My father in law, formerly reasonably active and mobile for an 87 year old, has fairly suddenly developed health issues that will likely leave him disabled to at least some degree, if not completely bed and wheelchair bound. His home is absolutely not ready for his changing needs, starting with basic furniture. My wife and I are trying to rapidly figure out what we need to know to help him acquire what he needs, but we have little experience with researching things like motorized beds and comfy chairs for someone in these circumstances. We need advice. Just to be clear we're also looking into getting in home care so there'll be a nurse or someone to help him as needed. We've got that angle covered and we have some experience with that side of things.
The first two pieces of furniture we need to look for are a suitable bed and a comfy chair. It's effectively almost impossible for him to get up out of his bed or his favorite old massage chair without help. The chair in particular is utterly unsuitable now because the bulky foot rest prevents his feet from reaching the floor, which forces him to pull his body forward from the armrests with his hands only. This takes everything he's got and causes him severe pain. Our mother in law is not strong enough to help him at all.
Because of this we are looking for motorized beds and comfy chairs that assist people with getting upright and on their feet so they can switch to a walker or transfer to a wheel chair as needed. And that are comfortable enough if someone has to spend prolonged time in them.
We're not sure how to research this stuff. We don't know if we should aim for medical grade equipment like hospital beds etc. Or if there are more reasonably priced options out there that are not crap. We see all kinds of choices on Amazon and elsewhere but we're not sure how to evaluate them.
So, slightly more specifically speaking, we're looking for recommendations related to motorized beds and comfy chairs in a number of ways: where to find trustworthy reviews of such items, brands to look for and brands to avoid, things to pay attention to that we may not be aware of being new to all this.
The first two pieces of furniture we need to look for are a suitable bed and a comfy chair. It's effectively almost impossible for him to get up out of his bed or his favorite old massage chair without help. The chair in particular is utterly unsuitable now because the bulky foot rest prevents his feet from reaching the floor, which forces him to pull his body forward from the armrests with his hands only. This takes everything he's got and causes him severe pain. Our mother in law is not strong enough to help him at all.
Because of this we are looking for motorized beds and comfy chairs that assist people with getting upright and on their feet so they can switch to a walker or transfer to a wheel chair as needed. And that are comfortable enough if someone has to spend prolonged time in them.
We're not sure how to research this stuff. We don't know if we should aim for medical grade equipment like hospital beds etc. Or if there are more reasonably priced options out there that are not crap. We see all kinds of choices on Amazon and elsewhere but we're not sure how to evaluate them.
So, slightly more specifically speaking, we're looking for recommendations related to motorized beds and comfy chairs in a number of ways: where to find trustworthy reviews of such items, brands to look for and brands to avoid, things to pay attention to that we may not be aware of being new to all this.