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I had this same problem Silas. I looked into a queen
craftmatic adjustable. It's one way to go but there not that cheap and my
care is more difficult. It's harder to get dressed and put a sling
under me when I'm in a larger bed. My caregiver has to reach over the bed
more. My solution is : I bought another hospital bed. I took
the rails off. ( You can even buy a hospital bed without rails ). I have a
tempurpedic mattress on both beds. I keep the beds at the same
height. I push and lock the beds and mattresses together when we sleep
and then we open the beds up when I do my care. Also, when
the beds are together, I can run my tubing in between the beds. That way I can
turn that way. This makes the bed about a Cal-king size. This gives
you a bigger bed, it solves a solution about the urine bag, both beds are
adjustable and you can get dressed as easy as it is on a single bed.
I hope that all made sense. Believe me, what a difference.
I bought a standard invacare hospital bed with no
rails to match the bed the VA gave me. I think it cost me
$699.00. I did buy a tempurpedic mattress to match mine. But, any
mattress would work because you can adjust the beds to the same height. Plus, we
bought a cal-king comforter set. After I'm up, we push the beds together
and throw a cal-king comforter on it and some pillows. It looks
good...
Sean
In a message dated 10/20/2006 10:11:54 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
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