Lifting and Transferring

This care issue includes products that assist caregivers with moving and handling residents, such as lifts, with increased safety and efficiency. Products that enable residents to perform transfers more independently, participate in the transfer as much as possible, and engage in bed mobility are also represented.

Adjustable and Comfort Beds (8 products)
Adjustable beds encompass a wide variety of features to include hi/lo and raising a lowering of head and feet.

Barrier Free and ADA Compliant Showers (3 products)
Barrier free and ADA compliant showers offer accessible features such as low threshold heights for wheelchair access and easy step-in, increased clearances, accessible control locations, grab bars, and folding seats.

Bed Mounted Transfer and Repositioning Rails (12 products)
Bed mounted transfer and repositioning rails can either provide support to those who need assistance with transferring in and out of bed, or they assist residents and caregivers with bed mobility and repositioning.

Ceiling Mounted Lifts - Bariatric (6 products)
Bariatric or heavy-duty ceiling mounted lifts are 600 - 1,000 pound weight capacity hoists that are guided by overhead track systems to lift, transfer, and transport heavier residents.

Ceiling Mounted Lifts - Dedicated (4 products)
Dedicated ceiling mounted lifts, also known as overhead lifts and track lifts, consist of a battery powered hoist or cassette that is guided by an overhead track system to lift, transfer, and transport residents with physical limitations to and from a bed, toilet, bath, chair, etc.

Ceiling Mounted Lifts - Portable (6 products)
Portable ceiling mounted lifts are removable battery-powered hoists that can be carried from room to room and attached to multiple overhead track systems to lift, transfer, and transport residents with physical limitations to and from a bed, toilet, bath, chair, and the floor.

Ceiling Pole Grab Bar (7 products)
Ceiling Pole Grab Bars are adjustable transfer poles positioned from floor to ceiling to be used in a variety of areas throughout the house, such as; the bathroom, bedroom, kitchen or beside.

Chair and Bed Risers (3 products)
Chair and Bed Risers, sometimes called furniture risers, are plastic devices that are placed under chair and bed legs to increase their height.

Commodes (35 products)
Commodes provide a toileting option for individuals with limited mobility and for those who have difficulty reaching the bathroom.

Commodes - Heavy Duty/Bariatric (14 products)
Heavy duty and bariatric commodes provide a toileting option for larger residents with limited mobility and for those who have difficulty reaching the bathroom.

Commodes - Powered Assisted (4 products)
Power assisted commodes provide lowering and standing assistance to residents when using the toilet or a bedside commode.

Entrapment Protection Devices (1 products)
Entrapment Protection Devices are used to minimize potential risks for patient entaglement and entrapment in bed.

Gait/Transfer Belts and Garments (15 products)
Gait/Transfer Belts and Garments are worn by the resident to provide caregivers with a secure place to grasp as they guide the resident during transfers and ambulation.

Grab Bars (41 products)
Grab bars are used to provide stability and support with standing and sitting.

Height Adjustable Bath Systems (4 products)
Height adjustable bath systems can be raised and lowered to place the tub at a comfortable working height for caregivers.

In-Tub Bath Lifts (4 products)
In-tub bath lifts are battery- or water-powered lifts that are placed in the tub to create a platform or seating surface onto which a resident transfers.

Lift Chairs (7 products)
Lift chairs are powered recliners that lift and tilt forward, enabling users to stand more easily and lower themselves into a seated position.

Lift Cushions (8 products)
Lift cushions assist individuals with decreased upper and lower body strength to gently lower themselves into a chair or sofa and give them a boost when standing.

Mobile Recumbent Chairs (18 products)
Mobile recumbent chairs, sometimes referred to as geri-chairs or convalescent chairs, are specialized recliners that provide seating for residents who are recovering from illness and residents who have difficulty supporting themselves in a seated position.

Mobile Recumbent Chairs - Heavy Duty/ Bariatric (5 products)
Mobile recumbent chairs, sometimes referred to as geri-chairs or convalescent chairs, are specialized recliners that provide seating for residents who are recovering from illness and residents who have difficulty supporting themselves in a seated position.

Mobile Sling Lifts - Electric (31 products)
Electric sling lifts are battery powered, motorized mobile hoists that are used to raise a resident from one surface and lower the resident onto a chair, bathtub, bed, or other surface by pressing buttons on a lift mounted or handheld control panel.

Mobile Sling Lifts - Heavy Duty/ Bariatric (16 products)
Heavy duty or bariatric sling lifts are battery powered, motorized mobile hoists that are used to raise heavier residents from one surface and lower them onto a chair, bathtub, bed, or other surface by pressing buttons on a lift mounted or handheld control panel.

Mobile Sling Lifts - Hydraulic (8 products)
Hydraulic sling lifts are mobile hoists that are manually pumped to raise a resident from one surface and maneuvered into place, where a pressure valve is released to lower the resident onto a chair, bathtub, bed, or other surface.

Pool Lifts (9 products)
Pool lifts are water-powered lifting devices that provide increased access to in-ground and above-ground pools, therapy pools, and spas for individuals with limited mobility.

Raised Toilet Seats and Toilet Risers (35 products)
These devices raise the height of the toilet seat to assist residents with sitting onto and standing up from the toilet.

Recumbent Bath Lifts (2 products)
Recumbent Bath lifts serve the dual purpose of transporting a resident to the bathing area and supporting the resident's full body in a reclined position as they are lowered in to the tub, bathed, and raised from the tub.

Shower Trolleys and Gurneys (8 products)
Shower trolleys and gurneys serve the dual purpose of transporting the resident to the bathing area and acting as surface to support an individual's entire body in a lying position during showering.

Shower/Commode Chairs (31 products)
Shower/commode chairs, also known as combi-chairs, typically serve three purposes; transporting residents to toilet and shower areas, a commode/raised toilet seat, and a seating surface during showers.

Side and Front Opening Bathtubs (11 products)
Side or front opening bathtubs have side or front entry/exit panels that provide residents with easier access to the tub.

Sit-in Bath Lifts (3 products)
Sit-in bath lifts provide a mechanism to support residents in a sitting position as they are lowered into a tub, bathed, and raised from the tub.

Standing Assist Devices (18 products)
Stand Assist Devices are used to raise residents who have some weight-bearing capacity to a standing position for transfers, cleaning, and dressing.

Transfer and Repositioning Aids (1 products)
Transfer and repositioning aids can be described as assistive devices to enable an individual to become more independent with transferring and/or repositioning self for increased bed mobility or in sitting positions with greater ease.

Transfer and Repositioning Sheets and Platforms (22 products)
Transfer and repositioning sheets assist caregivers with providing lying lateral transfers of non-weight-bearing and partial weight-bearing residents with less friction.

Transfer Benches (22 products)
Similar to tub and shower chairs, transfer benches provide a seating surface during showering.

Transfer Boards (8 products)
Transfer boards assist residents with limited mobility but good sitting balance to transfer from one surface to another of similar height (bed to wheelchair, wheelchair to toilet, wheelchair to car seat, etc,).

Transfer Discs (5 products)
Transfer discs are circular, rotating devices with a non-skid bottom that are used when performing stand-pivot transfers.

Trapeze Equipment (9 products)
Trapeze equipment can provide assistance to both the resident and caregiver by enabling residents with appropriate cognition and upper body strength to participate in bed mobility and repositioning.

Tub and Shower Chairs (48 products)
Tub and shower chairs provide residents who have low endurance, decreased balance, and difficulty standing with a seating surface during showers.

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