Vestlandia celebrates Christmas

We occasionally call our space "Vestlandia" to define our feeling of being an island state. And in Vestlandia we are getting in the Christmas spirit. We have reason to celebrate..the birth of Christ, gathering of family, the giving of gifts. Just as we know there is much sadness in the world. People are suffering, hurt and lonely. So in these brief span of days we encourage everyone to reach out and lift someone up. Let your Joy for the season invade someone's space that needs the spark of the Holidays. Enjoy!

loves to walk 2

I was visiting with an activities director at an Assisted Living Village and she started telling me about her 20/200 program. 20 minutes a day of outdoor exposure works a 1000% worth of benefits for her flock and 200 steps a day outside will bring yet another lift in well being. 20/200, good numbers. Safety is then the issue for some, some like Sister Marciano in the last blog. That is why the vest is so good. It can be used under a lot of different circumstances, but as a walking assistance tool it can't be beat...

Loves to walk

I received a note yesterday from a DON at a nursing home for aging nuns. She was talking about a certain sister who loved to walk, I mean loooooved to walk, but had fallen so many times that the staff was leery of allowing her to do so. Our SDS Transfer Vest works with the other sisters who have trouble walking but this particular nun was tiny and even our small/medium was of no help. We have decided to modify a prototype extra small and deliver it to them because...if God tells you to keep moving, who are we to stand in the way!

Hitting the Road

On the road this week. Taking the SDS Transfer Vest to the Lansing convention Center for an HPS annual conference and trade show. Looking forward to meeting some of the HPS clients. Then off and running for Boca Raton, Florida to meet with a team from the Promise Hospital systems. A Busy week. Stay tuned as we are giving the Lansing crowd a sneak peak at the new Pediatric version of the vest. Been told to hang on to my about the reception to this new item.

How can something so perfect...

As I meet with Directors of Nursing, Wellness coordinators and lift specialists, it is easily apparent the SDS Transfer Vest is the best solution to the many problems of moving residents and patients. Then i run up against reluctance to change lifting protocol or to spend the necessary monies to attack a problem at the point of care. Turf wars break out over who is calling the shots in a facility. I find it unfathomable that a decision to do the good and right thing is so hard to come by in those places. Makes you wonder what else goes a missing!
TVR

Can you afford to not have what you may need?

Because caregiving is not a guessing game, can you afford to not have all the tools you may need at the point of care? We are trying to change a culture of using the "tried and true" methods and tools. When there is a better way, use it! I had a director tell me that in trialing the vest, he could see it was easily the best thing he had seen, but...his group grabbed the gait belt because that is what they had always done. We are changing lifting protocol one care provider at a time....

News from the street

The SDS Transfer Vest is on the move...helping semi-ambulatory folks move to be exact. Just left a home health agency that was trialing the vest and the boss' comments went along the lines of "best aid we have every seen...period". Another owner told me that it is "peace of mind" knowing that his employee caregivers have the vest handy. Always nice to hear nice things!