Getting up out of a favorite chair can be a struggle for the elderly.
Solutions come in two varieties.
The first is a so-called “lift cushion” which is a seat cushion that has been designed to gently lift you to your feet, either by spring action or by an electric motor.
These are affordable and can be used on pretty much any chair.
The spring-loaded ones store up the energy from someone sitting down on them, and when you want to stand up you move a lever and the spring slowly releases.
The second is a “lift chair” which is an actual chair designed to help you get to your feet. An ejector chair, if you will.
Here’s the link to view all the different options.
Photo by Grim Santo
My mother has the lift cushion. It works very well. It gives her just enough of an upward push to get her out of a doctor’s waiting room chair. She sleeps in a lift chair and is happy that she can remain at home with the help of a medical alert system.
That’s wonderful. It sounds like you are taking very good care of her! Which medical alert system did she end up going with?