Lowest bed
The lowest bed (also lowest hospital bed , ultra-low bed , ultra-low-bed or low-low-bed ) builds on the low nursing bed is for the sick and the elderly. It is distinguished in that the lying surface is extremely close to the ground can be lowered.
Designation and delimitation
The conceptual separation of the low-bed and lowest-bed designs is not a standardized classification, but a differentiation that has become established in the parlance of the care industry. The term low nursing care bed usually refers to a nursing home bed that can be lowered to a height of less than 20 cm.
concept
The extremely low lying position is intended to minimize the risk of injury when leaving the bed in an uncontrolled manner. With a lying surface height of sometimes less than 10 cm, there is virtually no risk of injury if accidentally slipping out.
This enables you to lie down without restriction, as side rails or other safety measures to prevent the consequences of falls are no longer required. The use of an ultra-low nursing care bed is therefore in line with the expert standard of fall prevention and the demands for ethically responsible care that should avoid any restriction of freedom as much as possible.
With a hand switch, the resident can usually determine his lying position and the bed height himself and also set a usual entry and exit height. Thanks to the possibility of setting different bed heights, the low nursing care bed is basically suitable for all patients. Typical areas of application are pediatric and geriatric care.
criticism
The low adjustability means that the bed frame and lying surface are lowered to the floor. The lowest position can restrict the resident's freedom and mobility, for example if he / she cannot get out of the low bed on their own. In order to avoid these restrictions, residents should have a handset for their own control of the bed height.
literature
- Doris Fölsch: Ethics in elderly care. Application of moral principles in everyday care , Facultas Verlag, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-7089-0180-0
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kamps, Norbert: Fall prevention without (freedom) restrictions, use of low (st) beds - a means of choice? In: Practice Maintaining . No. 26 , September 14, 2016, ISSN 2190-0620 , p. 24–25 ( praxis-pflegen.de [accessed October 24, 2016]).
- ↑ Katrin Balzer, Anne Junghans, Anja Behncke, Dagmar Lühmann: Expert standard fall prophylaxis in care. German Network for Quality Development in Nursing (DNQP), January 1, 2013, accessed on October 4, 2016 .