Rehab Devices That Make Life Easier

Rehab Devices That Make Life Easier

Lift Chairs & Seats

 

 

Many of my patients, mostly the elderly, have a very difficult time transferring from a seated to a standing position.  This is usually due to weakness of the leg muscles and/or arm muscles (you need your arms to push up from the chair).  There are some common devices on the market that help with this activity.  However, I do find that if people have a choice between 'working' to get out of a chair versus having the chair do the work for them, they choose the easier way.  Unfortunately, if you don't use it, you lose it.  The less you rely on your legs to help with the transfer, the weaker they become.  I always advise my patients to only use a lift seat/chair if they can not get out of a chair any other way.  If it takes a little work to do the transfer on their own, as long as it is still safe, they should do it without mechanical assistance.    

Cheaper of the two options, the seat lift can move from chair to chair and is purchased based on body weight

 

 

The chair lift is expensive but sometimes Medicare will cover a portion of it.  This will actually raise you up until you are almost standing