Symptoms of Alzhiemers residents can vary widely Early and mid diagnosis residents often have a tendency to wander. Agitation and aggression if often evident in mid to later stages. Broda chairs are excellent for helping to accommodate Alzheimers’ residents throughout the various stages.
Ideal for Alzheimer patients, the Broda Glider begins to glide once the resident sits in the chair, and stops gliding when the resident begins to vacate the chair (helping to prevent falls). The Glider also features a caregiver lock to prevent any unwanted gliding.
The smooth gliding action produces a calming effect and helps reduce the need to wander. It’s also ideal for ambulatory residents who can benefit from mild exercise of lower limbs.
The Broda Pedal Chair encourages mobility and independence for those who still have some mobility but cannot walk. The front pivot tilt-in-space design allows for a proper foot on floor position for propelling even when tilted -- encouraging safe mobility and independence. This is also excellent for preventing falls. The Clear Tray option allows residents to see their feet while propelling, helping to calm.
The Elite chair line and the 785 Full Recliner are ideal for end stage Alzheimers. All offer swing away/removable sides allow for easy transfers, durable 16 gauge tubular steel frame- chair will withstand aggressive movements, and a tilt-in-space design.
This front pivot tilt-in-space design allows for a proper foot on floor position for propelling even when tilted – encouraging safe mobility and independence. This is also excellent for preventing falls. The tilt also helps to cradle the resident, keeping them safely and comfortably positioned. Finally, Broda’s HSP Padding package upgrade is also an ideal accessory solution. It offers additional support and protection, keeping the resident safe and comfortable.Broda’s tilt-in-space design helps with brain and neck injuries, as tilting a seating surface in a posterior direction can reduce the effects of gravity on one’s head and/or neck.
This also facilitates a more functional and proper upright head and neck position. A proper head and neck position is essential for safe feeding and swallowing. It is also beneficial to perform other various functional tasks such social interaction and performing various grooming tasks.
785 has a full range of positioning with 38 deg of tilt, and a full 90 deg of recline to help aid in comfort, repositioning and pressure reduction for residents who are unable to reposition themselves.
The gas springs (cylinders) used for the tilt, recline and legrest help absorb shock from sudden, and aggressive movements.
Optional HSP Padding package helps to protect residents from injuring themselves on the frame. Numerous positioning cushions are available, including customization of cushions to help with complex positioning needs.
587 is excellent for mobile residents as it offers 45 of tilt to help prevent falls and aid in pressure reduction.
Front pivot seat tilt allows for proper foot on floor positioning for self propelling- creating independence for resident.
The 587 offers an optional 4 way multi-axial headrest to help provide comfortable and supportive positioning for the head.
The CS 385 is excellent for easily and safely showering residents. It offers both tilt and recline to help ensure resident safety and comfort.
Optional padded headrest and side lateral supports offer additional positioning and support.
Standard elevating legrest with flip up footrest helps keep resident’s feet properly positioned to help prevent falls. The elevating legrest also makes it easier to shower the patient.
In order to help prevent falls, the resident must feel comfortable in their chair. This will help prevent slumping and sliding or trying to get out of the chair. Broda’s Comfort Tension Seating™ system aids in long-term comfort and pressure redistribution, providing the ultimate comfortable experience for the resident.
The infinitely adjustable tilt in space feature on our chairs, along with back recline on some models, helps properly and comfortably position the resident to assist with fall prevention without the use of restraints.
All Broda chairs are an excellent fit for No-Fall programs within facilities for ambulatory or non-ambulatory residents.
Both the Pedal chair (which has up to 18° tilt) and the 587 Tilt Wheelchair (which has up to 45° tilt) have a front pivot seat tilt, allowing for a proper foot on floor position for propelling even when tilted – which encourages safe mobility and independence and is excellent for fall prevention.
Proper seat to floor height is essential for fall prevention of ambulatory residents. If the seat height is too tall, the resident may try to slide forward in the chair in order to reach the floor with their feet—causing falls. Both the Pedal Chair and 587 Tilt Wheelchair have adjustable seat heights which allow for safe foot propelling.
The comfortable seating surfaces and tilt keeps residents comfortably positioned in the chair. The tilt reduces risk of slumping and sliding, and improved patient comfort can help reduce need for trying to get out of chair.
The tilt-in-space function as well as recline on some models can often eliminate the need for restraints such as a seat belt, and is safer than a non-tilt in space wheelchair for people who are at risk of falling out of a wheelchair.
The tilt design also reduces risk of slumping and sliding, and keeps resident at an ideal head or hips angle. This improved patient comfort can help reduce need for trying to get out of chair.
Height-adjustable armrests keep residents properly and comfortably positioned, helping to eliminate slouching or slumping to contact armrests that are too low, and thus helping to prevent falls.
The adjustlable footrest/legrest provides optimal foot support to help prevent sliding to contact the footrests. The length is adjustable to accommodate residents of varying leg lengths.
Determining proper seating for mobile residents who may be quickly progressing to a non-mobile state can present a challenge. While often the goal is to help maintain resident mobility for as long as possible, caregivers often find that within a short period of time, the resident may need a different chair that will accommodate the different needs of a non ambulatory resident who is further progressing. This can be quite costly.
The Broda Midline Full Recliner, may help address this challenge. Its versatility can accommodate a wide variety of needs as well as budgets. It accommodates non mobile residents as it has 90° of recline, 38° of tilt and an elevating legrest with adjustable footrest all of which will aid in positioning, and help to prevent falls.
However, it can also accommodate mobile residents, as the legrest portion is removable, allowing for the resident to propel with their feet. The seat to floor height is adjustable (17” to 22”) with a front pivot tilt, to allow a proper foot on floor position for safe propelling even while tilted. (The height of the resident will need to be considered to determine if this option is suitable.) Once the resident is no longer mobile, the legrest can be reinstalled and the seat height adjusted to the desired height if necessary.
Seating someone with Huntington's Disease can be very challenging. Individuals often experience loss of control over eating and speaking and are at severe risk of choking during eating. Extreme, uncontrolled spastic movements of the limbs and hyperextension of the body continue until the latest stages of the disease when the individual may become extremely rigid.
It is important to provide a durable, stable chair that offers proper positioning for comfort and fall prevention, as well as protection against the resident from injuring themselves. Positioning for feeding is also important.
A Broda chair can help accommodate many of these issues. In mid to late stage HD, a 785 Elite Tilt Recliner with HSP (Huntington's Special Padding) is recommended.
With up to 38° of tilt and 90° of recline, the 785 is ideal for containment and pelvic positioning. The back recline helps accommodate hyperextension. The tilt and recline are infinitely adjustable, allowing for numerous positioning options to help prevent falls.
Broda’s Comfort Tensoin Seating™ and the tilt and recline creates exceptional resident comfort, helping to create a calming effect.
An ideal solution for residents with Huntingtons' Disease, or severe agitation, is Broda's HSP Padding package upgrade. It offers additional support and protection, keeping the resident safe and comfortable. The HSP padding also helps to prevent resident injury as it covers a great deal of the frame.
Exceptinoal stability of Broda chairs helps maintain resident safety. For very extreme cases, we offer a custom extended base length for additional stability.
Our gas springs help absorb the shock of aggressive movements, so that the chair moves with the resident, thus helping to prevent injury.
Offering incredible durability with a 16-gauge tubular steel frame, Broda chairs are built to last.
A contracture is the permanent shortening of a muscle. Frequent position changes and range of motion exercises are important weapons in the battle against contractures.
The Elite 35V Semi Recliner or Elite 85V Tilt with the Contracture Sling option (models become 35C and 85C respectively) chairs are ideal when dealing with contractures. The contracture sling adjusts in and out from the chair to accommodate the severity of the contracture.
This allows for otherwise often bed-ridden residents to sit upright and socialize within the facility, thus helping to reduce pressure sores that can occur on bed-ridden residents.
All Broda chairs (excluding Acute Care Chair, 587 and Auto Locking Glider, due to padding on back) can be used for Kyphosis.
Kyphosis can be accommodated by reversing specific straps along the back of the chair, as this allows for approx an extra 1.5” space for the curvature to help bring the resident back in the chair.
If the kyphosis is more severe, specific straps can be removed on the back to accommodate the curvature. The area where the straps have been removed can be covered with a pad around the back of the chair to maintain the resident’s dignity.
By accommodating kyphosis, this enables the resident to sit back comfortably in the chair, which helps improve overall positioning, head support and comfort.
Depending on the symptoms, the needs of a resident with MS can vary. Broda chairs help address several needs such comfort, support and pressure reduction. They can help to maintain a resident’s level of social interaction by encouraging mobility for more independent residents and a front pivot tilt to maintain resident’s eye level.
The Comfort Tension Seating™ used on all Broda chairs, provides comfort and pressure reduction to help maintain long term comfort for residents who are unable to reposition themselves.Infinitely adjustable tilt in space (and recline on some models) allows for easy repositioning to provide optimal postural support. The tilt also helps to cradle the resident, creating a comforting effect.
For those who have some mobility but cannot walk, the Pedal Chair and 587 Tilt Wheelchair encourages independence. The front pivot tilt-in-space design allows for a proper foot on floor position for propelling even when tilted—encouraging safe mobility and independence. This is also excellent for helping to prevent falls.
The 785 and Elite line are excellent as they offer swing away removable sides for ease of side transfers.
Finally, Broda’s HSP Padding package upgrade is also an ideal solution. It offers additional support and protection, keeping the resident safe and comfortable.
For individuals at risk for skin breakdown the Broda Comfort Tension Seating™ system, is the key to providing a comfortable, functional chair.
Each strap of the system conforms individually to the person's body, thus suspending weight across multiple points and greatly reduces the amount of pressure on a person's body (especially peak pressures).
The straps are firm enough to provide necessary support for hours of sitting comfort, and the memory retention system enables the straps to return to their original shape within seconds.
This strapping system prevents the "bottoming out" effect, which occurs with standard wheelchair seating surfaces. It also allows for superior airflow and circulation, reducing and dispersing heat and moisture buildup that often leads to skin breakdown.
