MAKE A SOUND INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE OF YOUR RESIDENTS
Make a sound investment in the future for your residents andinvest wise money in self rehabilitation products for all of your residents.
It’s your responsibility to improve their care and not allow them to decline in theirphysical status, mental and psychosocial status. The federal regulation Quality of Care (309) states that very clearly.
A facility must care for its residents in a manner and in an environment thatpromotes maintenance or enhancement of each resident’s quality of life.
Each resident deserves to receive and the facility must provide the necessary care and services to attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being in accordance with the comprehensive assessment and plan of care.
Whether the resident’s ability to transfer and ambulate has declined, improved orstayed the same and whether any deterioration or decline in function was avoidable or unavoidable.
The Merry Walker Corporation creates and develops products to meet the needs of your residents. Merry Walker Ambulation Devices are fabricated out of black tubular steel, which makes the Merry Walker a little more expensive, but will standup to years of service for your residents. Many other companies over the years have fabricated copycats made from PVC, inferior material to the tubular steel that makes the Merry Walker the outstanding product it is. There are many negatives in using PVC to build walker/chair combinations and they are as follows:
they tip easily, cannot be bottom weighted
they are highly breakable, they cannot withstand heavy weight falling on them
the seats are unable to be cleaned
they are cheap and flimsy plastic tubing
they are toxic should they burn
they are not bottom weighted
they are not foldable
they are not designed to meet the end user’s needs
they are not sized to end user’s measurements
Merry Walkers were designed by a medical professional who listened to the other medical professionals in the field and made the necessary changes which makes the Merry Walker Corporation product line what it is today. The positive aspects of Merry Walker Corporation product line are as follows:
made from black powdered coated tubular steel, cannot break
walking space meets residents’ needs
folds for storage and transport
fully washable
will not burn
is tip resistant due to being bottom weighted
totally designed to meet the user’s needs in walking assistance
sized to meet the user’s needs, three widths and five height sizes
Merry Walker are not copycats…they are the originals, with modifieddesign
created by a medical professional
Merry Walkers offer:
less work for staff as it takes only one person to ambulate a resident, not two staff- keeps staff at work without causing back injuries
keeps residents up and walking and mobile, decreasing the likelihood ofunnecessary decline in physical status
provides for self-rehabilitation—meets needs of restorative nursing staff
cost effective as resident’s health status does not decline
family members like to see resident walking
resident likes and needs to walk, keeps residents healthier.