Staff bottlenecks, or the understaffing of stations are often a major problem for nursing homes. An important factor for profitability therefore saves time. The nursing home care rate today is often around 1 in 10, which means that there are around 10 residents for a caregiver. At night or weekend shifts usually more residents come to a caregiver, since here the staff is reduced again. This increases the risk of accidents enormously. It is therefore important to provide aids that save time in daily care processes.
Aids for more time savings
An effective solution is e.g. the shared SafeFree page backups. Because they can be lowered in less than 2 seconds and thus create a faster access to the resident. Even the raising is done just as fast. In addition, the handling of page backups for operators and caregivers is often a real dilemma, combined with considerable liability risks: „too little page safety“ can lead to serious crash events. On the other hand, „too much site protection“ can legally be considered a deprivation of liberty.
Also practical are so-called express bed extension with which the bed length can be adjusted without tools in no time.
Bed-Exit systems with integrated sensor technology can noticeably improve the level of security, especially for night and weekend shifts with little staff. During sleep, the Bed Exit Assistance System can help reduce the use of page safeties. The freedom of the resident / patient is thus preserved. A night light automatic shows the resident / patient the nightly toilets safely the way. It is automatically activated at the bed exit and goes off when the resident / patient is back in bed. In addition, it is possible to use a nurse call timing to adjust the stepless time interval to the individual mobility gradations of the residents / patients. The weighing of residents can be particularly time-consuming, especially if the repositioning must be done by means of bed lift. For beds with integrated weighing system, this sensor is usually already integrated. In addition, the weight can be measured and documented with you without time-consuming and costly stock transfer.
Automatic positions that can be adjusted with the touch of a button support storage comfort and decubitus prevention – for the benefit of the resident and for relieving the nursing staff. For example, the comfort seat automatic moves the bed to the preset seating position: for comfortable watching TV and reading, for eating or for communicating at eye level. A mobilization with the lifter will be in this position effectively supported. In addition, this position facilitates breathing and digestion, with bedridden residents, spatial perception is exercised and the circulation is stimulated.
