A Lift for Every Patient: Gendron Maxi Care Bariatric Lift

Gendron is a company dedicated to making sure that exceptional medical products are available to people of all sizes. They specialize in products that have been uniquely designed to accommodate bariatric patients, including larger and sturdier hospital beds, walkers, commodes, and the Maxi-Care Bariatric Lift.

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The Maxi Care Electric Bariatric Patient Lift is a high-quality patient lift designed to provide a safe and easy way to transfer someone who cannot support their own body weight from one surface to another. It’s a great tool to reduce injuries both to the patient and to the caregiver, and helps maintain an accommodating and inclusive caregiving environment by supporting a weight capacity of either 700 or 1000 pounds.

This makes the Maxi Care the perfect choice for patient transfers in long term care, acute care, and rehabilitation care facilities, as well as for home care use.

Gendron is the Best Choice for Bariatric Patient Safety

Gendron knows all about creating the best bariatric products on the market. The combination of high-quality materials, years of experience, and the expertise of trained craftsmen enables Gendron to create and manufacture superior bariatric medical products. Their Maxi Care Electric Bariatric Patient Lift is one prime example of a product that meets and exceeds the highest medical standards in safety, ease of use, and cost control in the industry. 

The biggest safety concern during transfers is the space between the bed and the patient lift. That concern is greatly diminished when using the Maxi Care lift due to its low, wide chassis with sturdy legs that can be splayed open, or placed in a closed position. This allows caregivers to ensure a safe patient transfer, as the lift can line up flush against a bed, wheelchair, or commode, eliminating the danger area between transfer platforms.

The low clearance of the lift - fitting easily under a bed with only 4.5 inches of clearance - allows the lift to slip easily and safely under most any bed or furniture to promote stability and safe transition.

Another safety feature of the Maxi Care Lift is the easy-to-use handheld remote. It allows a caregiver or medical staff to easily and effectively operate the lift and make minute tracking adjustments for optimal patient positioning, lowering to the desired place with just a push of a button. This also frees up the caregiver’s other hand to maintain safety and comfort, placing it on the patient to reassure them and guide them into the right position.

Gendron also realizes that patient comfort often goes hand-in-hand with patient safety, which is why the Maxi Care lift includes a four-point spreader in its lift design that will comfortably fit and evenly distribute the weight of the patient, while safely lifting and depositing them to the desired area.

Being able to safely and smoothly move a patient to the desired place is easily accomplished with the extra-sturdy swivel casters on the chassis that will provide the caregiver the ability to safely transport a patient to a bathroom or shower area with comfort and ease.

Promote Safety and Reduce Injuries

Studies have proven that manual lifting is the biggest cause of injuries to staff and caregivers in the healthcare setting, and over time an accident will occur with non-mechanical patient lift transfers, leading to pain and suffering on the parts of both the patient and the caregiver. 

As with any on-the-job injury, a medical facility will have to pay workmen’s compensation to the caregiver, and possibly have to deal with a lawsuit from the patient if injuries occur. This is an added cost that can be avoided with using a bariatric patient lift, especially when working with larger bariatric patients when the possibility of injury during medical transfer can become much more difficult and dangerous without mechanical lift assistance.

The Maxi Care Electric Bariatric Patient Lift can provide safe and easy patient transfers, and offers a choice of patient models that can safely lift and transfer a patient weighing up to 700-pounds, or an extra heavy-duty, even sturdier lift that has a 1000-pound weight capacity. This lift is also available with an optional digital weight scale attachment, and a remote charging station, as well as an always-needed spare battery.

Gendron additionally provides specific transferring sling choices of a 700-pound capacity sling, a 1000-pound capacity sling, and a 1000-pound capacity sling with a commode opening for safer and easier hygienic use.

What are Maxi Care Lift users saying?

“I have worked in psychiatric hospitals in the past, and transferring an immobile or non-assistive patient is very difficult and dangerous leading to injuries to myself and other staff. Using the Maxi Care lift is so much safer and easier for everybody involved. I highly recommend any place that works with immobile patients, especially large patients, to purchase this lift. It will save you from workers and patients being injured.”

“My cousin was a very large man, weighing over 600 lbs, and he had a lot of trouble moving. When he was hospitalized he wasn’t able to get out of the bed on his own, but I watched the nursing staff move him with one of these lifts and it seemed so easy and quick. When he moved back home with us, I knew we wanted the same lift they had used, and I was not disappointed."