Elevate Your Care with SLK Hoists

As many carers know, there are several benefits to using a mobile hoist. These benefits apply for both patients and carers, allowing for improvements in the care provided, together with enhancements to employee wellbeing.

One of the main advantages is clearly safety. Rather than relying on carers to move patients, using a hoist means there is less chance of a resident slipping or falling, and less risk of carer musculoskeletal incidences.

In addition to this, using the hoist provides extra comfort to the resident or patient, and is much less intrusive than being moved manually. Using a correctly measured sling is also critical here, allowing the resident for more dignity during the transition.

This ease of movement also provides many psychological gains. Moving a person with mobility difficulties can be challenging, which places a lot of stress on carers and residents. Hoists provide a much greater flexibility, allowing those that are not mobile to be moved to different areas, and experience different environments. This includes better social engagement, ensuring greater opportunities for social interaction, including the opportunity to socialise with other residents while in a care home setting.

SLK hoists have been specifically designed to add to these benefits. For example, our Carry185 Classic Hoist has the largest and the tallest pickup of any hoist that isn’t in a bariatric range, including being able to provide pickups from floor level. This range of hoisting also allows for hoisting over armchair arms and the seat of tilted chairs with unmatchable ease.

To aid in hoist movement and maintenance, our batteries are also much lighter, and we provide specialist deals to ensure that the users of our hoists always have a spare battery and wall mounted charging kit available.

Our versatile hoists allow for lifting in most environments, are foldable for transport, and provide a cost-effective solution for patient handling.

Check out our product pages, or reach out to us to learn more at sales.uk@wellell.com.