HOME HEALTH

The SDS Transfer Vest cures two of this industry's biggest problems:

1. Accidental patient falls.
2. Workers compensation injuries directly associated with repetitive motion injuries to Home Health staff.

This product is ideal for Home Health agencies providing care either in the actual home, or in conjunction with Senior Housing Facilities. Whether the staff are nurses, Physical or Occupational Therapists, or even caregivers providing care in an individual home, transfers are a challenge. Many times the traditional Hoyer or mechanical lift is too cumbersome (for example, won't fit through the door to the bathroom). Physical/Occupational Therapists like to use a gait belt, however the average family member will be performing the transfers after the staff leave the home. To say the least, the gait belt is quite a challenge.

Many Home Health agencies have contracts with Senior Housing facilities which include Independent Living, Assisted Living, specialty Alzheimer's building, and even nursing homes. Each of these settings provides the same benefits to reducing patient falls, while also reducing the risk of injury to the staff from repetitive motion transfers.

The most important points to consider are:

1. Recognizing this product is for semi-ambulatory patients/residents.
2. Realizing the product works best if each individual who needs one, purchases their own size so that the vest remains with the patient/resident at all times.

Having worked with the nursing home industry a decade ago with the same workers compensation issues from repetitive motion injuries, staff have a tendency to manually lift patients/residents if a transfer product is not in sight. Our patented SDS Transfer Vest is the long awaited solution for both Home Health Agency employees, as well as the family members who are left to transfer their loved one numerous times a day when the Home Health Agency staff is gone.

If you are a Home Health Agency interested in becoming a potential distributor, please contact [email protected] or by call toll free 1-866-996-2162.