HoyerHelp
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I have a few questions regarding Hoyer lifts and lifts of that nature. First let me introduce my situation.
I'm currently a senior in biomedical engineering and for my senior project I am tackling the challenge of improving the hoyer lift, very little has changed from the original design of lifting car motors out of cars. I decided to come to the ALS forums for your opinions. It seems to be a place where I could get some different opinions and perspectives being from users, caregivers, in homes and/or clinical settings.
Doing a little forum searching here it seems as though the hoyer could be the best thing, leaps and bounds better than previous methods of transfers. The bad, commonly I saw comments how its difficult/does not work on carpet. The ugly, its big and cumbersome and can look daunting to learn to use especially manual ones.
I'd really appreciate any input or opinions!
Feel free to say anything, these exact questions don't have to all be answered. Thank you so much!
I'm currently a senior in biomedical engineering and for my senior project I am tackling the challenge of improving the hoyer lift, very little has changed from the original design of lifting car motors out of cars. I decided to come to the ALS forums for your opinions. It seems to be a place where I could get some different opinions and perspectives being from users, caregivers, in homes and/or clinical settings.
Doing a little forum searching here it seems as though the hoyer could be the best thing, leaps and bounds better than previous methods of transfers. The bad, commonly I saw comments how its difficult/does not work on carpet. The ugly, its big and cumbersome and can look daunting to learn to use especially manual ones.
I'd really appreciate any input or opinions!
- Is there something that you would like to do that your current lift design does not allow?
- Do you feel uncomfortable when being lifted? If you feel uncomfortable, when and why you feel uncomfortable.
or - Is the lift comfortable to use? Would it be significantly improved if it had some padded handles or brake system?
- If you could change one or two things about your lift, what would they be?
Feel free to say anything, these exact questions don't have to all be answered. Thank you so much!