Electric patient lifts, stand-up & power lifters for the disabled

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Electric Patient Lifts

Patient lifts are ideal for transferring a disabled person between their bed and a wheelchair or electric scooter. The major manufacturers of patient lifts are Hoyer and Invacare. Some issues you should consider when purchasing a patient lift:

Degree of lift - most patient lifts are designed to transfer you between your bed and electric wheelchair or scooter. However, some lifts are designed to lift you completely to a standing position.

Mounting style - Patient lift systems can either be frees-tanding units or ceiling-mounted. Free-standing patient lifts can be easily wheeled around but do take up floor space.

Ceiling-mounted patient lifts are installed with one or more tracks. A typical installation consists of a track that extends beyond your bed for setup of a wheelchair and bedside commode. Multi-directional tracks are used if you need to be lifted in different locations of the room. Multiple tracks are used on different floors of your home and have removable motors.

Lift slings - The fit of a sling is important and should allow for positioning into a wheelchair at the same angle or position as when seated in the sling.

Weight - make sure the lift system is designed to support your weight.