Bath entry aids
people with disabilities, if you are immobile, it does not always mean that you are in a wheelchair. A person who can only move with the help of crutches or a cane is also disabled. Such a disability can affect old and young people due to illness or an accident. In order to be able to stand up yourself, strength and mobility are required. people with disabilities usually have neither one nor the other. This means that strength and mobility are greatly reduced and sometimes even non-existent in people with disabilities. The use of technical aids in the context of caring for people with disabilities is therefore essential. The variants range from getting up or getting up from a chair, from an armchair, from bed or after a fall from the floor.
Lifting support from a lying position
More of a lifting aid than a standing aid, it is a device that makes it easier for family carers or nursing staff to get the person with a disability up after a fall from a lying position in just a few simple steps. This type of device is foldable. It is possible to lift or stand up a person with a disability with this aid thanks to a type of seat and legs as well as handles that are attached to the backrest area. When folded, this device can be easily positioned under the helpless person lying on the floor by pushing it underneath.
Stand up independently from a chair or armchair
Disabled standing aids are also available for self-use. In the form of a portable sitting or standing aid. This construction is simply placed on a chair or armchair. It is important that the seat is stable. This type of standing aid for people with disabilities can be adjusted to the weight of the user. A mechanism is built into such disabled standing aids that ensures that the user is slowly and carefully brought from a sitting position on a chair or armchair to a standing position.
Transfer aids
standing aids for people with disabilities are also available in the form of a transfer aid. Such an aid is suitable for wheelchair users who need to be helped by the carer to get out of the wheelchair, for example onto the shower chair. Such a transfer aid is very useful if the carer is too weak to lift the person with a disability out of the wheelchair and place them on the bed or shower chair. the person with a disability can participate in getting up or moving within the scope of his or her activity capacity. Such standing aids for people with disabilities have a belt that prevents injuries to wheelchair users and enables the carer to work in a back-friendly manner. Such a construction naturally has a high level of tipping resistance and consists of a support column with a platform, wheels with a parking brake and a multi-grip bar as well as shin supports that are adjustable in height and width. This gives the person with a disability safety.
Make a considered choice
Such standing aids for people with disabilities can be obtained quite cheaply. However, with the large selection of products, it is not easy to find the right assistive device. The standing aid should be selected based on the extent to which the person with a disability has the physical prerequisites for possible assistance. Getting the aid cheaply cannot therefore be the only selection criterion. The aid must also be able to be used appropriately.