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The greatest “danger” area for falls is around beds, chairs, toilets, shower chairs—any furniture that requires older people to move (either assisted or independently) from a sitting to a standing position.
It’s long been thought that this was simply due to the frailty that comes with age. But new insights into older people’s mobility has shown that often it’s the height of the bed, chair or other furniture that causes falls,
which is why Compact offers you this simple solution to help you identify, control and correctly modify the height of furniture to suit your individual patients.
Stick-to-Stand enables you or your staff to correctly set a range of furniture, after one simple measurement of a person's lower leg length while they are seated.
With this easy-to-use measuring system, you’ll quickly and accurately measure the height to set a bed, chair or other equipment for each individual—then record the RIGHT height for each patient in a way that can't be ignored.
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See how easily it works:
Get the person to sit down and place their bare feet flat on the floor. |
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Make sure their knee forms a 90-degree angle.
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Use the Stick-to-Stand to measure from floor to knee crease. |
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Adjust the chair, bed or equipment to the height indicated by the Stick-to-Stand. |
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Measurement system developed to minimize the risk of falls and manual handling injuries.
Ensures that adjustable furniture (beds, chairs, commodes, etc.) is set at the correct height for the user.
Facilitates sit-to-stand.
Maintains independent transfer and mobility skills.
Reduces the risk of litigation due to transfer related falls. |
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