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| Effectiveness of lift systems for long term care residents | | Author(s) | Merlene C Gingher, Jurgis Karuza, Michelle D Skulski |
| Journal title | Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 14, no 2, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 1-12 |
| Keywords | Lifting methods ; Bed lifts ; Nursing homes ; Patients ; Nursing Auxiliary ; Attitude ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | One of the most frequent tasks carried out by nursing assistants who work in long-term care institutions is lifting patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using the Columbus McKinnon Assist Personal Transfer System (PTS), a stable, fixed base lift, as a transfer device for residents of long-term care facilities. A total of 33 residents and 52 nursing assistants in two long-term care facilities in the western New York region participated in the study. Comparisons were made between the use of PTS and standard transfer techniques. Results showed that the transfer times for the PTS system were as short as for the Hoyer-type system, although the PTS can be used by a single nursing assistant. The manual lift technique was significantly faster than the PTS. Although the PTS took longer to use than a manual lift, and as long as a Hoyer assisted lift, the nursing assistants' responses indicated that the PTS was less cumbersome and made their jobs less physically straining. Residents showed less problem behaviours and fear during the PTS assisted lift as compared to other lifting techniques. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980513233 A |
| Classmark | LQL: MTL: LHB: LF: QTE:4UA: DP: 7T |
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