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In the world of healthcare, the importance of a high-quality, reliable, and durable bed cannot be overstated. Recognising the need to extend hospital-grade comfort and care to home settings, the Solite Pro bed range was designed and manufactured in the UK with a simple yet profound brief: to create a superior bed that meets the complex needs of patients at home.

A Vision for Home-Based Care

The journey of the Solite Pro bed began with a vision to bridge the gap between hospital care and home care. Understanding that many patients require hospital-grade support even when recovering at home, the designers set out to create a bed that was not only functional but also seamlessly integrated into a home environment.

The result was an electrically operated, 4-section profiling bed that combined advanced features with user-friendly design, ensuring that patients received the same level of care and comfort as they would in a hospital.

We get asked quite a lot about how to choose the correct profiling bed for home use.  So, we’ve put together this blog to go through the features and benefits of a profiling bed.

What is a Profiling Bed?

Profiling beds are beds that can be adjusted to allow the backrest, legrest and knee brake to be electrically adjusted. This allows the user’s position to be changed without strain on either the patient or the carer.  4-part profiling are most common for home use.  A four-part bed is ideal as it keeps the bottom horizontal while raising the knees.  See our profiling beds 

The Main Advantages of a Profiling Bed Are:

• Respiratory and circulatory difficulties can be eased through profiling the bed to suit the patient’s needs.
• Our hospital profiling beds also have a height adjustment, so the carer can work at a safe height when giving treatments, etc.
• Using the electronic settings, the risk of injury to the carer is eliminated, and the independence and dignity of the user are maintained.
• It may make it possible for someone to get out of bed unaided, if they can raise themselves into a sitting position first.
• It makes using a hoist easier.

Low Level Hospital Beds

A low level hospital bed is ideal for patients who are liable to fall or climb out of bed and hurt themselves.  Like a standard profiling bed these beds can be adjusted to as low as 23cm from the ground.  With the use of side rails or floor safety mats it offers the most safety to someone who is inclined to fall out of bed. 

It also allows the carer to work at a height which is safe and convenient for them, before returning their patient to a much lower level for sleeping.  See our Low Beds 

Bariatric Profiling Beds

For larger patients, a bariatric profiling bed may offer more comfort.  These 4ft beds are wider and can accommodate weights of up to 286kg (45st).  Bariatric beds are available in both standard height and low level entry beds and have all the benefits of a profiling bed mentioned above.  See our Bariatric Beds 

Other Electric Profiling Beds

It is also possible to get a profiling bed that is designed within a standard bed look.  This allows you to have all the benefits of a profiling bed without the hospital bed look.  Our range of Devon and Richmond beds will fit in comfortably in any bedroom.  They are ideally suited to someone who has good mobility but either needs help sitting up and lying down or needs to sleep in a slightly elevated position. 

Mattresses for Profiling Beds

Like with any type of bed there are a wide range of mattresses for use on profiling beds.  It is important that you use a mattress made for profiling beds to ensure that the bed can profile correctly.  If you are looking at hospital style profiling bed you need to consider the mobility levels of the patient.  If they have limited mobility and spends a great deal of time in bed, a compatible pressure relief mattress should be chosen.  These range from low risk of developing pressure sores right up to high risk.  See our range of mattresses 

Choosing the Right Bed and Mattress for you

If you need any further help you should contact your occupational therapist or public health nurse or alternatively call us on 0818 989 353 to speak to a product specialist today. 

A good night’s sleep is essential for our wellbeing. Due to illness or reduced mobility there comes a time that a few additions may be needed to your bedroom. Our range of quality bedroom products can give you that little bit of additional support you need without any compromise on your bedroom comforts.

Choosing the Right Bed

An adjustable electronic profiling bed is ideal for people suffering from medical conditions such as: Asthma, emphysema, bronchitis, arthritis, rheumatism, MS, back pain, circulation problems and many other conditions affecting mobility. An electronic bed offers all the support and positioning required while looking like a regular bed. For people who need even more support or are bedbound a fully profiling care bed is ideal.

Choosing the Right Mattress

All of our mattresses have been specifically designed to be used with our range of profiling electronic beds and profiling care beds. When selecting a mattress, it is important to know the level of pressure relief you need. This is especially important for bed bound patients to ensure the prevention of pressure sores.

Bedroom Accessories

We have Ireland’s widest range of bedroom accessories, from matching over bed tables and bedside cabinets to bed aids and rails. For people who need help getting in and out of bed we have a wide range of transfer aids and hoists.

What Products are Right for Me?

There are many different products that can make your bedroom safer and more comfortable. Please Call Us Now on 0818 989 365 to speak with one of our equipment consultants.

1. Circulation

Electric beds are adjustable at the head and feet positions. Moving them can improve circulation for someone who is bed bound for long periods. This action also reduces bedsores, fluid build-up in the legs, joint and back strain and a range of other complications associated with being bed bound for long periods.

2. Comfort for the Patient

There are benefits for patients associated with electric beds that do not apply to traditional beds. Aside from being more comfortable due to less bed sores and irritations, electric beds also allow for patients for to change position for different tasks. Reading, watching and eating are all easily done from the bed without any physical effort, keeping the patients supported and comfortable.

3. Care Giver Assistance

Being an in home carer is a physically demanding job. Over time, this can lead to problems for the carer such as back pain, exhaustion and joint pain. By using an electric bed, carers can position the patient in a way that is safe and supportive electrically rather than physically while they eat, get changed, change dressings etc.

4.  Design

The bed is made to look like a normal bed and not like a hospital bed. This “normal” design can have a calming influence on a home and is less dramatic than a traditional hospital bed. We have a range of electric beds in different sizes available for sale at Beechfield Healthcare.

5. Range of Suitability

If you suffer from asthma, emphysema, bronchitis, arthritis, rheumatism, MS, back pain, circulation problems, fluid build-up or chronic heartburn an electric beds could help you.  They are suitable for people suffering from a huge number of illnesses and sickness.