mattress

my mattress has been beating me up since october it is an adjustable bed, feet and head are adjustable. i am thinking about getting an alternating air over lay and / or sheep skin, or possibly memory foam i have read DianeH mention. any recommendations or suggestions might be helpful...

My father has had ALS for probably about 2 years now. For the last year he has had terrible trouble sleeping. We tried getting him a new memory foam mattress and given him melatonin/Advil pm. But that didn't seem to work. So then he was prescribed zolpidem (a generic form of ambient). He has now...

A low air loss mattress was delivered yesterday. Hubby is ok with the mattress, but dosen't want the hospital bed, so he wants me to put it on the adjustable sleep number base. The only real difference that I can see is there is no footboard to hang the pump on, but the instruction book says...

Hello everyone I'd love some advice from pals and cals out there who have opted to get a standard electrical bed instead of a hospital bed I thought I'd better ask before forking out good money for it I'd prefer to stick to a double bed as I can't roll otherwise, I want to keep things as anti...

Just venting as I know there are so many that are much worse off than me but I want to share this day. Woke up at 4:30 am. Could not get back to sleep. Just laid there for 2 hours so I wouldn't wake up my wife. We are now 1 month in to our home remodel so we are living with my parents in their...

My father passed away last August from als and I am trying to help my mother sell his equipment so she does not lose her home...If there is anything your interested in please message me with an offer or for pictures. Thankyou Tobii i-15 with eye gaze used only once or twice Permobil 2011...

I just got a hospital bed to keep me more upright. Problem is when it keeps me upright my head tilts down to my neck since I have no neck muscles. It's also like sleeping on an egg carton. The mattress has cells of air separated by space.supposed to keep pressure sores away, but it's intolerable...

ALS patients are gradually losing muscle strengths on entire body and it is getting harder in life. I used to have difficulties to get up from my hospital bed because of especially stomach muscle weakness. In general all hospital beds do not raise upper part of the bed more than 75 degrees in...

Good evening everybody We lost my father a couple weeks ago to ALS. We were lucky enough to get so many of the different types of equipment that a person could need. While me and my brother do need help with expenses (2 kids under 30 taking care of our dad on our own) we realize the absolute...

Hi Everyone, I am hoping you can help by letting others know that these items are available. The following equipment and accessories are available for immediate placement and we are willing to negotiate pricing in the hope that another ALS patient can afford them. Equipment #1 Permobil C300...