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Functions available in nursing beds

Choosing the right home care bed for the elderly who are bedridden for a long period of time can make their daily life more convenient and comfortable, as well as reduce the burden of their carers. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the functions of nursing beds. The functions of home care beds are varied and broadly include the following categories:

1.Lifting function：

The nursing bed can be lifted vertically to adjust the height of the bed, making it easy for the elderly to get in and out of bed, breaking the height barrier and reducing the nursing intensity of the caregivers.

2. Back lifting function：

The angle of the head of the bed can be adjusted to relieve the fatigue of patients who have been in bed for a long time, and they can also sit up when eating, reading or watching TV.

3. Sitting posture function：

The nursing bed can be converted into a seating position, which is convenient for the elderly to eat, read and write or wash their feet.

4. Leg Lifting Function：

It can lift up and down both lower limbs to avoid stiffness and numbness of leg muscles and promote blood circulation.

5.Turn over function：

The nursing bed can assist the elderly to turn over from side to side, soothing the body and reducing the nursing intensity of the caregivers.

6. Mobility：

Conveniently movable nursing beds can make it easier for the elderly to enjoy the outdoor scenery and sunbathing, and facilitate the implementation of all-round care.

7. Assistive function：

Nursing beds are equipped with a booster device, which makes it more convenient for the elderly to get up and down from the bed, or to use the force when doing up or lying down.

8.Auxiliary function：

Such as equipped with defecator, hair and foot washing device, movable function table, etc., which is convenient for the elderly to eat and drink, body cleaning, urine and feces care.

Warm tips：

The key to choosing a nursing bed is not the more functions the better, but whether its basic functions can meet the needs of the elderly living and care nursing, and whether it is safe and stable. According to the physical condition of the elderly and the economic situation.

Combined with clinical nursing experience, it is recommended that long-term bed-ridden elderly people choose electric nursing beds with lifting, back lifting, leg lifting, turning, and movable functions, and according to the situation of the elderly and their carers, they can also choose those with sitting, assistive functions, or auxiliary functions; it is recommended that short-term bed-ridden elderly people, such as those who are recovering from bone fracture, should choose manual nursing beds, and if they choose electric nursing beds, they can have the functions of lifting, back lifting, and leg lifting.