Sentes reclining bath from Gainsborough delivers advanced postural stability

GAINSBOROUGH Specialist

Bathrooms, Europe’s leading brand of specialist power baths for the healthcare sector, continues to meet complex bather needs with its reclining Sentes bathing solution.

The Sentes is an ultra-efficient reclining bathing system, suitable for long-term and acute care environments.

Its reclining action and moulded seat help to improve postural control, enhancing bathing comfort and delivering the optimum blend of functionality and performance.

The vertical-raising, side-entry door also ensures easy-access for bathers, making transfers safer and simpler for care staff.

From a design point of view, the Sentes provides: n Easy one-touch tilt with hoisting access. n Reduced operational costs through smart water and power usage. n BioCote antimicrobial technology built-in for 24/7 protection against microbes. n Quick fill technology for faster bathing cycles. n Impressive 205kg SWL. n Safer moving and handling with reduced risk to carers and bathers. n Optional hydrotherapy, chromotherapy and Bluetooth sound. The integrated BioCote protection in the Sentes is a major advantage for all healthcare providers.

AAT levels the field in living daily life

ONE of the biggest problems as we get older is growing lack of mobility and balance. Even something like going up and down stairs and steps can become difficult.

That puts a person at greater risk of falling. It limits their confidence to go out and about, to do the normal things in life that they enjoy.

Hence the need for steps to be taken to minimise the risk, to prevent a fall, to create a fall prevention strategy.

Convention dictates that where stairs are concerned, the solution is a stairlift.

But that involves major disruption to the home, with fixing to the wall or through the stairs.

It restricts safe access and use of the stairs by other members of the household.

It only addresses the problem at home…

There is an alternative. An alternative that does not require installation, alteration to the physical structure of the home.

That does not occupy space nor restrict the other family members’ use of the internal space. That is portable, so can be used wherever varying levels would restrict. That can be in place and in use within days(1)

The answer is an S-Max stairclimber. The battery-powered kinematic unit is Class 1 Medical Device certified.

It means any member of the family or a carer can, with appropriate training, safely and smoothly help the limited person get up and down any steps and stairs – in the home, or away.

Daily activities (occupations) become within scope again.

The S-Max can be fitted to most standard wheelchairs, so there is no need to risk transferring from wheelchair to another piece of equipment to get up and down stairs, with the associated potential to fall in the process.

With an integrated seat – the S-Max Sella –the unit can easily move up and down stairs and beyond into wherever needed – the bathroom, bedroom, lounge, kitchen, the garden. There is no need to transfer.

This flexibility mean the S-Max satisfies the key ethos of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists guidance that any intervention should be “person centred and occupation focussed” and that it should take “a broad holistic view on person, environment, occupation”(2)

Both versions can fold compactly away when not in use and are small and light enough to fit into a car boot to ease access in the wider community.

The S-Max is engineered by design enable a petite person to easily move someone up to 135kg/21st at a speed with which they are comfortable (even one step at a time, through the patented ComfortStep feature).

The S-Max is available in the UK exclusively through AAT GB. Thousands are now in daily use throughout the UK, since the company began 15+ years ago. AAT’s nationwide team of assessment managers can support an OT or directly with the recipient to prescribe the most appropriate option, and support, harnessing, seating accessories if needed.

The team will also train anyone who will be using the stairclimber to ensure optimal safety at all times and provide annual servicing if required.

AAT is so confident in the scope and relevance of the S-Max in its ability to address almost any staircase and user that it offers a free no obligation assessment service.

References

(1) AAT GB endeavours to be on site to assess potential users within 10 working days; the S-Max is available ex-stock, so can be delivered within three working days of receipt of order. Most authorities have S-Max’s already, so one can be re-issued from stores when available

(2) https://www.rcot.co.uk/node/396

Enquiries: Book online at www.aatgb.com/s-max or by emailing sales@aatgb.com or telephoning 01978 821875.

This world-leading silver-ion technology delivers advanced hygiene offering up to 99.9 per cent 24/7 protection against a broad range of microbes, including bacteria, mould and even some viruses.

With its Sentes baths, the 64-bed luxurious Kings Lodge care home located in Camberley, Surrey, continues to provide utmost bathing support and hygiene.

Offering a combination of high level residential and dementia care, Kings Lodge is a state-of-the-art facility which delivers client-centric bathing with moving and handling excellence.

Abbey, a senior carer at Kings Lodge, has been very impressed with the Sentes, both from a staff and resident point of view.

She said: “The Sentes is nice and deep so residents can have a good soak and it gives effective postural support when reclined for individuals with complex needs. It is easily accessible from either side so I can provide personal care without compromising my back or posture.”

Offering the opportunity to bathe is a major benefit at Kings Lodge as it relaxes residents, improves well-being and enhances therapy sessions.

The Sentes baths from Gainsborough Specialist Bathrooms have been deemed instrumental in safeguarding this approach to care.

Call 01527 400 022 or visit www.gainsboroughbaths.com

New lines added to our favourite Chamonix designs

SKOPOS has more than 50 years’ specialist experience in the design and manufacture of high-performance FR contract fabrics for the care sector.

As a key part of many care-home schemes, our Chamonix upholstery fabrics provide a durable and stylish solution to contract furniture in demanding environments.

For 2023 we are launching our followon collection: Chamonix Deuxième brings a new colour story to contract upholstery.

A fresh influx of these three wellloved upholstery fabric designs, Chamonix Deuxième provides even greater choice.

With 38 new Skus, each design works beautifully alone or in combination, to create simple, contemporary and stylish contract furniture pieces.

In an extensive palette, ranging from staple neutrals to fashion-led brights, colours can be selected and combined to fit with any chosen project scheme.

Orelle, Marmotte and Slalom are provided with Crib 5 Flame Retardant backing, soil and stain resist finish and a waterproof layer and meet the requirements for severe contract situations, with 50,000 Martindale rubs, offering a beautiful choice for any contract interior.

The collection meets the requirements for Flame Retardancy standards across the UK and Europe, and meets IMO standards with the added benefit of the MED wheelmark, for marine/cruise-line interiors.

Available immediately, with short lead-times for larger order quantities, Skopos are pleased to add this collection into their Accents range.

Enquiries: For a copy of our Chamonix Deuxième shade-card please email our customer service team at sales@skopos.co.uk or for free samples of Chamonix Deuxième or any of our collections visit skoposfabrics.com