Best Device (Lift Chair) To Help Someone Off The Floor After A Fall (NON EMERGENCY)

This power lift chair is designed to help patients safely get down in a bathtub. But it is also really great for anyone who has had a non-emergency fall at home. I have a client who was falling a couple time a month. Thankfully he didn't get hurt when he fell, but he was unable to get up and his wife was unable to help him up. He spent several nights on the floor until his son was able to help him up.

After one fall his son injured his back while trying to help him up so he purchased this lift chair and is not able to get up with the help of his wife who gets the chair and places it on the ground next to him.

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About the author:
Hi, my name is Anthony (Tony) Maritato, PT. I am a licensed physical therapist and owner of Total Therapy Solutions. I have specialized in helping clients recover from total knee replacement surgery since 2002 and have created this video to help YOU.

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[gaynorbrotchie]

I was wanting to purchase a bath lift for my daughter with MS and this will be perfect. She could take it out of the tub after use and bring it back when she needs it. Plus if she falls her son could just bring it to her and the ambulance does not have to be called to lift her up. WOW.

[doghairdontcarelindaniel]

Texas here. Once when my mom fell I got the twin blow up mattress along side her. Then a flat sheet under her to pull her onto the mattress. This mattress is auto fill an the height is 30”! It worked good an no firemen were needed. Dead weight is no joke. This chair looks promising tho.

[ljwilliams]

I have used this with my 86 year old grandmother. We used it in the bathtub 90% of the time however we have used it when she's fallen as well. Somewhat heavy but a great product.

[SloopyDog]

The problem is when an old or disabled person falls it is very unlikely they are carrying a lift chair. I am old and disabled and I have fallen many times. I have had to wait sometimes for hours until somebody found me. I have severe arthritis and I can not use my hands because of it. No doubt the lift chair is a great item and I would like one but I would need somebody to work it for me but unfortunately I don't have anybody.

[elainelily]

Best way to get up is to find some stairs. I recently fell and so I scooted my butt out the patio door where we have 5 steps and I was able to lower my legs and get up by myself using the handrail. No struggle, no pain, no stress. Somebody needs to design something where you can scoot your butt up a ramp, then pull a lever and the ramp turns into steps.

[hangin-in-thereawesome]

Where has this been the last 25 years of my life?!

[dmfraser]

I have a similar one. I sure wish I could get up as easily as that lady did. The best I can do when in the upper position is to slide sideways into the seat of my wheelchair. However, to get into my Quantum Q6 I have to remove the seat cushion. But I can slide directly into my Fold&Go wheelchair which I keep in my car. I am 72 and have Becker's Muscular Dystrophy which took away my ability to walk when I was 70.

But in spite of this limitation, I am glad to have mine. It has helped me times like when I took a shower without anyone else at home and I got sloppy with positioning my transfer board between the shower bench and the wheelchair. I have to bridge an 8 inch gap. I did not notice my transfer board was sliding and I fell during transfer. I had to crawl a way to get to my lift but it did an excellent job getting me back into my wheelchair again. Even without the seat cushion.

[curiouscat]

Nifty idea! More likely useful for a caregiver - people who have trouble getting up from the floor have very little muscle tone. Watching that woman was like watching my mom who had no strength to lift her butt like that. The chair itself looks wobbly and would not be accessible to an old person living alone. Weak people are also very fearful and unsteady which adds to the challenge. I like the inflatable mattress idea of one of the commenters. All the person has to do is roll onto it rather than lift with arms.

[truespence]

I have ALS and fell last Friday. I spent the entire night on the floor because my wife was out of town to take care of her mother. I need this, or something like this.

[MikeRichardson-bo]

I got one for my wife that has a history of falls.I would have to call my neighbor or the ambulance...This thing works..I wish I had gotten it but I did not know about it untill a few months ago.

[sandrawilliams]

Works good, I purchased one for a loved one.

[nickcats]

Thank you for the real senior use video! I was concerned about my limited sight/hearing mom using it on her own, falling off &/or getting her fingers, foot, etc getting crushed or clothing caught since it doesn’t have an automatic stop sensor. Or not sitting centered & inadvertently sitting partially on the flaps when in use and falling off

[rebeccamorgan]

Thank you! I never would have thought to use this for a fall!

[mariaximena]

I had.my mom fall last night. I was scrolling for hours until I came upon this video. Life changer. Buying one asap! It stinks being an older woman that is not that strong and getting weaker by the day. Hopefully mom get 💯 better and never falls- but statistically, I think the odds are against me with her previous track record.

[ruthrosato-richardson]

I have one of these for my husband. It usually works very well but the last time he fell, he kept rolling off it. Unfortunately it broke and I am trying get a new one. Although the lift is hard plastic, I wish they could make one in metal so it would be stronger.

[claychandler]

Keep. It centrally located so you can access it.

[lefty]

Hey i need that. I have to work under a crawl spot under my trailer to fix a water leak. I can't get up when i go to the ground anymore. I am having hard time getting up. Thank you for the video.

[prettylyons]

I have bad knees and have fallen. Its It's nearly impossible to get up on my own. This would come in handy

[SuperJackie]

I wish they would make one of these chairs only for the bath and one only to help get someone up from the floor. We have one of these and when my husband falls, I have to go and get this heavy unweildy chair with the bath suction cups on the bottom and drag it over to where ever my husband is. I don't think someone living by themselves could do it by themselves unless they fell right next to this chair. I did buy a small cheap dolly from Amazon that I put the chair on so it was easier to retrieve it and take it to what room my husband was in when he fell.

[bryanblissett]

What an awesome machine, I wish I had this the other night I had to call on my daughter and son inlaw to get me up, dead weight! I got on the floor to fix the internet and thought I could get up, I am 3 months PO bilateral TKR here in Australia, love your videos mate, wish you were in OZ. :)