SafeLiftingPortal.com Launches New Resource Focused on Home Care Patient Safety and Injury Prevention

BATESVILLE, Ind. and FRANKLIN, Mass., June 1  /PRNewswire/ -- Liko, a Hill-Rom company, has announced the launch of a new "Home Care" section of its popular Safe Lifting Portal Web site http://www.safeliftingportal.com/. The new portal section is designed to promote safe lifting practices within the typical home care environment.   Caregiver injury prevention and patient safety are increasingly important topics given the growing number of elderly and disabled being cared for at home.

The Liko-sponsored Safe Lifting Portal is an injury prevention site provided for the public good and designed to help nurses and caregivers avoid musculoskeletal injuries caused by lifting and repositioning patients.

According to Melissa Nowitz, administrator of the Safe Lifting Portal, "We believe that Safe Lifting practices will logically extend from the institutional market into the home care segment once families and service providers become more aware of the need to lift and reposition patients in a safe, secure manner in all settings, including the home.  The new Home Care Safe Lifting Portal seeks to facilitate this extension by serving as a consultative resource and information clearing-house for home care agencies, risk and insurance firms, and families and patients."

The Home Care Safe Lifting Portal covers a variety of patient safety, injury prevention and patient handling topics such as how to assess the patient and home environment for safety and how to select the proper assistive equipment.  It also includes a user forum and question-and-answer column called "Ask the Home Care Lift Doctor." The new site can be accessed directly by visiting http://www.safeliftingportal.com/homecare

ABOUT THE SAFE LIFTING PORTAL

The Safe Lifting Portal is sponsored by Liko, a Hill-Rom company, and can be found at http://www.safeliftingportal.com/.. For more information on Liko's sponsorship of the Safe Lifting Portal, contact Liko, 122 Grove Street, Franklin, MA 02038; telephone [phone] or [phone]; fax [phone]; or visit the Liko website at http://www.liko.com/.

ABOUT LIKO, A HILL-ROM COMPANY

Liko, a Hill-Rom company, is one of the world's leading suppliers of patient lifts, including mobile, overhead rail, sit-to-stand and bariatric lifts, as well as a selection of more than 250 slings and accessories.  The company is the exclusive sponsor of the "Safe Lifting Environment" campaign, provided for the public good and designed to help prevent caregiver injuries (visit http://www.safeliftingportal.com/ for more details).  For more information on Liko's complete line of patient lifts, contact Liko, 122 Grove Street, Franklin, MA 02038.  Telephone [phone] or [phone]; fax [phone], or visit the Liko website at http://www.liko.com/.

ABOUT HILL-ROM

Hill-Rom is a leading worldwide manufacturer and provider of medical technologies and related services for the health care industry, including patient support systems, safe mobility and handling solutions, non-invasive therapeutic products for a variety of acute and chronic medical conditions, medical equipment rentals, and information technology solutions.  Hill-Rom's comprehensive product and service offerings are used by health care providers across the health care continuum in hospitals, extended care facilities and home care settings to enhance the safety and quality of patient care.

Hill-Rom...enhancing outcomes for patients and their caregivers.

http://www.hill-rom.com/ 

DATASOURCE: Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.



CONTACT:  SafeLiftingPortal.com Contact: Melissa Nowitz, Administrator

Safe Lifting Portal, [phone], ; or Hill-Rom

Corporate Media Relations Contact: Lauren Green-Caldwell, Director, Corporate

Communications & Public Relations, [phone],





Web Site:  http://www.safeliftingportal.com/ 

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