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The Classroom News - Decompress with Compression

Compression clothing offers numerous benefits for individuals with special needs. These garments provide gentle, yet firm pressure to the body, promoting proprioceptive input and a sense of calm...
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The Classroom News - Benefits of Powered and Postural Mattresses

The average person is encouraged to get 7-9 hours of sleep each night, which is equivalent to 227,760 hours or 26 years of your life...
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The Classroom News - Guide to Proper Seating

Proper seating plays a vital role in a student's overall development and well-being. It provides essential support and stability, ...
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Coming Home - Adjusting to big changes

Coming home from the hospital with a recently diagnosed limitation, can create big changes. There will be adjustments for everyone in the household: for the person, the caregiver, and even the family dog or cat ...
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Accessories For A Danmar Helmet

Danmar offers additional accessories to tailor your helmet to your personal needs. Here we share a recommended list of accessories...
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Fitting A Custom Made Danmar Helmet

Danmar offers a variety of customizations to best suit your needs, and our experts are here to help. Some of the available customizations include...
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How to Size a Danmar Helmet

It’s important to have a proper fitting helmet in order to provide comfort and safety for the person wearing the headgear. Periodically checking the sizing and inspecting the condition of your helmet will help to determine if it’s time to replace or change the size...
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Questions to ask yourself when purchasing a ramp

If you or your loved ones are one of the over 3.5 million Americans using a wheelchair, you know just how important a ramp is for getting around and accomplishing everyday tasks. ...
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Tips for Traveling Stress-Free with Mobility Concerns

Traveling with a child or adult with special needs doesn’t have to be challenging. Planning early is the most important way to ensure a stress-free vacation...
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It’s ALWAYS Time to Inspect Your Slings

Checking the condition of your sling is an important task that should be performed frequently. You can quickly inspect your sling before each use...
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Our Client Favorite Molift Smart 150

Our clients and expert staff agree – you will love the Molift Smart 150 Patient lift. This patient lift offers a compact and lightweight frame, dependable and reliable construction...
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7 Ways Walking is Good for Your Health

There’s no question about it, walking is good for you! Getting out of the house for a few minutes each day...
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Strollers Compliant with Disney's New Standards

Are you wondering if your stroller or pushchair will be allowed into Disney World Parks?...
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First Steps Early Intervention

First Steps is a nationally recognized program designed...
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Air Travel with Special Needs Requires Planning..

Travel can be stressful with Special Needs, especially during the Holidays
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Watch Your Back

According to the National Institute of Health, nearly 71% of all caregivers who assist with patient transfers suffer from lower back pain.
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Resources for Caregivers

Caregiving encompasses a number of roles and is much more challenging than expected. Not only can caregiving be physically demanding, stressful and emotionally draining.
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How Patient Lifts Help Caregivers

Being in good health emotionally and physically is of utmost importance when you are a primary caregiver. Not only are you continually doing everyday chores that put a strain on your back, but you are also lifting and caring for a loved one. Patient lifts are important tools to provide safer transfers for both the patient and the caregiver.
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DYI - Create your own Picture Exchange System (PECS)

The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) assists people with communication challenges and is easy to make...
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DYI - Create a READY TO GO KIT for Disaster Preparedness

When you bring some home who needs continual care, create a disaster plan and kit. You already have...
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Spotlight Issue: Use a Care Conference to make the transition home care easier

Transitioning from the hospital to home with your loved one can be a challenging and an overwhelming experience. The goal is to...
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Spotlight Issue: Medical Equipment to consider before you bring your loved one home

Your loved one is being released from a facility to come home! Great news however it often comes with many questions. What equipment is needed to make...
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Spotlight Issue: Preventing Pressure Sores (Ulcerations)

People with limited mobility are often at risk for pressure sores or skin break downs. The most common locations for sores are...
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Do not let incontinence keep you home! The "Right" Supplies make the difference

Managing incontinence is essential to quality of life for not only the individual with the challenge but also the family providing supportive care.

Molly, age 19, was injured in an automobile accident...
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Adaptive beds designed for home decor. You do not need to bring the hospital home with you!

There is no doubt good rest and quality of life are directly related. For an individual living with physical disability, the ability to rest and sleep in comfort is integral to their overall health. The bed is one of the most...
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The importance of a great bath chair

A good bath chair provides a safe and comfortable place for bathing. No more slipping in the tub. Bath and tub chairs are...
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Joy’s Spotlight on: Anti-Microbial surfaces for Mattresses

Are you caring for a love one who has skin issues or incontinence? Having difficulties with soiling of bed linen and surfaces? Hill-Rom has created a technology, Nano Ag (silver), containing...
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Joy’s Spotlight: Choosing the right sheets and incontinence pads for your hospital therapy mattresses.

The right bed sheets make all the difference when using a therapy mattress on your hospital bed. Low air loss surfaces allow air to pass through the top of the mattress to wick away moisture so it is important...
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