SureHands Transfer Equipment to Move Independently and Safely in Your Home

Getting up out of your chair and moving to another place in your home is something that most of us don’t think twice about, yet that little task is one of the ones that can make the difference between someone being able to live at home or having to move to a nursing home.

Moving from one seat to another is called a transfer in the medical world. Fortunately most of us don’t think about it at all, but just think about how many times you get up and down in your home in a normal day. What if you couldn’t stand on your feet? What would you do?

There are many, many techniques and pieces of equipment that people with mobility limitations can use to transfer. Today I want to discuss transfer equipment that can help people who can hardly move on their own at all transfer independently or transfer without putting their caregivers at risk.

Motorized lift systems can be floor based, wall based, or ceiling based. The motor provides the lifting power. A ceiling based motor can be independently propelled or moved by a caregiver. Ceiling based systems don’t take up floor space and the caregiver doesn’t have to move the weight of the person and the lift.

Home Access Solutions is the exclusive dealer for SureHands Lift and Care Systems in Nebraska and Iowa. SureHands is the US distributor for Handimove International, so this is a system of products used around the world to help people stay in their homes. I chose to represent this product when I was looking for solutions for my clients, because of 3 things: flexibility, reliability, and the philosophy of the SureHands and Handimove company.

As an Occupational Therapist, I worked for years running a seating and positioning clinic for wheelchairs. One of the reasons I chose Surehands is that there are so many ways of supporting the motor, so many motors, and so many slings and body supports that I am able to prescribe the precise solution for my clients just as a good seating and positioning specialist prescribes a precise combination of parts to create a wheelchair.

The body support is one of the best ways I know for people to use equipment and independently transfer themselves. Even if a caregiver is needed to help, the body support is often our primary choice because it is fast, great for people with high muscle tone, and makes dressing and toileting easier. You need to feel this to believe it and that is why my staff and I will be glad to meet you here in this showroom or go to your home so you can try it. In situations in which the the body support isn’t appropriate there is a wide range of sling styles and sizes that we can select from.

The second reason I love this system is that it is very reliable. People who buy this unit need it to work, every single time, every single day. Very rarely are there any kind of problems and when they do occur my technician and I have the support of the great technical support department at SureHands.

The third reason I love my association with Surehands is that this is one of the few companies I’ve run across that shares my idea that technology and medical equipment needs to be properly selected, not just sold. Before I could become a dealer, even though I had years of experience as an OT, I had to go to Pine Island New York the home of Surehands in the US and go through training. I send my techs to for training. I recently went back for an update on some exciting new product updates. My classmates and I sat in class and learned from Handimove’s corporate trainer and also shared our experiences and learned from each other. We took products apart and put them together again to make sure that we really know the equipment inside and out. We tried out some of the new equipment and brainstormed about the optimum ways to use it. What this means to you and my clients is that Surehands and Home Access Solutions are always looking for the best way to make an individual’s transfers at home as easy and safe as possible.

Problems with transfers drives too many people out of their homes and hurts too many caregivers! Don’t let that happen to you or someone you love! You can visit the Surehands web site at www.surehands.com, give us a call at 402-291-9514 and talk to us about an evaluation to determine the right system for you, and forward this video to people you know who need to learn about really safe ways to transfer.