THERE ARE MULTIPLE BENEFITS to both caregiver and client provided by lift and transfer aids, including:
* Staff Retention--especially experienced staff. The addition of technical aids helps keep experienced professionals on the job. Keeping any employee--particularly experienced PTs, OTs, and RNs--means higher quality patient care, improved outcomes,and cost savings. According to some human resource consultants, the recruitment, screening, hiring, and orientation of new employees can exceed several thousand dollars.
* Recruitment--Newly trained health care professionals are technologically savvy and will work only where administrative commitment, policies, and ...