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Emma

Emma is most often in bed and cannot maintain her own position when sitting or lying down
In bed, Emma is fully supported by her mattress and pillows, showing that she cannot maintain her own position when sitting or lying down. She cannot raise her head; contribute to any basic movement such as turning over and has a low level of alertness and activity. She is unable to contribute to her own mobility and is unable even to grasp small items.

  • Might be almost completely bedridden, can sit out only in a special chair
  • Always dependent on caregiver
  • Her red bed cover indicates that she presents a high risk of static and dynamic physical overload to caregivers when not using the proper equipment
  • Stimulation of functional mobility is not a primary goal
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Empowering Movement

The mobility gallery plays a key role in empowering movement in both acute and long-term care, by enabling an assessment of an individual’s level of mobility, and how this will impact the quality of care.
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Designing for Emma

Arjo collaborates closely with architects, nursing home executives, safe patient handling experts, residents and relatives, allowing us to successfully design spaces to suit the individual patient’s needs.
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The Positive Eight

The Positive Eight philosophy visualises the potential positive effects that arise from improving or maintaining a person’s mobility through application of the best care skills, an efficient work environment and the proper equipment.

Download materials

In order to ensure that you are best able to meet the needs of your residents/patients, we have compiled a series of informative documents to advise you on how to understand the varying levels of functional mobility, and how to utilise our products and solutions in the most effective way.
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