There are thousands of our aged and infirmed wheelchair bound who have difficulty maintaining proper sitting posture.
Fact - 42% of all nursing home staff injuries are back injuries according to OSHA statistics. Slide Free greatly reduces the frequency of one of the more difficult lifting tasks in the nursing home setting.
Fact - Nursing home staff incident rate of injury and illness is more than double the rate of industry as a whole - 13.9% vs 6.1% per OSHA statistics.
Fact - According to OSHA's website - the "run of the mill back injury " will cost from "$15,000 up to $118,000". An ounce of prevention could be worth several pounds of cure.
Fact - Falls account for 2/3rds of all large claims against nursing homes - according to Nursing Homes Magazine. A resident sliding down and out of a wheelchair is a lawyer's dream and an administrator's nightmare. Slide Free virtually eliminates that risk.
Fact - The time spent repositioning a sliding resident only twice per day costs the nursing home much more than the cost of the Slide Free Pad in a very short time.
Fact - Most Long Term Care Facilities strive to eliminate physical restraints. In many cases where sliding from a wheelchair is a problem, Slide Free can help.
SOLUTION - The Slide Free wheelchair pad will stop the sliding down and sacral sitting. It virtually eliminates the need for continual repositioning.
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Slide Free Wheelchair Pad eliminates the need for constant resident repositioning in their wheelchair - a task that usually requires two staff members. Slide Free greatly reduces the time devoted to this task - once positioned, the resident stays properly positioned.
Slide Free Wheelchair Pad greatly reduces risk of staff back injury and resident injury by eliminating this difficult lifting task.
Slide Free Wheelchair Pad allows time for tasks other than constantly watching the problem sliders.
There are many other health benefits of maintaining proper posture, i.e. improved digestion, heart and lung function and even the lower risk of skin breakdown in the sacral area.
Slide Free Wheelchair Pad virtually eliminates the risk of falls and the fear of falling due to sliding out of the wheelchair.
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