Affordable Home Hospital Beds
In the world of home healthcare, it’s difficult to find options that are of quality and affordable. When looking for beds to take care of people at home; there are a vast amount of styles and options. There are questions that come to mind. For example, how big of a bed do I need?, Do I need a mechanical bed that lifts the head and legs? Should the whole bed move up and down? How accessible are the sheets, pillows, pillow cases and mattresses? Where do I buy mattress protectors? Is the beds movement electrical or manual? There are many questions to ask yourself when purchasing a hospital style bed for the home.
When researching many websites, I’ve come to a couple frequently. They are Buydirect.com and Medmartonline.com. Both offer an array of great options at many different price points. When looking at different websites to buy products consider customer service, delivery options and speed, ease of purchase and quality of product.
I will be focusing on 3 for home hospital beds in my review. The first one is LUMEX Patriot Semi-Electric Homecare Bed. The second one is Drive Medical Med Aire Low Air Loss Mattress Replacement. The third on is Drive Medical Full Electric Ultra Light Plus Hospital Bed. All are excellent beds with a varying of price points. All have an excellent level of quality and usability.
Starting from number 3 the Drive Medical Full Electric Ultra Light Plus Hospital Bed. This is a fairly affordable bed with great utility for the average person that needs to be in bed for extended periods of time. The price point starts at $891.06 and goes up from there. This price point comes with no mattress. A basic foam mattress can be purchased for $137.99 from Drive Medical company. It’s a good quality mattress made of foam and removable cover. The cover is liquid resistant and removable for washing. There are varying degrees of mattresses, but this does the job without breaking the bank. The bed comes with the basics. It has a frame with springs, head and foot board with wood grain appearance. Also, comes with half sized side rails to keep the person in bed from falling out. In addition, the bed can have the head and legs raised up and down. The entire bed can move up and down as well. It comes with a 9v battery incase of a power outage. It will allow up to 9 movements up and down with the battery. The basic dimensions are 88.5 x 35.75 x 35.75 inches. It can hold a weight capacity of 350 pounds.
The number two bed is Drive Medical 14029 Med-Aire Low Air Loss Mattress Replacement System with Alternating Pressure, Blue. The price point starts at $1026.99 and goes up from there. This product comes with an alternating air pressure mattress. This mattress design helps provide alternating pressure and low air loss to optimize pressure redistribution. This helps with managing skin maceration to prevent, treat and manage pressure ulcers in a long term care setting. A digital pump with diagnostic alarms allows for customization for an individual needs. Also, there’s an auto return to alternating pressure mode if system is left on static mode for at least 2 hours and more if necessary. In addition, this system comes with a 24 hour power outage protection. This is so if power is lost, the system can keep alternating mattress pressure. The dimensions are 80″(L) x 36″(W) x 8″(H); Weight Capacity: 450 lbs; Pump Airflow: 8 LPM; Cycle Time: 10, 15, 20, 25 Minutes.
The number one bed is LUMEX Patriot Semi-Electric Homecare. The price point starts at $795.82 and goes up from there. At this price point, the bed does not come with mattress. A basic foam mattress can be purchased for $137.99 from Drive Medical company. It’s a good quality mattress made of foam and removable cover. The cover is liquid resistant and removable for washing. There are varying degrees of mattresses, but this does the job without breaking the bank. The bed comes with the basics. It has a frame with springs, head and foot board with wood grain appearance. Also, comes with half sized side rails to keep the person in bed from falling out. In addition, the bed can have the head and legs raised up and down. The entire bed can move up and down as well. It comes with a 9v battery incase of a power outage. It will allow up to 9 movements up and down with the battery. The basic dimensions are 88.5 x 35.75 x 35.75 inches. It can hold a weight capacity of 350 pounds.
There are always many options available on the market. Many of the ones I’ve seen offer payment options for up to 2 years. Also, you may want to look into the possibility of getting some financial help from Medicare an other insurances. I have personally found after purchasing a home hospital bed; the folks from the company you purchased from usually will put it together for you. Also, will give you a little instruction on how it works.
In conclusion, keep in mind the person for which you are making this purchase. If the person is somewhat mobile, you may be able to get away with a cheaper model. If the person is not able to get in and out of bed on there own; you may want to consider something like option number 2 the Drive Medical 14029 Med-Aire Low Air Loss Mattress Replacement System with Alternating Pressure, Blue. This will provide long term comfort the the person that cannot move much. Also, with help prevent any type of bed sores or ulcerations. In addition, if a person already has some bed sore or ulcerations; this type of bed will help with healing quicker and more consistently.
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