What Can Slide Free Do For You?

 

Prevent Nursing Staff Injuries
	42% of all nursing home staff injuries are back injuries according to OSHA statistics. SlideFree greatly reduces the frequency of one of the more difficult tasks in the nursing home setting.
	Nursing home staff incident rate of injury and illness is more than double the rate of the industry as a whole – 13.9% vs 6.1% per OSHA statistics.
	According to OSHA’s website – the “run-of-the-mill” back injury will cost from “$15,000 up to $118,000”. An ounce of prevention could be worth several pounds of cure.
Reduce Patient Injuries
	Falls account for 2/3rds of all large claims against nursing homes – according to Nursing Homes Magazine. A resident sliding down and out of a wheelchair is a lawyer’s dream and an administrator’s nightmare. SlideFree virtually eliminates that risk.
	Residents are sometimes injured when lifted up by the arms to reposition them. Skin tears and bruising are common, while even more serious injuries do occur.
Save Caregiver Time and Expense
	SlideFree eliminates the need for constant resident repositioning in their wheelchair – a task that usually requires two staff members. SlideFree greatly reduces the time devoted to this task – once positioned, the resident stays properly positioned. SlideFree allows time for tasks, other than constantly watching the problem sliders.
	The time spent repositioning a sliding resident only twice a day, costs the nursing home much more than the cost of the SlideFree Pad in a very short time. Five minutes to reposition the resident by two workers who make $15.00 per hour costs $2.50 per time or $5.00 per day in direct labor alone. At the Deluxe retail list price of$69.95 – that is only a two-week payback – a great investment in any market. (Especially considering that SlideFree is very durable and will last for years.)
Helps to Alleviate the Need for Physical Restraint
	Most long term care facilities strive to eliminate physical restraints. In many cases, where sliding from a wheelchair is a problem, SlideFree can help immensely.
Improves Patient Posture by Eliminating Sacral Sitting
	Sacral sitting refers to posterior pelvic tilt, which promotes sliding and can be seen as the patient slips forward in the wheelchair, the buttocks on the front of the seat, and the patient’s weight placed out on the floor, in front of the footrests. This results in pressure placed on the sacrum, poor trunk control and forward flexion on the lumbar spine.
	Eliminating sacral sitting greatly improves self-sufficiency – simple tasks such as feeding themselves can often be restored with SlideFree. Maintaining a proper sitting posture is much more comfortable and far less painful than the sacral sitting position.
	There are many other health benefits of maintaining proper posture, i.e. improved digestion, heart and lung function and even the lower risk of skin breakdown in the sacral area