Hoisting At Home: The Options To Choose From

Summary. Oxford Healthcare, a leader in patient handling and rehabilitation solutions, provides high-quality domiciliary care equipment, including hoists for home use. We support individuals with mobility restrictions, improving independence and ensuring caregivers’ safety. Our range of equipment, such as the Oxford Classic and Professional series lifts, offers safe and compact solutions for homecare. Oxford Healthcare’s equipment enhances the quality of life for individuals receiving care and offers peace of mind for caregivers and families.

Over many decades, Oxford have earned themselves an enviable reputation for high quality and reliable patient lifting solutions. We are committed to enhancing users’ lives while ensuring caregivers uphold safety and efficiency in their roles. With our experience and expertise, we support a range of different equipment needs, including hoists, slings and other domiciliary care equipment for home environments.

What is Homecare?

Homecare or domiciliary care involves delivering care to a person in the comfort of their own home. In-home care services are often provided to those who are elderly and require assistance in order to live more independently. People may also receive such care if they are managing a chronic health issue, recovering from a medical setback, surgery, or have a disability. Homecare provision is usually via professional caregivers such as nurses, therapists, carers, or aides, depending on the needs of the person. Family members or close friends may also receive training to fulfil care needs.

Domiciliary Care Equipment

Depending on the individual’s care needs, healthcare professionals often assess an individual’s needs and circumstances before recommending and prescribing domiciliary equipment to support the delivery of safe and effective care at home. At Oxford Healthcare, we have a range of different patient lifting and transfer devices and accessories to help deliver this type of care, some of which are as follows:

Oxford Classic Lifts

The Oxford Mini and Midi hoists from the Oxford Classic range are ideally suited to homecare environments, owing to their compact size. Each model has electronic and hydraulically powered variants to choose from, with options and accessories thereafter for more bespoke needs. Often referred to as mobile hoists, all lifts within the Oxford Classic range cater for a range of moving and handling situations, including:

  • Moving from a bed to a chair
  • Toilet/commode transfers
  • Repositioning a patient

Another core benefit of these lifts is the fact that they are transportable. You can move them from room to room when needed, and (when appropriate) you can use them for onward transportation in vehicles because the mast and boom section are detachable from the base. Oxford Classic lifts are also equipped with a variety of safety features designed to help protect both the user and caregiver at all times.

Oxford Professional Lifts

There are two hoists within the Oxford Professional series that lend themselves to homecare environments; the Oxford Advance mobile hoist and the Oxford Journey stand aid.

Both of these products are compact, and each have the added benefit of a no-tools folding design, ensuring easier storage and transportation, where space may be in short supply. The Oxford Advance and Journey will fit into the boot of most family saloon cars and can be wheeled in their folded position.

Oxford Bathing Lifts

Lifting and transferring a person who requires assistance, into and out of the bath can prove challenging for both the caregiver and the patient. Oxford Healthcare’s Oxford Mermaid fixed bath lift is designed to fit seamlessly at the side or end of a bath. It enables patients to transfer in and out of the bath, safely and comfortably. Ideal for people with reduced mobility, this hoist has stood the test of time. It enables bathing to take place with the support of a caregiver for assistance.

Available in a choice of manual (hydraulic) and electric models, several accessories including lap strap and safety harness can help the patient feel more supported and reassured. Electric models have an emergency stop and raise feature in the event of an emergency situation and an electric retro-fit kit is available to convert manual models if required.

The Mermaid also benefits from a choice of seating options and is compatible with our Ranger wheeled shower chair for more convenient transfer options prior to, during and after bathing.

Oxford Ceiling Lifts

Oxford Healthcare offer a range of overhead hoisting solutions that are suitable for the home. The Voyager Portable alongside the Easytrack FS gantry and Easytrack systems provide an excellent, non-permanent solution to overhead lifting. They demand no building alterations and a choice of systems accommodates various room sizes and layouts.

Fixed ceiling hoist systems are more permanent solutions to accommodate longer-term lifting and handling needs. With careful planning, these systems can be configured for full room coverage and single track systems to provide access to multiple areas of a room and even extend into more than one room. To ensure suitability and, most importantly, safety, a detailed structural assessment will be necessary before selecting a suitable fixed track system.

Improving Quality of Life

With its domiciliary care solutions, Oxford Healthcare enable people with mobility restrictions to live more independent and fulfilled lives. Alongside enhancing the quality of life for the person receiving care, our safe and reliable lifting solutions help provide support and peace of mind for families and caregivers alike.

If you would like to find out about our homecare equipment, then head to our website today. Alternatively, you can call 0344 811 1158 to speak to a member of our helpful and friendly team.

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