Lift Selection Guide

Lift Selection Guide

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DIRECT SUPPLY MAKES

EQUIPMENT SELECTION EASY

With the variety of choices today, it can be difficult to identify the right equipment for your community. That’s why Direct Supply helps you sort through all the features and models available to find equipment that will get the job done for the right value.

Direct Supply has a vast selection of lifts and transfer devices so you can find the right match for your requirements. And with 30 years of devotion to the Senior Living profession, we have the knowledge to help you make the best decision. This Lift Selection Guide outlines the key

considerations that can help you identify the right model for your staff and residents. And once you’ve identified the exact lift you need, we make it easy for you to place your order with delivery and installation services, budget-friendly financing options and a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Period.

Keep your community safe

BENEFITS OF SAFE LIFTING

PRACTICES IN YOUR COMMUNITY

As acuities continue to rise and surveyors continue to cite F-Tag 323 (Accidents), it’s becoming increasingly important that every community establish and promote ergonomic and injury prevention programs.

By using your lifts properly and consistently, you can help create a strong culture of safety in your healthcare community. Your use of lifts can have a tremendous effect on both the residents’ and employees’ safety and the promotion of residents’ range of motion, strength and independence.

Help Support Your Residents and Staff in Safer Lift Transferring:

• Reduce the potential for lifting-related resident incidents and injuries

• Reduce the daily strain on caregivers’ bodies • Reduce the related insurance expenses • Quality of care and better resident outcomes • Safety of residents and employees

• Staff recruitment and retention

• Community marketability (resident admissions) • Control over employee injury and medical

malpractice expenses

The Direct Supply difference

Call your account manager at 1-800-634-7328 for the best lift options to keep your staff and residents safe!

DID YOU KNOW

...

ON AVERAGE

,

25%

OF

WORKER COMPENSATION CLAIMS

are a result of resident-handling injuries?

These claims can cost more than

$15,000 EACH

and risk the safety

Understanding Lift Components

Base Widening Legs

The right lift depends on your residents’ unique needs and usage scenarios in your community. Be sure to consider factors such as the ADL needs and unique characteristics of your resident population, the physical layout of the facility, the number and type of lifts currently in inventory, and any additional equipment that is required to meet resident needs. Below you’ll find helpful advice for determining which lifts and lifting equipment may meet the specific needs of your community.

1. LIFT TYPE

Nonpowered Stand Aids FIG.1

• For residents who require minimal assistance • Allows for quick and easy transfers

• Features a compact design • Requires minimal training for staff

Sit-to-Stand Lifts FIG.2

• For residents who demonstrate some weight-bearing ability or upper-body strength • More dignified and conducive to resident involvement

• Easier and faster to use than floor lifts • Features a small footprint for easy storage

• Ideal for use in resident rooms, toilet areas, bathing areas and common areas

Floor Lifts FIG.3

• For residents who cannot support their own weight • Assists fallen residents off the floor

• Vertical style lifts residents straight up and down for easier positioning

• Ideal for lifting residents from the floor, beds, chairs, toilet/bathing areas and more

• With the use of a scale, allows you to easily weigh residents during lifting and transfer activities

Ceiling Lifts FIG.4

• Idea for resident, therapy and tub rooms; can be permanent or portable • Features weight capacities of up to 1,000 lbs.

• Reduces caregiver strain • Offers expanded lift range

Key Considerations

FIG.2 FIG.3 _FIG.4

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2. WEIGHT CAPACITY

Lifts with higher weight capacities can accommodate a wider variety of residents. But as the weight capacity increases, so does the size of the lift. This can limit the lift’s usefulness in tight spaces, such as bathrooms. Consider weight capacities as well as space constraints when selecting lifts for your community.

3. BASE WIDENING (POWERED VS. MANUAL)

Powered base widening only requires the push of a button for the least amount of stress on the caregiver. Manual base widening, whether by hand-shift lever or foot pedal, places some strain on the caregiver. Hand-shift lever base widening has the most potential to cause stress, especially when there is weight in the sling. Foot pedal manual base widening uses the caregiver’s weight to widen the base, limiting back and shoulder strain.

4. BASE CLEARANCE

To maximize effectiveness, lifts should fit under existing beds. If you have low beds in your community, it’s important to measure the underbed clearance and consider lifts with a lower base clearance.

5. BASE LENGTH & WIDTH

Shorter base lengths and widths allow lifts to be used in tight spaces that require maneuverability. To be effective, the base of the lift should open wide enough to fit around the equipment a resident is being transferred to or from.

Key Considerations..

Continued

Powered Manual

6. SCALE ATTACHMENT

Limiting transfers is the easiest way to reduce caregiver injury. You can easily combine tasks by weighing residents while you transfer them. This saves time and eliminates the need for an additional transfer to a scale. All of Direct Supply’s floor lifts and select sit-to-stand lifts can be ordered with digital scales.

7. SMART TECHNOLOGY

Many lifts are now available with smart technology to help you monitor the compliance and maintenance needs of equipment. By calculating, storing and displaying important lift data, smart technology can help you extend the life of your lifts.

8. GAIT TRAINING

Many lifts can also be used for gait training with residents. When choosing a floor lift that will also be used for gait training, keep in mind that the boom height must be tall enough to accommodate the standing height of your residents. If choosing a sit-to-stand lift, look for models with removable footplates to allow residents to stand comfortably between the base widening legs.

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Base Widening

Base

Clearance Base Length Base Width Open/Closed Removable Footplate Optional Scale Attachment Maximum Boom Height Minimum Boom Height Warranty

6" 36" 42" Open | 24" Closed Yes No N/A N/A 1 Year

41_{⁄2" 35}1_{⁄2" 36}4_{⁄5" Open | 25}7_{⁄10" Closed No No 63}7_{⁄10" 39}3_{⁄5" 3 Years Lift, 1 Year Actuator}

43_{⁄10" 36}4_{⁄5" 34}1_{⁄2" Open | 27" Closed Yes No 60}1_{⁄5" 28}2_⁄5" Limited Lifetime Frame, 2 Years Electrical Components

47_{⁄10" 43}3_{⁄10" 34}4_{⁄5" Open | 24}4_{⁄5" Closed Yes No 65}1_{⁄2" 38}9_⁄10" Limited Lifetime Frame, 2 Years Electrical Components

43_{⁄8" 35" 38" Open | 25" Closed Yes Yes 60" 33"} Lifetime Lift, 3 Years Actuator

44_{⁄5" 38}4_{⁄5" 44" Open | 26" Closed Yes No 63}1_{⁄2" 37"} 5 Years Lift, 2 Years Actuator

47_{⁄10" 43}3_{⁄10" 34}3_{⁄10" Open | 24}4_{⁄5" Closed Yes Yes 64}7_{⁄10" 39}1_⁄5" Limited Lifetime Frame, 2 Years Electrical Components

43_{⁄8" or 6" 48" 54" Open | 36" Closed Yes No 64" 43"} 3 Years Lift, 3 Years Actuator

51_{⁄2" 43}1_{⁄2" 40}1_{⁄2" Open | 24" Closed N/A Yes 77" 28"} 1 Year Lift, 1 Year Electrical Components

4" 48" 52" Open | 241_{⁄4" Closed N/A Yes 77" 10" Lifetime Warranty Frame}

41_{⁄2" 48" 41" Open | 26}1_{⁄2" Closed N/A Yes 74" 24" 3 Years Lift, 1 Year Actuator}

4" 49" 44" Open | 24" Closed N/A Yes 761_{⁄2" 23"} Limited Lifetime on Frame; 2 Years Control _{Box and Actuator; 90 days Battery,} Casters and Hand Pendant 43_{⁄5" 46}3_{⁄5" 37}2_{⁄5" Open | 27}4_{⁄5" Closed N/A Yes 76}1_{⁄10" 22}1_⁄2" 3 Years Lift,

1 Year Electronics

41_{⁄2" 49}1_{⁄5" 39}2_{⁄5" Open | 26}2_{⁄5" Closed N/A Yes 66}1_{⁄2" 15}2_⁄5" Limited Lifetime Frame, 2 Years Electrical Components

43_{⁄8" or 6" 48" 44}1_{⁄2" Open | 24}1_{⁄4" Closed N/A Yes 79" 14"} 5 Years Lift, 3 Years Actuator

44_{⁄5" 49" 46}7_{⁄10" Open | 25}4_{⁄5" Closed N/A Yes 74}3_{⁄5" 16}2_⁄5" 5 Years Lift, 2 Years Actuator

47_{⁄10" 56}3_{⁄10" 39}2_{⁄5" Open | 27}3_{⁄5" Closed N/A Yes 75}1_{⁄5" 17}3_⁄10" Limited Lifetime Frame, 2 Years Electrical Components 47_{⁄10" 50}4_{⁄5" 42}1_{⁄2" Open | 26}2_{⁄5" Closed N/A Yes 66}1_{⁄2" 15}2_⁄5" Limited Lifetime Frame,

2 Years Electrical Components 41_{⁄2" 48" 41" Open | 26}1_{⁄2" Closed N/A Yes 71" 25"} 3 Years Lift,

1 Year Hydraulic Pump

51_{⁄2" 43}1_{⁄2" 40}1_{⁄2" Open | 24" Closed N/A Yes 77" 28"} 1 Year Lift, 1 Year Hydraulic Pump

41_{⁄2" 48" 41" Open | 26}1_{⁄2" Closed N/A Yes 68" 28" 3 Years Lift, 1 Year Actuator}

41_{⁄2" 55" 46}1_{⁄4" Open | 27}1_{⁄2" Closed N/A Yes 69" 23}1_⁄4" 2 Years Lift, 1 Year Electrical Components

41_{⁄2" 60" 49" Open | 34}1_{⁄2" Closed N/A Yes 65}1_{⁄2" 22" 1 Year Lift, 1 Year Actuator}

Lift Manufacturer Product Image Smart Technology?

Resident Must Support Some

Weight Weight Capacity Base Widening

Non

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ed

Stand Aids Tollos Ultra Move Standing Aid No Yes 400 lbs. Foot Pedal

Sit-t

o-Stand Lif

ts

Reliant 350 Sit-to-Stand Lift No Yes 350 lbs. Handle or _Powered

Hoyer® _{Journey Sit-to-Stand Lift Yes Yes 340 lbs. Foot Pedal}

Hoyer® _{Ascend Sit-to-Stand Lift No Yes 375 lbs. Powered}

Tollos Steady-Aid Sit-to-Stand Lift No Yes 350 lbs. Powered

Roze Premier Sit-to-Stand Lift No Yes 450 lbs. Powered

Hoyer® _{Elevate Sit-to-Stand Lift Yes Yes 440 lbs. Powered}

Tollos Steady-Aid 7500 Sit-to-Stand Lift Yes Yes 750 lbs. Powered

Floor Lif

ts

Hoyer® _{HPL402 Floor Lift No No 400 lbs. Handle}

Tollos Ultralift 2000 Floor Lift Yes No 475 lbs. Powered

Reliant 450 Floor Lift No No 450 lbs. Handle or _Powered

Hoyer® _{HPL5 Series Lift Yes No 450 lbs.} Handle or

Powered

I-Lift Floor Lift Yes No 450 lbs. Handle or _Powered

Hoyer® _{Advance Floor Lift No No 340 lbs. Foot Pedal}

Tollos Ultralift 3510 Floor Lift Yes No 600 lbs. Powered

Jasmine Premier Floor Lift No No 500 lbs. Powered

Hoyer® _{Presence Floor Lift Yes No 500 lbs. Powered}

Hoyer® _{Stature Vertical Floor Lift Yes No 500 lbs. Powered}

Hy dr aulic Lif ts

Reliant 450 Hydraulic Floor Lift No No 450 lbs. Handle

HML400 Hydraulic Lift No No 400 lbs. Handle

iatr

ic

_ts

Reliant 600 Bariatric Floor Lift No No 600 lbs. Handle or_Powered

Hoyer® _{HPL700 Floor Lift Yes No 700 lbs. Powered}

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FULL-BODY SLINGS

• Ideal for use with higher acuity residents who have diminished muscular control

• Offer the most support, making them suitable for heavier residents • Often used for picking someone up off the floor or supine transfers • Available with or without commode opening

DIVIDED LEG SLINGS

• Quickest and easiest sling to use

• Can be applied to a resident in a supine or seated position • Can easily be put on or removed while resident is seated

• Can be used in a variety of ways, including under both legs, under each leg crossed or under each leg not crossed

BATHING/MESH SLINGS

• Ideal for transferring a resident from a wheelchair or bed directly into a bathing system

• Can be left in place around the resident and left attached to the lift during the bathing process

• Mesh material allows water to drain from the sling rapidly, allowing quicker turnaround time between baths

TOILET SLINGS

• Offer tremendous benefits for residents who are totally dependent • Allow the caregiver the ability to detach leg attachments while leaving the upper portion of the sling attached for security and lowering the pants after placing individual on the toilet

• Unique design utilizes an opening in the buttock area to help prevent the sling from being soiled

AMPUTEE SLINGS

• Designed for residents who are double-leg amputees

• Closed off bottom portion prevents the resident from falling through the sling and makes transfers much more comfortable

• Does not allow for toileting. If the resident has upper-body strength, the toileting sling should be considered

Choosing the right sling for your residents

Floor Lift Full-Body Sling

Floor Lift Divided-Leg Sling

Floor Lift Toileting Sling

FLOOR LIFT SLINGS

STANDING SLINGS

• Appropriate for residents who have some weight-bearing ability • Used for standing assistance, gait training and quick toileting • Can be used to elevate a resident to a standing position

TRANSPORT SLINGS

• Used for residents with minimal weight-bearing ability

• Used from bed to chair or chair to bath, or other short-distance transports • Cannot be used to elevate a resident to a standing position

SIT-TO-STAND SLINGS

Sit-to-Stand Transport Sling Sit-to-Stand Standing Sling

Contact your ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE

at 1-800-634-7328 for help in choosing the right slings for your lifts