Patients WIth Limited Mobility Put Strain On Caregivers

     Taking care of a loved one with limited mobility can be difficult. You may have to make some changes to your home to provide access to home health care equipment. These can include simple changes like rearranging your furniture to provide access to wheelchairs or difficult and expensive home modifications like a wheelchair lift or ramp on the outside of your home.
     In the bedroom, limited mobility means difficulty getting in and out of bed as well as accessing the bathroom. A patients ability to get in and out of bed is crucial to their care. Bedridden patients face health risks like pressure ulcers, pneumonia, depression, sleep problems and loss of appetite. This scenario can present more problems when the designated caregiver is unable to physically assist in the patient transfer.

Traditional Hoyer Patient Lift

     Traditional or "Hoyer" patient lifts are floor-based and are either manual (pump) or electric. The Hoyer lifts need to be physically moved next to the bed to receive the patient and then moved again away from the bed to place the patient in a wheelchair or commode chair. This can be extremely difficult in a standard-sized bedroom, with limited room to negotiate, and with a single caregiver, who may not have the physical ability to move the lift with the patient in it.
     Hospitals and Nursing Homes use Hoyer lifts because they are required to have a certain number of staff for each patient. Rooms at these facilities are often bigger, contain less furniture and do not have carpet to make patient transfers easier. A growing trend in these facilities is to use a overhead track system that attaches to the ceiling and staff use portable patient lift motors to transfer patients. These types of systems can be very expensive to install in private homes as physical modifications to the home are necessary.

Traxx Mobility Systems Titan 500 Overhead Patient Lift

     The Traxx Mobility Systems Titan 500 Overhead Patient Lift was designed to address all the issues above. The Titan 500 is a freestanding overhead track patient lift system. It fits in the bedroom, does not attach to the home in any way and allows a single caregiver to transfer a patient in and out of bed. The lift motor is fully rechargeable, rated up to 500 pounds and glides along the overhead track with a gentle push from the caregiver. The system is quick and easy to install and a breeze to maintain. It provides a stress-free transfer experience for the patient and a strain-free transfer for the caregiver.
      The Titan 500 is the most affordable patient lift system on the market. View our website for more information or contact us to purchase. Traxx Mobility Systems is lifting the standard on home care.