How can a nursing bed solve the dilemma of dignity and physical strength?
At three o’clock in the morning, Ms. Li was once again awakened by her father’s…
At three o’clock in the morning, Ms. Li was once again awakened by her father’s moaning.
The 79-year-old man was paralyzed and bedridden for three years, his face flushed at the moment, and his fingers were clutching the sheets. Ms. Li knew that her father needed to be relieved. She gritted her teeth to support her father’s heavy body, and her husband hurriedly stuffed the bedpan under the bedding. Beads of sweat mixed with the old man’s suppressed sobs dripped—a ritual that was repeated every night shattered the dignity of father and daughter in the dark. Her lumbar disc herniation is the “medal” accumulated in the past three years.
Such a scene is happening in thousands of Chinese families. When relatives lose the ability to move independently, the most basic physiological need of “excretion” becomes a torture that tortures both parties. And a professional nursing bed, especiallyThe potty function is perfectly coordinated with the backing functionis becoming the key to solving the dilemma.
1. The dilemma of traditional toileting: torn dignity and overdrawn waist
The Caregiver’s Ledger of Blood and Tears:
“Every time I help my father with the potty, it’s like fighting a battle.” 45-year-old Engineer Zhang smiled wryly, “He weighs 160 pounds, and my wife and I have a hard time moving.” Last year, she had surgery for a lumbar fracture, and now she can only hire a nurse for the night shift, which costs an extra 6,000 yuan a month. Sister Wang, a nurse, also said frankly: “I am most afraid of being on the night shift, and the elderly get up a lot at night.” I helped five or six times one night, and the next day my waist seemed to be broken. ”
The silent torment of the disabled:
76-year-old Chen Bo couldn’t speak well after a stroke, but his daughter read the shame from his body language of resisting the potty: “Once, he didn’t hold the bed sheets steady, and he burst into tears and refused to eat for three days. The lack of abdominal pressure caused by long-term lying flat defecation has made constipation the norm, and Kaiselu has become a must-have on the bedside table.
Anatomy of core pain points:
▶ Handling Risks: Manual movement is easy to cause the elderly to fall and strain the muscles of caregivers
▶ Cleaning challenges: Bedpan placement deviation causes leakage, causing bedsores and infections
▶ Psychological trauma: Physical exposure exacerbates feelings of helplessness and collapses the sense of dignity
▶ Inefficiency: It takes more than 10 minutes for 2-3 people to go to the toilet at a time
2. Bedpan function: an “invisible toilet” that is precisely embedded
The real innovation lies not in the technology itself, but in the insight into the needs of human nature. The bedpan function of the professional nursing bed essentially reconstructs the spatial logic of the toilet – not to let people move to the bathroom, but to let the “bathroom” move accurately under the person.
Technical deconstruction (taking the tri-fold nursing bed as an example):
- Open-hole design: The middle of the mattress is reserved for movable plates, and the size accurately matches the standard bedpan
- Slide rail system: The bedpan is pushed under the hips by the hidden slide rail, and the offset rate is < 2cm
- Sealed treatment: Silicone ring leak-proof design, prevent dirt from touching the bed
- Quick disassembly and washing: Food-grade PP bedpan, detachable for rinsing in 3 seconds
Subversive Experience Scenarios:
▷ Night mode: The elderly press the pager lightly, and the nurse completes the opening of the board on the side of the bed→ pushes it into the bedpan→ and does not lift the bedding during the cleaning process
▷ Living alone in an emergency: Remote control to start the opening, the bedpan automatically slides in and locates (high-end model)
▷ The Cleaning Revolution: The leakage rate has dropped from 37% in traditional methods to less than 5% (data from a hospital in Shenzhen in 2023)
Testimonials of real cases：
After changing the nursing bed with bedpan function for Parkinson’s mother, Ms. Liu lamented: “In the past, it took half an hour to change the sheets, but now the dirt touches the mattress and the wipes are clean.” The mother finally offered to relieve herself. ”
Most people only know that the back is used to eat and watch TV, but they don’t know that it is a core variable of toilet comfort. When the human body is tilted at 30°-60°, the abdominal pressure is most conducive to defecation, which is the key value of the back function.
Medical-grade angle design principles:
| Angular intervals | Physiological effects | Toilet advantages |
|---|---|---|
| 0°-30° | Relieves pressure on the spine | Easy to place the potty |
| 30°-60° | Increases abdominal pressure and promotes bowel movement | Solve the problem of constipation in bed |
| 60°-80° | Achieve an approximate sitting posture | Restore the natural bowel position |
Operational Essentials:
- Segmented lifting: Raise the potty to 30°C and then continue to raise it to 60°C to induce bowel movements
- Leg flexion linkage: The high-end model raises the knee brace synchronously to form a “seat-style” support
- Non-slip design: Soft shoulder strap to prevent body slippage (especially suitable for patients with muscle weakness)
The director of the rehabilitation department of Guangzhou Grade 3A Hospital pointed out: “Insufficient back angle is the main cause of constipation in bedridden elderly people. We require nursing beds to be ≥ 70° back, which has a significant effect on reducing laxative drug dependence. ”
Fourth, functional combination punch: a set of standard actions to return dignity
When the bedpan meets the back, the care process is redefined:
Step (1): Remotely raise the backplate to 35° (8 seconds)
Step (2): Pull out the bed board and slide it into the bedpan (the caregiver does it independently)
Step (3): Continue to raise your back to 60° to activate the leg flex function
Step (4): Pull up the bed curtain and exit the private space
Step (5): Lower the bed board and take out the bedpan to rinse
Efficiency Comparison Table:
| project | The traditional way | Functional nursing beds | Boost the effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of operators | 2-3 people | 1 person | ↓ 50% |
| Time taken for a single time | 10-15 minutes | 3-5 minutes | ↓ 70% |
| Physical exposure time | Full exposure | ≤ 30 seconds | ↓ 95% |
| Monthly care for injuries | 78% of caregivers had low back pain | ＜12% | ↓ 85% |
5. Choose a warning: avoid the consumer trap of pseudo-functions
Be wary of these when inspecting nursing bedsFatal flaw：
⚠️ The edge of the bedpan mouth is not chamfered: The right-angled edge injures the sacrum and accelerates the onset of pressure ulcers
⚠️ Hand rocker up the back: When you have a sudden bowel movement, you can only sit up after shaking 20 times, and the old man has long been incontinent
⚠️ No memory function: The angle needs to be re-adjusted each time, which increases the complexity of the operation
⚠️ The slide rail has no self-locking device: The bedpan shifts after being pushed in, causing dirt to leak
List of core parameters:
✅ Electric dual motors (independent control of back/legs)
✅ Lifting angle≥70° (subject to actual measurement)
✅ Bedpan mouth size≥ 28×18cm (compatible with large bedpans)
✅ Emergency power-off protection (sudden power failure hold angle)
✅ Silent design (40 dB at night<)
Shanghai Hospice Ward once recorded a touching scene: Lao Zhou, a patient with advanced ALS, used a nursing bed to go to the toilet and wrote with an eyeball typewriter: “Finally, you don’t have to smell your own smell and wait for you to clean up…” This bed gave him the last decency.
For children: When the father was able to lift the back panel at the touch of a button, and the mother stopped crying for soiling the sheets, the guilt of those late nights began to dissipate. The value of a machine is to make care no longer accompanied by harm.
For caregivers: Say goodbye to the occupational disease of lumbar muscle strain, and only then can we have the energy of continuous dedication.
For the elderly: The most basic physiological needs to be able to control are armor against the fear of disability.
The warmth of science and technology lies in the fact that it silently guards the most vulnerable moments of human nature. When the mechanical arm of a nursing bed slowly supports the weak body, when the bedpan is tightly embedded in the bed, when the old man closes his eyes to complete a private excretion – those dignity deprived by disease are quietly returning with the subtle rotation of gears. This is not only a triumph of function, but also a physical declaration of reverence for life.
