Homecare Bed

Your Homecare Bed Is The Key To Your Patient Environment

The key component for a patient care environment at home or in nursing homes and assisted living is the homecare bed you provide.  These specially constructed beds allow you to position the bed in more comfortable areas more easily than a standard bed. They also provide easy touch controls that allow you to adjust both the head and the foot of the bed as needed.  Sometimes the height of the bed requires raising or lowering to provide the best safety.  This is also easily done either by button or manually if you have a semi-electric model.

The WhisperLite II Semi-electric hospital bed is one of the quietest and lightest beds available for patient homecare.  This model costs around $600.  A full electric version of this bed is also available for around $850.  Today we are also challenged with bariatric needs.  However, a full electric bariatric bed is available for around $2000.  The weight capacity is around 600 pounds but if needed beds can be found with the capacity of 1000 pounds.  Steel construction makes these beds perfect for the special needs.

Don't forget the needed accessories.  Some companies offer packages including the homecare bed, mattress and rails.  In addition to these items the most used accessory is the overbed table.  This table meets multiple needs for the patient.  It makes reading, writing, eating and using a computer possible while confined during recovery time.  With cost sometimes being a major factor in these situations manual beds can be found which help in saving some money.  When choosing a manual bed be aware that you need someone available who is able to maneuver the bed for the patient.

To make it clear, these are the choices for your homecare bed. The full-electric bed where the head, feet, and height of the bed is easily adjusted with touch controls.  The semi-electric bed has the touch control for raising and lowering the head and feet.  However, the height of the bed is adjusted manually with a hand crank.  Of course, the manual bed is completely controlled manually with the use of a hand crank.  This information should be helpful in your decision to provide great home health care.