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How to Choose the Best Hospital Bed Mattress for Home

How to Choose the Best Hospital Bed Mattress for Home
By Hulet Smith, OT

Choosing the correct mattress for a home hospital bed helps ensure proper rest for the patient, eliminate strain on caregivers, and address physical issues like safety, pain, and pressure ulcers. With so many options and design features, choosing the best hospital mattress for home use depends on the user’s health, what features will provide the most comfort, and the budget. Our product experts give their top selections in this article.


Are Adjustable Beds Good for the Elderly?

Are Adjustable Beds Good for the Elderly?
By Heather Collins, MSN, RN, CNOR

Adjustable beds offer an excellent option for elderly individuals struggling with sleeplessness, neck and back pain, arthritis, asthma, sleep apnea, acid reflux, snoring, balance problems, muscle weakness, Restless Leg Syndrome, or any other conditions that could benefit from a more comfortable sleep. Getting adequate and restful sleep enhances one's mood, brain function, and overall health, while insufficient quality sleep heightens the likelihood of cardiovascular problems, strokes, obesity, and dementia.


Are Bed Rails Safe for the Elderly?

Are Bed Rails Safe for the Elderly?
By Heather Collins, MSN, RN, CNOR

Adding bed rails allows individuals to maintain greater independence with less assistance while aging in place. It's crucial to choose the appropriate type of bed rail based on individual needs and preferences and to use them safely and effectively to avoid injury or accidents.


Gel-Prevented Bedsores: Mattress Toppers [An Expert Nurse Recommends]

Gel-Prevented Bedsores: Mattress Toppers [An Expert Nurse Recommends]
By Heather Collins, MSN, RN, CNOR

It is crucial to prioritize the prevention of bedsores, especially for individuals who spend prolonged periods lying in bed. One effective way to prevent skin breakdown and bedsores are by using a gel mattress topper. Our collection of high-quality gel mattress toppers caters to various preferences and budgets, ensuring that you can find the perfect fit for your needs.


How to Choose the Best Bed Alarm for Elderly Patients

How to Choose the Best Bed Alarm for Elderly Patients
By Heather Collins, MSN, RN, CNOR

It's crucial to implement fall prevention measures for the elderly, and bed alarms can significantly improve safety. However, with the plethora of options available, it's essential to customize the selection based on the patient's specific needs and risk factors. This approach can offer both the patient and their caregivers the reassurance and peace of mind they require.


Top 5 Low Air Loss Mattresses

Top 5 Low Air Loss Mattresses
By Hulet Smith, OT

Low air-loss mattresses can get you back on the road to good health, delivering optimal pressure reduction to prevent, treat, and more effectively heal pressure injuries. Optimizing recovery for people of all ages: low air loss (LAL) mattresses also reduce moisture, shearing, and friction, providing exceptional healing support for burn injuries, circulatory disorders, and wound care management. Our product experts give their top five selections in this article.


The 7 Best Full-Electric Hospital Beds For Home Use

The 7 Best Full-Electric Hospital Beds For Home Use
By Mike Price, OT

If you have a medical condition or are recovering from an illness or injury, a comfortable bed creates an environment most conducive to your overall well-being. A full-electric hospital bed at home contributes to user comfort and safety. Our product experts give their top 7 selections in this article.


Top 6 Best Hospital Bed Trapezes - [Updated for 2022]

Top 6 Best Hospital Bed Trapezes - [Updated for 2022]
By Hulet Smith, OT

Hospital bed trapezes are important medical equipment that helps optimize patient safety and comfort while in bed. Reducing the need for caregiver assistance, which also helps mitigate the occurrence of caregiver injuries, bed trapeze systems are ideal for people of any age who require assistance to move around in bed. Our product experts give their top 6 selections in this article.


A Halo Safety Ring Review: An OT's Advice to Gain Independence with Bed Mobility

A Halo Safety Ring Review: An OT's Advice to Gain Independence with Bed Mobility
By Mike DeWilde, OTR/L

The Halo Safety Ring provides a unique, sturdy, and customizable option for manual assistance with bed mobility and transfers. It eliminates various zones of entrapment, gives the user increased confidence with rolling and sitting, and attaches to a variety of home and hospital frames, making it a highly useful tool for modifying bed systems. Check out what customers and this Occupational Therapist think of this product!


Top 10 Adjustable Beds for Seniors [Updated for 2022]

Top 10 Adjustable Beds for Seniors [Updated for 2022]
By Jeanine Clancy, MEd, BSN, RN

The ability to change positions with an adjustable bed helps prevent pressure wounds that come from being immobile and allows for more comfortable sleeping with a bed that can be positioned for optimal comfort and support. An adjustable bed also makes it easier and safer for people to get in and out of bed who are struggling with mobility, strength, and balance issues. Our product experts give their top 10 selections in this article.


7 Best Hospital Bed Mattresses - [Updated for 2022]

7 Best Hospital Bed Mattresses - [Updated for 2022]
By Brittany Ferri, OTR/L

If you or a loved one is increasing the amount of time spent in a hospital bed due to reduced mobility, it’s important to choose a supportive mattress that will promote rest and decrease the chances of developing a pressure injury. Our product experts give their top 7 selections in this article.


4 Experts Share Their Insights in Choosing a Hospital Bed

4 Experts Share Their Insights in Choosing a Hospital Bed
By Mike Price, OT

Choosing the best hospital bed for home use is a big decision that can have a huge impact on the user’s quality of life. Our product experts give their top recommendations in this article.


Top 5 Best Pressure Relief Mattress Toppers - [Updated for 2022]

Top 5 Best Pressure Relief Mattress Toppers - [Updated for 2022]
By Mike Price, OT

Bedsores can develop in less than a week of lying or sitting in the same position. It’s crucial to prevent these painful pressure injuries by employing a pressure relief support surface. One of the most inexpensive but still highly effective ways to do this is with a high-quality pressure relief mattress topper. Our product experts give their top recommendations in this article.


How Much Does a Hospital Bed Cost? [ANSWERED]

How Much Does a Hospital Bed Cost? [ANSWERED]
By Mike Price, OT

A home hospital bed is an investment in wellness, and choosing the best option for your situation will contribute to quality sleep and better overall health. Rehabmart offers a complete line of hospital beds, mattresses, bedding, and accessories. Our product experts give their top recommendations in this article.


What is the Trendelenburg Position Used For?

What is the Trendelenburg Position Used For?
By Mike Price, OT

Use of equipment offering Trendelenburg positioning might be appealing to manage hypotension, increase circulation, and encourage relaxation, or relieve tension in the legs and spine. Use of the Trendelenburg Position should be closely monitored by a physician, so your doctor should be consulted with any questions you have about purchasing a product to use for Trendelenburg positioning. Our product experts give their top recommendations in this article.

 


Top 5 Hospital Bed Sheets [Updated for 2022]

Top 5 Hospital Bed Sheets [Updated for 2022]
By Hulet Smith, OT

Hospital beds are sized a bit differently than the typical twin, full, queen, and king-sized beds, so they require specially-designed sheets made just for hospital bed mattresses. Because they’re available in a wide variety of sizes, styles, materials, and other different design components. Our product experts give their top five selections in this article.

 


How to Choose Hospital Bed Sheets and Bedding

How to Choose Hospital Bed Sheets and Bedding
By Mike Price, OT

Quality sleep is an important component to optimal health, so creating the best sleep environment possible contributes significantly to overall wellbeing. People who spend a lot of time in hospital beds also need to be comfortable when they’re not sleeping. Choosing the correct bedding can have a noticeable impact on the comfort level and potential skin issues that come from spending a significant amount of time in bed. Our product experts give their top recommendations in this article.


Innovative Adjustable Hospital Beds by Med-Mizer

Innovative Adjustable Hospital Beds by Med-Mizer
By Hulet Smith, OT

What turns a good hospital bed into a GREAT hospital bed? Take a brief look at how Med-Mizer flawlessly combines comfort, style, and safety into their innovative hospital beds for home care. You have never seen hospital beds like this before! 


How to Choose the Best Pressure Relief Mattress

How to Choose the Best Pressure Relief Mattress
By Megan Smith, PT

Pressure relieving mattresses are an essential tool for the management of pressure ulcers. With high levels of support for the head and body relieving stress on pressure points, they also increase patient comfort for anyone suffering from pressure ulcers. Our product experts give their top recommendations in this article.


Ultimate Guide to Hospital Beds & Mattresses for Home Care

Ultimate Guide to Hospital Beds & Mattresses for Home Care
By Mike Price, OT

Caring for a loved one at home can be overwhelming. Choosing the right equipment to provide that care shouldn’t be. We’ve compiled this guide to help you navigate through the options available and the features to consider when it’s time to choose a homecare hospital bed. we’ve equipped you to make informed purchasing decisions for this important piece of medical equipment. Our product experts give their top selections in this article.


How to Choose a Hospital Bed for Home Use

How to Choose a Hospital Bed for Home Use
By Hulet Smith, OT

Choose the options in a home hospital bed that best meets your needs for comfort and care, to ensure the best possible, and most healing and restorative sleep you can get. We’ve gone over the types of hospital beds. Our product experts give their top selection in every type of hospital beds in this article.


5 Best Side Rails for Homecare Hospital Beds

5 Best Side Rails for Homecare Hospital Beds
By Mike Price, OT

To provide balance and support for people who are at risk for falling but who want to maintain some of their personal independence, side rails for homecare hospital beds are a great solution. Our product experts give their top five selections in this article.


The 5 Best Pressure Relief Mattresses

The 5 Best Pressure Relief Mattresses
By Mike Price, OT

Bedridden patients, especially those who are partially or completely immobile, are at risk for decubitus ulcers - more commonly known as pressure ulcers, or bedsores.

Early use of a pressure relief mattress system can prevent small ulcers from becoming blisters and infected wounds. 


Top 5 Overbed Tables

Top 5 Overbed Tables
By Mike Price, OT

Overbed tables are the perfect way for people to stay active even while in bed, but not all tables are created equal. We reviewed some of the best on the market to determine which overbed table strikes the perfect balance of form and function. Read more to find out what we learned.


The Best Adjustable Bed For Seniors: Med-Mizer Pivot Bed vs. GreatLife Rotor Assist

The Best Adjustable Bed For Seniors: Med-Mizer Pivot Bed vs. GreatLife Rotor Assist
By Hulet Smith

Pivot beds can make the process of getting out of bed safe and comfortable for elderly or injured patients. The Med-Mizer PR1000 and the Great Life Rotor Assist are two of the most popular and high-quality pivot beds on the market. Both have unique features and benefits, but the Great Life Rotor Assist offers the patient the most independence for the lowest unit price.