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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Arthritis / October 2005Electric/Adjustable Beds.... any opinions ?
Hi group, I've got a friend who's trying to get an adjustable bed for her mother who has severe osteoarthritis (hip). Ideas... on-line consumer reports... personal experiences ? Is there one brand that stands out head & shoulders for relief of that kind of pain ?? Thankyou, it's really appreciated Pat My parents hated theirs. They were in their mid-'50's when they got it. Mom has terrible back issues. But it didn't really provide a better sleeping position than a plain bed with pillows. Mom likes her thermapedic mattress cover better. I have RA and love mine. too. Others here swear by their 'sleep number" type beds. Adelle > Hi group, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Pat I wish I would have been following this thread. I peeked at yours Adele, and I am glad I did. I was thinking about an electric bed for along time now. I thought that would be easier to get up from and more comfortable laying. I am glad I peeked. Not that I have money now to do it but I was dreaming anyways.  SignatureLove and hugs to all Good thoughts coming your way too. Squirrely Jo > My parents hated theirs. They were in their mid-'50's when they got it. > Mom has terrible back issues. But it didn't really provide a better [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Adelle > Hi group, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Is there one brand that stands out head & shoulders for relief of that > kind of pain ?? My only experience with adjustable beds has been in the hospital. But lots and lots of time spent there. Having my head elevated helped my breathing and putting the knees up a little at the same time keeps you from sliding out the foot of the bed with the head up. But they always make my hips hurt. Anything other then plain old horizontal puts added pressure on my hips. That should be less of a problem with someone thinner than I am. Several of us here swear by the beds where you can adjust the firmness. They help me sleep better and since the mattresses are light in weight it is easier to make the bed. Ours is a little higher off the floor than our last bed, so it is easier to get up. But we had to be very careful not to get one that was too high. As I remember, you can put the adjustable mattress on an adjustable bed frame. Jo We were looking for a electrical hospital bed when we found a twin size adjustable bed...In a minute, I might remember the name brand...Anyways..Mike has had so many surgerys(hernia repairs)that we decided to try and buy a used hospital bed instead of renting. My husband has alot of shoulder problems as well as asthma..He doesn't sleep with me any more..He sleeps on his bed...I went and looked at the brand name...Says it is an Ultrapedic...I thought it was a Craftmatic...But we found it at a garage sale for like 60.00 so it was a steal... Now he wants to buy me one...But if I do, I am putting a Memory Foam matteress on it...I know alot of people on my FM support group uses Memory Foam toppers and swear by them...Even by them to take on trips with them... Hope this helps..Cindy > Hi group, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Pat > Hi group, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Thankyou, it's really appreciated Again thanks; your comments will help her make up her mind. rpl 2005-10-23, Responding to rpl... >> Hi group, >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > rpl Damn! Missed the whole thread! Anyhoo... My 2cents worth. Be aware that the "market" for products like this will have predatory "home-sales" types looking for "leads" to chase up on. These ****ards will work their "clients" into the ground to get a signature. Beware. Make sure you and/or yours have backup if one of this type turn up. If you DO get a strange call "out of the blue" to initiate a "home demonstration", be firm and say NO! If they turn up anyway, tell them you're going to call the police and shut the door firmly, then lock it till they go away. If they don't go within 5 mins, call the police. (Probably missed the point completely, but WTH? ;) Signature---- * Another squeaking wheel @ http://tinyurl.com/b28fq * Mike's (curious) Brain @ http://tinyurl.com/4872c - Have a nice day, it really does do you good! :) > 2005-10-23, Responding to rpl... >>> Hi group, [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > (Probably missed the point completely, but WTH? ;) Actually that is one of the points; I couldn't find a damn thing on the net that wasn't vendor sponsored. rpl 2005-10-24, Responding to rpl... >> 2005-10-23, Responding to rpl... >>>> Hi group, [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > rpl There are a number of products that don't have "mainstream marketing", some because they are crap and need pushing in a controlled market environment, and some because they are only low volume sales and would be made even more expensive by mainstream marketing costs. The trick is to figure out which one is which if you need one of this type of product. Not an easy task. :( We got a rather useful adjustable bed via Elaine's OT. Its the same model they use in NHS hospitals, and does the job fine. As its designed and built to be "recycled" in use in a hospital environment, its simple and strong, and easily washed down if required. http://www.sidhil.com/home/ There will be other companies like this one, so I'd recommend doing a bit of Googling the make sure you find the one you need. We just dropped lucky that the oprions we had available matched us up with the bed Elaine uses. YMMV. Try to find out if hospitals etc. use them too. This is probably one of the most reliable indicators that a bed is reasonably well made. DON'T take the vendor's word for this of course. ;\ Best of luck! Signature---- * Another squeaking wheel @ http://tinyurl.com/b28fq * Mike's (curious) Brain @ http://tinyurl.com/4872c - Have a nice day, it really does do you good! :) My mom's friend found out that a twin size was just too small for her - she felt like she was going to fall off when she turned over. So, if you can at all afford it (the cost isn't usually too much more, if I remember correctly), go for the full size, even if you sleep alone. Loujean >2005-10-24, Responding to rpl... >>> 2005-10-23, Responding to rpl... [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > >Best of luck! Loujean God didn't promise us that life would be fair. If it were, who would try for the stars? 2005-10-25, Responding to Navy1... (Apologies for not snipping this one...) >>2005-10-24, Responding to rpl... >>>> 2005-10-23, Responding to rpl... [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] >> >>Best of luck! [Transfered from the top of the post...] > My mom's friend found out that a twin size was just too small for her > - she felt like she was going to fall off when she turned over. So, > if you can at all afford it (the cost isn't usually too much more, if > I remember correctly), go for the full size, even if you sleep alone. > > Loujean [...] [Discovered here, tacked on the end...] > Loujean > God didn't promise us > that life would be fair. > If it were, who would try > for the stars? [...] [Woffle=ON] So I go to all the trouble of manually re-ordering the post, keeping things in the right order so it can be read through, and somehow, your newsreader manages to simultaneously top-post AND bottom-post! What the **** have you DONE to your software? 80 [Woffle=END] BTW... I agree about the getting the larger bed idea. ;) Signature---- * Another squeaking wheel @ http://tinyurl.com/b28fq * Mike's (curious) Brain @ http://tinyurl.com/4872c - Have a nice day, it really does do you good! :) <clip> >>Best of luck! > [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > >BTW... I agree about the getting the larger bed idea. ;) I dunno. The only explanation I have is that my software thinks for itself and plops it at the end, period. I'm really not sure where to post. It seems that putting it at the end means an awful lot of hitting the page down button. I think it is easier to read at the top, but then if you have to read the whole thing, then you're down paging, read it, down paging, read it, etc. I've seen both opinions and have tried to do it the way the others have in that particular post. I'm glad that you agree about the larger bed idea. My mother's friend got the twin size and didn't realize that as you get older and/or stiffer, you need more room to turn over. Loujean Loujean God didn't promise us that life would be fair. If it were, who would try for the stars? ><clip> > [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] >If it were, who would try >for the stars? Oops, I forgot about that automatic signature setup. I've been working contract after having retired and my brain goes into slumber mode when I get home. Loujean God didn't promise us that life would be fair. If it were, who would try for the stars? 2005-10-26, Responding to Navy1... [...] >> [Woffle=ON] >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I dunno. The only explanation I have is that my software > thinks for itself and plops it at the end, period. As you're using Forte Agent, you should be able to fix this. > I'm really not sure where to post. It seems that putting > it at the end means an awful lot of hitting the page down [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I've seen both opinions and have tried to do it the way the others > have in that particular post. The old top-v-Bottom posting thing has been raging for decades. Typically, if a thread is forming into one of those pseudo-chatroom things, I suppose top-posting would be the thing to do, but you'd need everybody to do it to maintain some kind of sense to the thread's history. Bottom-posting is pretty much the logical thing to do, but, as you say, paging down through reams of pre-read stuff is a pain. Thats why they invented SNIPPING! 8) BTW... In several GUI newsreaders, you can simply mouse-swipe the bit of text you want to include as quoted, and it will appear already auto-snipped, ready to reply to. Hands up anybody who knew this? ;\ > I'm glad that you agree about the larger bed idea. My > mother's friend got the twin size and didn't realize that > as you get older and/or stiffer, you need more room to > turn over. Absolutely! Ever seen those sandwich-bags they call a "two-man-tent" ? Same thing with beds. My sister is not a large woman, but insists on a king-size. (Married now, so I expect she has another for hubby. ;) I need at least a divan, which I think of as a single. Anything less is, rightly called IMO, a *cot*. Snip posts, not beds!!! ;) Signature---- * Another squeaking wheel @ http://tinyurl.com/b28fq * Mike's (curious) Brain @ http://tinyurl.com/4872c - Have a nice day, it really does do you good! :) |
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