AAT GB launches lightweight mobile lifting chair to reduce hospital admissions
Mobility equipment supplier AAT GB has introduced an innovative mobile lifting chair to aid fall recovery.
AAT GB’s Raizer II mobile lifting chair is a component-based portable and lightweight yet strong system that flat-packs into a convenient carry bag for storage and transportation to where needed.
According to research, older people living in care homes are three times more likely to fall than older people living in the community. 25 per cent of older people who fall in care homes suffer serious injuries, and 40 per cent of hospital admissions from care homes follow a fall.
AAT GB supplies the components for the device, trains care staff in its use, and offers comprehensive on-site service & maintenance.
Raizer is assembled around the fallen person with minimal disturbance for the user, and minimal effort from the operator as it is designed to lift various weights from the floor.
At the push of a button the battery-motorised seat gently and consistently powers the chair and occupant from flat on the floor to a safe seated position. An end stop ensures the person is not over-elevated and gives the operator the correct position for dis-assembly after use.
The six core elements include four identical legs and two identical back sections, which AAT GB says quickly and easily click-fit together with no risk of incorrect assembly. The occupant is fully supported throughout the process and kept stable and safe with use of the integral adjustable seat belt.
AAT GB says the Raizer can safely lift any person up to 150kg, with each charge of the battery capable of delivering up to 80 lifts.
All components are designed to be wipe clean for optimum disinfection and hygiene.
Peter Wingrave, Director of AAT GB, commented: “Use of equipment such as Raizer II can play a key role in any good moving and handling policy. It takes the effort and risk out of the procedure for all involved.
“Raizer is already proven in the market. What differentiates it – and us – now is the fact we provide comprehensive service and maintenance, on site. So there is none of the worry nor exposure of having to send it away, and in the process be without valuable, useful equipment that is needed.”
AAT GB recently began exploring the potential to use specialist seating to positively impact a child with physical, emotional or sensory impairments.
