Whether you’re aging or are coping with an injury or ailment, it always feels best when you’re in your own home.
Luckily home medical equipment is available to help you with just about any navigation, safety, or comfort issue that you may encounter.
Let’s take a look at how you might put home medical equipment to work in your own house.
Bathroom Safety Equipment
The bathroom is one of the most dangerous rooms in any home.
From grab bars to bath steps to walk-in tubs, you can easily and quickly improve the safety and accessibility of your bathroom.
Homecare Beds
Homecare beds are adjustable to make residing at home more comfortable.
These beds are often on wheels for easy maneuverability and can be positioned so that they are close to the floor to make getting into and out of bed easier.
Patient Lifts
Patient lifts are a necessary piece of equipment when someone in the home has limited mobility.
Patient lifts help to keep both the caregiver and the patient safe during patient transfers.
Lifts vary in style, from mobility lifts designed to support a patient’s entire weight to stand-up lifts designed to support weight-bearing patients partially.
Ramps
Ramps can make a house wheelchair accessible.
From complete ramp setups designed to travel up and over a short staircase to smaller ramps that are lightweight and portable for convenience when traveling, there is sure to be a ramp available to suit your particular needs.
Stairlifts
Staircases can be dangerous and impossible to navigate for someone with limited mobility, weakness, or balance issues.
Stairlifts make the upper level of your home accessible again.
They are convenient, easy to use, and designed to stay out of the way when not in use.
Walking Aids
For patients with partial mobility, walking aids can lend stability, support, and safety.
Walking aids include walkers, canes, crutches, and rollators.
Walking aids can be useful in recovering from an injury though they are also long-term solutions for anyone who needs extra support.
Wheelchairs and Power Wheelchairs
Wheelchairs and power wheelchairs provide mobility for patients who cannot walk on their own.
Wheelchairs and power wheelchairs come with various features, from size to wheel design to seat support to travel capacity for battery-powered models.
Scooters
Scooters can improve your mobility, both in the house and while out running errands.
Mobility scooters are built to be compact and have a tight turning radius so that they can be used to navigate the tight corners and spaces in your average home.
Battery-powered scooters are easy to travel and are built for use indoors, outdoors, or in both settings.
There is a wide range of home medical equipment available to suit just about anyone’s needs.
Thanks to this medical equipment, you can stay in your own home, even when restricted by mobility issues or other health conditions.
