Taking steps to reduce falls is one way to reduce deaths and injuries in your home and community.
Many tools on the market are not safe and don’t offer stability. Many of the tools used in bed mobility are institutional based and from a design and function that has been around since the 19th Century. The ICG was designed in the 21st Century specifically for the home user.
Knowledge will empower us and help us maintain our dignity and independence. Learn more about Home Care and Activities of Daily Living. Knowledge is power!
- Grooming - Ability to tend to personal hygiene needs (i.e., washing face and hands, hair care, shaving or make up, teeth or denture care, fingernail care).
- Ability to Dress Upper Body - (with or without dressing aids) including undergarments, pullovers, front-opening shirts and blouses, managing zippers, buttons, and snaps.
- Ability to Dress Lower Body - (with or without dressing aids) including undergarments, slacks, socks or nylons, shoes.
- Bathing - Ability to wash entire body. Excludes grooming (washing face and hands only).
- Toileting - Ability to get to and from the toilet or bedside commode.
- Transferring - Ability to move from bed to chair, on and off toilet or commode, into and out of tub or shower, and ability to turn and position self in bed if patient is bedfast.
- Ambulation/Locomotion - Ability to SAFELY walk, once in a standing position, or use a wheelchair, once in a seated position, on a variety of surfaces.
- Feeding or Eating - Ability to feed self meals and snacks. Note: This refers only to the process of eating, chewing, and swallowing, not preparing the food to be eaten.
- Planning and Preparing Light Meals - (e.g., cereal, sandwich) or reheat delivered meals.
- Transportation - Physical and mental ability to safely use a car, taxi, or public transportation (bus, train, subway).
- Laundry - Ability to do own laundry -- to carry laundry to and from washing machine, to use washer and dryer, to wash small items by hand.
- Housekeeping - Ability to safely and effectively perform light housekeeping and heavier cleaning tasks.
- Shopping - Ability to plan for, select, and purchase items in a store and to carry them home or arrange delivery.
- Ability to Use Telephone - Ability to answer the phone, dial numbers, and effectively use the telephone to communicate.
You should not have to think about the tool you use. At ICGI you can
use our tools like any other high quality tool we use in our home.
As the population age’s tools to allow independence will become more
important. We must be able to care for ourselves to age in place.
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