hospital beds to choose from depending on individual needs. All have in common the concern for the comfort and safety of the patient and those around him. You can go for electric bed rental service or buy your bed, choose a double bed whose variable height is particularly suited to the risk of falling, and additional equipment. The equipment meets specific needs: bust relief, mattress, bed table, cushions: get advice before placing your order.