Ingenious Falls Response Device Helps East Devon Care Agency Achieve 5-star Rating in Latest Inspection
Home Instead Senior Care provide care for older people in their own homes. Their use of the Felgains Raizer lifting chair to lift uninjured people who have fallen was praised as "innovative" in a recent inspection by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), who awarded the service the maximum 'Outstanding' rating.
DEVON, England, April 12, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Home Instead Senior Care has been using the Raizer Emergency Lifting Chair since 2018 to minimise the amount of time their clients spend on the floor following a non-injury fall. This is an invaluable service for their clients, as increased pressure on the emergency services continues to affect ambulance waiting times.
Vanessa McGlade, Director at Home Instead Senior Care East Devon said, "With the Raizer we can respond to emergency situations immediately and assist the client to their feet with dignity and surety. The chair has proved itself time and time again, negating the need for clients and care staff to wait for ambulance crews to arrive."
The longest wait for an ambulance in South West England between June 2017 and June 2018 was 5 hours 13 minutes (source: BBC). And in February 2019, the BBC reported a case of one man reaching his fallen mother 50 minutes before paramedics, despite travelling nearly 200 miles from London to Exmouth (source: BBC) .
The CQC report described the Raizer as an "innovative mobile lifting chair" which Home Instead carers were using "to help people up when they had fallen off the floor, which prevented unnecessary admissions to hospital."
In the "Safety" section of the report, the inspector described a situation in which carers used the Raizer:
"The day before the inspection, care staff contacted the office to say when they arrived for their visit they found a person who had fallen when their legs had given way. The person was unable to get up, so two staff were sent from the office with the lifting chair. They had the person up from the floor and in bed within 15 minutes. Prior to using the chair, they had carried out an assessment to confirm the person was unhurt and could be safely moved."
Felgains are experienced distributors of innovative care equipment. They have been supplying the Raizer Emergency Lifting Chair to ambulance services, care homes, domiciliary care agencies, assisted living residences, telecare agencies and private individuals since 2015.
If you would like more information about the Raizer Emergency Lifting Chair, including jpegs, please call Sarah Colley on 01473 741 144 or email [email protected]
References
1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-45246939
2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-47146518
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