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Provide Care to Your Loved Ones At Ease!

There is a new tool in the market that enables you to take care of your disabled loved ones at the comfort of your home by mechanically assisting them in their mobility. You no longer have to be dependent upon nursing homes, hospitals, rehabilitation centres for providing your beloved with proper care. With the help of overhead lifts the caregiver can easily and safely transfer the patient from bed to chair, or bed to bath and vice versa in a comfortable and decent way. The use of overhead lifts have reduced the chances of injuries both of the patient and the caregiver. These overhead lifts comprise of a lifting unit, a sling to place the patient and a track that can be permanent like the fixed ceiling lifts or portable (that can be easily moved) like the free standing ceiling lifts or the portable ceiling lifts, some are even battery operated thus reducing man-power. The different lifts possess different weight lifting capacity varying from 100kgs to 500kgs. They come incorporated w...

Overhead Lifts Pennsylvania - Caring For the Patient and the Caregiver

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Ceiling mounted overhead lifts Pennsylvania are motor operated machines that help raise and lower patients from their beds, bathrooms, toilets and other places within their house without much help from caregivers who sustain severe spine injuries while assisting heavy patients. Overhead Lifts Pennsylvania Research shows that an average nurse carries over a ton of weight daily. Such excruciating work is detrimental to their health and causes unbearable pain in their lower backs over time. A general misconception among caregivers is that younger nurses can handle more weight than older nurses, hence they should be asked to assist heavy patients with their daily activities. In reality, a young nurse is equally exposed to the hazards of a profession related injury as a builder or foreman who has to carry heavy equipment and handle bulky machineries. Overhead lifts Pennsylvania are not expensive of one compares the cost benefits of purchasing a patient lift and the money ...