Product Listing - High-Low Adjustable Beds

Product Listing – High-Low Adjustable Beds

Description

The FDA has issued recommendations to help you make the right decision for keeping the person safe while in and getting out of bed. One of the recommendations is to use special high-low hospital beds. These beds can be raised for transferring and caregiving tasks and lowered close to the floor for sleeping. It’s believed that even if a person would attempt to rise independently, he or she would be unable to do so. If the person were to roll out of bed, risk of injury is less because the bed is close to the floor – some bed frames are as low as seven inches (without the mattress) above the floor. Be sure that the wheels are locked when the person is in bed or getting in and out of bed.

Many beds are advertised as low beds even though they only lower to 14 or 18 inches above the floor. Below are the two lowest beds we know of on the market today. Keep in mind that a fully electric high-low bed is the easiest to operate.

Talk to your healthcare provider and local home health stores to see if this bed is covered under Medicare. For more information on high-low beds, click here.

The Arro Bed

	MANUFACTURER
	Invacare This bed has a low bed frame height of 6-3/4" (without mattress) and high bed frame height of 33" (without mattress).
	COST
	$1,539 and up depending on features ordered.
	VENDORS
	Invacare

EasyCare 3 Bed

	MANUFACTURER
	Joerns Healthcare This bed has a low bed frame height of 8 - 1/4 inches (without mattress) and high bed frame height of 26 inches (without mattress).
	COST
	$1,400 to $1,500 depending on features ordered.
	VENDORS
	Joerns Healthcare

DISCLAIMER

The listing of these products is for informational purposes and individuals must use their own caution and judgment when using these resources. Functional levels and changes in judgment and reasoning are highly variable in people with dementia. Interventions must be individualized and continually assessed because those that are effective for some individuals may only work briefly and may not work at all for others.